Who is Steve Van Metre? Steve Van Metre is a notable financial planner and macro manager that specializes in retirement income strategies and the direct management of client assets. In addition to managing portfolios,...

Hi all,I'm in the process of creating an investing plan/guideline that will help me visualize the property acquisition process and serve as a checklist to make sure I'm doing the right things in the right order. I'm c...

Economists:It is said that there are 4 phases of a real estate cycle: (1) RECESSION (supply greatly exceeds demand and high vacancy rate); (2) RECOVERY (rental growth remains stagnant with little signs of new construc...

"Risk taking generates growth by moving resources to enterprises which create future jobs and consumption opportunities.Without stable and transparent economic roles that allow and encourage a reasonable return for ri...

I'm old enough to have seen one market correction (2006) and I see another one coming.  I predict that we still have a little more of an upswing before that happens however.   As of right now I am not ready to acquire...

If tax and insurance are variables that can increase year to year - do you allocate reserves for that or is that what cash flow buffer and rent raises are for? what events can cause a big jump for those?

I recently came across this article: https://www.12news.com/amp/art...
It references a larger study by ProPublica and Rhodium Group: https://projects.propublica.or...
What are people's thoughts.  Is the conclusion t...

Hey guys,

Obviously there is no way to predict the future, but I'm assuming that there should be some online metric that shows predictions. Asides from Zillow, which has some metrics of their own, are there any othe...

Is there a calculator or a good predictor for gauging appreciation in one city over another? Would love to compare a few before I purchase my first STR :) 

It’s an election year. Should I wait? Or pull the trigger Investing?