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Hi all, I am an overseas investors, no experience in USA market. Actually I am a full time physician but very keen on REI. I am trying to find the best possible cities for buy and hold, I am cash buyer at least for th...
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I saw an Year end report that talks about negative net migration trend in cook county and especially in the city of Chicago. I’m curious how investors take these numbers. I see such articles on negative net migration...
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Before getting into the details of a property, the first step is to analyze the market demographics and economy to ensure that it supports healthy rental growth and demonstrates demand with a growing population.
Belo...
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Hey BP Community,As my wife and I are looking into out of state markets to make our next multi-family or STR purchase, we created a super high level analysis across the US to identify markets that are growing from the...
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The federal government in Canada has rolled out a program called the Housing Accelerator Fund to most larger cities across the country. While the fund was announced in 2021, the first city to be approved for funding w...
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Building Permits provide a snapshot into what the supply pipeline (new homes and apartments) in a market will look like in 12-24 months time. The more supply dropped into a market, the more growth needed to keep occup...
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I’m interested in investing in northwest suburbs of Chicago but recently read a 2022 year end report that take about negative net migration in Illinois, specifically in cook county and city of Chicago. I could see suc...
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My wife & I love the Zillow Zestimate graphs,that are FREE and updated DAILY on some properties,but for CRE on Loopnet or another site,how can we research valuations?
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Hello , my name is Kevin . I has been leaning a lot lately here on BGP . And now is the time I need to take action . So here is my fist Comercial deal , please feel free to give all your thought about this deal ...
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I'm doing my very first 1031 exchange. Selling a multi-family property in Oakland, CA that I've held for 14 months, earned 2x investment. Not seeing attractive CAP rates/cash flow in my area right now so am starting t...