The January 2018 Central Texas Housing Market Report is out from the Austin Board of REALTORS®. Initial signs point to a strong housing market for 2018. Single-family home sales were up in January compared to this tim...

Is it best to buy and sell during a recession? Or do you buy in a recession and wait until the market is back up? I heard we are due for one?

I've been meeting with a client who is a financial trader, and he has been educating me on market cylces for everything. Bonds, stocks, gas, natural gas, etc. He believes that by reading graphs, you can predict where ...

My home inspector told me during an inspection it's come back in a big way lately, as in he's suddenly busy all the time again. What are other real estate professionals in the area seeing?

Hi, everyone.
I’ve been lurking for a while and decided to put my first post out here. Yesterday, I saw a video about a book titled Aftershock. It’s some economists’ predictions on what we can expect to happen over ...

Economic Update
(Monday, June 15, 2020)
It’s official: The longest expansion in U.S. history ended in February as the economy fell into a deep recession, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research (“NBER”...

Home sales will drop, the housing shortage could become the worst in U.S. history, and home values will shrink in some cities. That’s the 2020 forecast from realtor.com, which holds one of the largest databases of hou...

Hi fellow BP members, My husband and I are new to REI. For our first deal, we decided to focus on a 2-4 unit small residential property in Phoenix AZ, Orlando/Jacksonville FL, or Raleigh NC. Being a mom with a full-t...

Podcast 19 really brought something to the front of my mind (sorry I know I just started listening to the podcasts).  Everyone always talks about the market trends or climate.  I have also heard about market cycles (a...

I am looking for a condo in 150-180K range for my elderly parents (Phoenix metro, East Valley). The plan is to have them stay in it for a nominal rent, and keep the property as a buy and hold rental. Currently, they a...