Andrey Rudenko
Housing crisis as incomes do not catch up with home prices
Housing prices, like prices of anything else are driven by the overall supply and demand. The supply is driven by the available inventory while the demand has many input factors in it. Here we will try to see what may...
Logan Macrae
New Orleans STR changes could lead to opportunities or headaches
New Orleans City Counsel is currently proposing banning short-term rentals in all residential areas of the city. This move comes after a federal judge placed a restraining order on the city's previous change to short-...
Allan Smith
High Lumber Prices: What alternatives are there to build a house?
Why aren't builders trying other materials instead of stick-built homes? I just paid $72k for a lumber package on 4 1250 SF townhomes that would have cost less than half that a year ago. Almost every major metro area ...
Terry Lao
85% of land is government owned in Las Vegas
With all the desert surrounding Las Vegas, one would think there is an abundant amount of land to bury dead bodies or build new homes. Unfortunately, 85% of the surrounding land is owned by the government. Leaving onl...
Will E.
Who Owns Defaulted Mortgages?
I have been told by real estate brokers in different geographies of the Western US that the local banks control more than three years of supply of homes that are in default but that they refuse to foreclose on. The ...
Emmanuel Offei
Hi everyone! My name is Emmanuel, and I'm looking to buy my first property!
Hi everyone! My name is Emmanuel, and I recently relocated to Houston from Dallas for work. I'm 32, work as a full-time data analyst, and am married with no kids (yet). My wife and I are looking to buy our first home,...
Nathan Gesner
L.A. Creates New Law, Bans Tenant Harrassment
https://www.latimes.com/califo...Here are some interesting activities that will be banned, along with my comments:Deceiving residents about whether they are required to move out (what is "deceit"? If I tell a tenant t...
Nathan Gesner
Topic du jour: are Landlord laws getting better or worse?
I'm bringing this up as a topic of discussion because what happens in the most liberal cities/states has a tendency to work it's way to other states. I like to see what's coming our way.Forget the COVID rent moratoriu...
Nigel Liao
Investing out of Ontario Canada?
Hi all,I'm a Canadian rental property investor based in Ontario. As we know, over the past few years prices have gotten pretty high leading to very low cash flow. Ontario is also one of the most tenant-friendly provin...
Matt McPheely
How much have build costs gone up?
Hi Everyone - I've been doing some development projects in Austin and Houston over the last 5 years, but am headed back to South Carolina later this year with some new deals in the works.I'm trying to get a grip on th...