The Economist featured a fascinating and well researched article in May’s print edition called, “Shadow Banking in China: Battling the Darkness.” This piece outlines how non-bank lending has grown in China in recen...

Did anyone see this???https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/trump-cap-cash-out-refinances"Under the new policy, the cash-out refinance cap would be lowered to 80 percent of a property's value, down from 85 percent."
If...

I found a Problem, lots of Students who are not from the city have,( Which I personally also Had), It is very very hard to find a place to live near campus under budget ( under 1k here in San Francisco), at least not ...

I recently retired from the nonprofit sector and providing affordable housing in Santa Clarita is a goal of mine. I want to build my real estate business so I can cash flow the purchase of an apartment building to hou...

Is anyone seeing an increase of repurposing commercial to residential properties in the greater Sacramento area?What are your thoughts on commercial real estate in the manufacturing, retail & non dwelling building...

In recent years, the world has witnessed a regulatory awakening in data privacy enforcement, a development driven by increasing consumer demands for transparency and the global proliferation of privacy laws. While thi...

Hey guys, I've noticed that there seem to be a lot of "lenders" that claim they can do no-doc/non-QM loans.  This area of lending seems to be full of scammers trying to get a high fee up front, which I've found to be ...

BP Community, I’ve been struggling with dreading my 9-5 every time I wake up. I work in local government specifically in Parks & Recreation and the job is a lot like the show; very uneventful and there are countle...

Does anyone invest outside of the US? Specifically Europe? (I've seen some people do Mexico and south america) I can get my dual citizenship in Germany so I've pondered the idea since I may move there one day.

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Anybody else hear of a city or county trying to implement a strategy like this?

In a somewhat r...