One stated benefit of investing in real estate is price appreciation. However, if you look at inflation adjusted real estate prices for the most part there isn't much appreciation. There are specific points in time ...
Is all the hoopla we are hearing about inflation from the news outlets a good thing or a bad thing for us real estate investors?
I haven't seen it in the several markets I buy in, but then, this is supposedly a leading indicator. That looks like a "Thud" (loud noise follows) to me.
"Explosive Inflation Leads To Record Collapse In Home, Car P...
We talk about Financial Freedom here on BiggerPockets all the time, and most members of this platform invest in BOTH real estate and stocks. I think that we haven't really spent enough time emphasizing just how bad th...
Every morning, the first thing i check is the US Dollar index, not the VIX as the dollar index is an indicator for me where things are headed. We are at a critical junction right now as once the dollar index breaches...
Predictions for inflation have been around for years, now it's here and it will be for a while. It's in the news every day. CPI (consumer Price Index) came out a few days ago with 7.0% for 2021 and when I look at the...
I have a warehouse in downtown San Antonio I converted to office/retail suites about five years back. Most of our tenant leases have renewal options with automatic 3% rent increases each year. However, a few of the le...
FACT: Borrower asks lender a “favor” to increase their payoff as a way to get hundreds of thousands extra back but NOT given back at closing on HUD, rather under the table directly from lender to borrowers after lende...
Rates are supposed to go down. All the major forecasts for mortgage rates are still pointing slightly down for 2025. But ever morning for the last 2 weeks I see the 10 year T-bill up another 10 basis points or so, and...
E.g. You buy a $100k house that has cap rate of 10%, so $10k cash flow.Since you adjust 3% per year for inflation, after 15 years your income is doubled to $20k, yet the asset price is still only $100K, so now you hav...