David Ivy
March 2020 Austin Market Report
The COVID-19 pandemic and local shelter-in-place orders had little effect on March 2020 home sales in the Austin metro area. According to the Austin Board of REALTORS (ABoR), Austin's median residential sales price ro...
Rio Bundez
BRRRR options for best returns
With 100k, would you rather buy a property cash and work the BRRRR on it. Or would you rather finance 2 100k properties with 15% down(investment rate). And use the remaining 50k or so to rehab them both and still do t...
Nick Gerli
San Francisco - Room to Grow Rent?
Is there room to increase rents in San Francisco? While the SF metro's average rent of $2,200/mo. is very high on its face, it's fairly low compared to the area's $115k median income (by far the highest in the US).Avg...
Antonio Signorelli
Are mortgage delinquency rates going to increase in 2024?
Hi BP friends!
I am curious to hear your thoughts on the real estate market outlook for 2024. Specifically on whether the high interest rates will lead to an increase in mortgage delinquency rates similar to what we ...
John White
Huntsville Market & Covid-19
I get this question a lot: How's the Huntsville RE market responding to the pandemic?I noticed a three week pause in March when the virus was spreading and we went on lock down. But in April, RE activity picked right ...
David Riehle
Kansas City for Q1 of 2023:
Kansas City's real estate market has been experiencing a shift in Q1 of 2023. The inventory has increased, prices have softened, and mortgage rates have been swinging, all of which has impacted the market in various w...
Konstantin Komkov
commercial office space
Hello, I am new to commercial side of real estate. I am looking at how commercial office space is appraised. There are around 50 similar commercial office spaces, when they were build in 1990's they all were sold at a...
Peter Matthews
Toll Brothers CEO - 35% of homes for sale are new construction...
Hey guys! Came across an article today that was pretty fascinating. According to the Toll Brothers CEO, Douglass Yearley, 90% of outstanding mortgages in the United States are under 5%. Due to the recent hike in rates...
Richard Compian
Applying for first mortgage, question?
Hi!I have been working in the same field for the last 4 years on 1099. In 2020 i incorporated my S corp. My question is: From a lenders view, seeing partial income now from a new S corp and 1099 still make me credit w...
Tariq Hakeem
12% of Americans saving for a new house
March Savings Index: Percentage of Savers Drops for First Time in 2021, but Still Higher Than Start of Pandemic
Ready to spend? With a lower percentage of consumers stashing cash in March than the first two months of...