On Friday, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) overruled one of its own decisions from 2014 to make it easier for a company to establish that a worker should be treated as an independent contractor instead of as...

In the tapestry of today’s real estate market, the threads of buyer demographics are colorful and complex. Baby boomers and millennials, each at distinct life stages, are converging on the market with different needs ...

Hi All - Looking for recommendations on a career shift to speed up my education in real estate investing. My background is in analytics and have worn a couple of different hats in the space - sales compensation, busin...

I'm sure as any buy and hold investor can relate you get a lot of "I want to buy your house" postcards, letters, etc.  However recently I've gotten a few direct mail marketing pieces that were looking for buyers not s...

Short-term rental regulations in Colorado Springs took another sudden turn for the worse last week. If you own an STR in Colorado Springs or want to in the future, now's the time to make your voice heard. (See end for...

In 2021, we saw buyers upgrading to larger homes, taking advantage of 3% interest rates to afford an extra 300+ square feet.

Today, smaller homes are selling much faster as higher rates make additional square foota...

Good evening BP family, 
As I'm sure a lot of you know it's getting pretty pricey to borrow money due to the events that have happened over the past 60 days. I'm an underwriter for a private lending firm based in Aus...

I'm working on geofarming, and I have two issues popping up:1. Until recently, I was able to pull data from the past 12 months to calculate higher or lower turnover rates to determine what neighborhoods had the best o...

A fundamental change in the way mortgages are regulated took affect earlier this year. Provisions of the Dodd Frank Law created the ATR (Ability To Repay) rule and QM (Qualified Mortgage) safe harbor. If the lo...

In 2024, back-to-school and back-to-college spending has dropped as consumers adopt a more cautious approach following the pandemic surge. The National Retail Federation (NRF) reports declines of 6.5% in back-to-schoo...