Rich Lennon
The Government Nationalized My Rental Portfolio
I am still at a loss to understand how the government has gotten away with Nationalizing my SFH rental portfolio in the blink of an eye. When Donald Trump announced that there would be no evictions on any federally b...
Brian Burke
Best markets to buy multifamily in 2016: A round-table discussion
At the beginning of each year I take the time to research and reflect on various markets throughout the country so as to provide a road map to my acquisition search for the year. As an active buyer of apartment compl...
Vinay H.
RE Crash prediction for 2020
I read that rents are down at least 3% in the hot markets of SF, NYC and Boston? Any landlord in these areas care to comment? If so, how does that affect the decisions to buy rental properties in these metros as the t...
Frankie Woods
"Grim" Affordable Housing Study by Harvard. An opportunity?
A new study was conducted by Harvard analyzing the impact of decades of housing policies that disincentive affordable housing. Declining inventory of affordable housing are preventing first time homebuyers from purch...
Account Closed
Are prices going to start up again?
I just got an email from my realtor regarding my decision to wait a little longer for prices to come down more. She said this:
"Sad to say that all indicators show that prices will start ticking up not down. The buil...
George Griffeth
Problems with General Contractors?
Hello community,I’m a young construction professional preparing to go out on my own in the Los Angeles market. I’m working on a business plan to better define my business in my own mind. I’ll be getting my general con...
Joshua Dorkin
US Credit Downgraded from AAA to AA+
According to Reuters, S&P has downgraded the US Credit Rating from AAA to AA+ and may likely downgrade again in the next year plus.
Thoughts? Insight?
I realize this may get political, but think this is an impo...
Frank Lienert
The market temperature and its future.
In my market (Sacramento) and in a few outlying smaller markets, real estate has been pretty hot with prices climbing ever higher, approaching pre-crash levels. A few months ago I was noticing things cooling off a bit...
Gregory Schwartz
College Towns: Are we approaching a buying opportunity
For those of you that buy and hold in college towns do you see this fall as...A. The same old housing market, all the students will be back. Sunshine and rainbows for everyoneB. Buying opportunity. This is the Thursda...
Account Closed
Detroit Bankrupt
My dad just sent me this link.
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/motor-city-goes-bust-largest-ever-municipal-bankruptcy-in-u-s-history/
What do you all think about the REI market in Detroit after...