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Sean buying on future appreciation is speculation and a good way to burned in real estate.
Neighborhoods will change with the demand and demand will change due to forces that none of us can forcast.
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If your goal is to buy in an appreciation market as I've seen on BP many times. So basically buying and waiting for the rise in the housing market and then sell high. But when the housing market is high, rents go up...
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A lot of California investors have talked trash on BP about how much they make on appreciation. I just wanted to post some data to back up that trash talk! lolSince 1980, you've made 350-800% in cumulative asset appre...
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For experienced investors out there, can you share how much of your returns is attributed to cashflow and how much due to appreciation? 50/50, 80/20, etc.?
Can you also share when you started and where your investmen...
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Does anyone know of a source for real estate price appreciation data? I'm wondering if there is anyway to get info on historical rates of appreciation in areas of the country, by zip code, by city, etc.
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Hello Everybody! Is it safe to assume price appreciation of 3% (rate of inflation) when analyzing a property. I understand that values can definitely go the other way, but is it safe to assume any amount of apprecia...
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What’s a good way to see if a neighborhood is appreciating in value? We were thinking of buying a place in the Villages, Florida. It’s close to parents and then we’d also rent it out. However, I’m concerned that t...
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Hi All,Posting for the first time. I bought a rehab recently with the intention to do a cash refi in about 6 months to 9 months. My question is how does one look up the appreciation on a property? Is there a website I...
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We bought a 40 unit complex in 2012. This was the first purchase for our family. We have now added significantly to NOI for the property. Reinvested significant amounts of capital to clean up units/property/etc... I n...
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How is value determined for a construction project and for forced appreciation - is it something I can build a spreadsheet for eg calculating cap rate or is it something that can only be done by professional appraiser...