So I am planning to move to the West Coast and Portland, OR is one area I have shortlisted. I also intend to buy a house in 3 - 4 months. I have heard that real estate in Portland is priced high for no good reason. ...

Hi BiggerPockets,I came across this video (haven't had time to watch it through the end yet): https://youtu.be/oQJRGgTBn6wThe economist James Dale Davidson, who got famous from predicting the subprime crisis among oth...

MARKET UPDATE - JANUARY 2023

The end of 2022 brought a traditional seasonal slowdown in the market with the volume of closed sales falling 42% from a year ago. The combination of the holidays, local weather, an...

Supply and DemandSupply is down 74% from January 2020!!!!  That is 3,800 less properties on the market than last year.  STOP ----------- and let that sink in.   Jan 2020 = 5,251 inventory    Jan 2021 = 1,369 inve...

At the beginning of the month Realtor.com released the Top Real Estate Markets for 2017. I am excited to see Tucson not only made the list, but was in the top ten. Tucson ranked number 9 on the realtor.com list with a...

A shout to all the pro's out there! Any advice would be much appreciated.I've been on BP for about a week or less. It's been a great resource so far. I am totally hooked to it and ended up watching almost all the podc...

Are Rents related to the Housing Market? If the Market crashes the rents should go down too. However if the market crashes that means that people cannot afford to buy so they have to rent and that increases rent deman...

What are others thoughts on Trump's proposed tax plan? Given that my properties are in LLC partnerships I like the idea of a 15% pass through tax rate!

Where is a good place to learn how to read and analyze the housing market?

I am a 21 year old college student at the University of Virginia majoring in Preprofessional Architecture. Unfortunately the architecture program is focused more on the design-thinking process and doesn't teach us abo...