Jorge Vazquez
The Balancing Act: Inaction and Inflation:
One of the biggest challenges in real estate is overcoming the paralysis of analysis. Inaction, often born from overthinking, can be as costly as a hasty decision. In a market where inflation is a constant, the value ...
Mohammad El Sahlah
Investing in Phoenix or Florida or Oregon or Texas
I am a newbie investor from CA who has been a student of the real estate business for quite some time. I have been listening to BiggerPockets for a few years, reading books, and doing my own research whenever I can. I...
Corey Dutton
The Ghost Towns in Ireland: a Grim Reminder of Speculative Bubbles
A recent article from Curbed.com about the “ghost towns” in Ireland, gave me a chilly reminder about the craziness of speculative real estate bubbles. The ghost towns in Ireland refer to the thousands of homes that...
Jaime Mack
So... it is going to be over? Will 1031 drop to $500k max? Yuk!
What is the general consensus here? Will we lose 1031 at the higher level? (over $500k)...https://therealdeal.com/2021/0...Realtors, etc. have some pretty fancy lobbyists... but I just don't know. The power of the t...
Victor Gutierrez
Are buyers over paying and taking a lot of risk of am I wrong?
In the area that I live in the state of Rhode Island the houses are selling way to fast, I've be trying to buy a house for the last six months without any luck, a lot of houses are getting under contract without the b...
Scott Trench
Who's at the most financial/leverage risk in a recession?
Hi Team - I wanted to walk through a couple of quick thoughts on what I see as the most at-risk parties in a potential recession. 1) Middle-Class Homeowners - A middle-class homeowner reliant on one source of income, ...
Yonah Weiss
Is it possible to scale Single Family and small MF???
I had a great conversation with a friend yesterday who owns over 100 units, all of which are 1-8 unit properties.He told me he is looking to scale up into larger multifamily properties 40-100 units. His claim was that...
Christopher Brown
Coronavirus changing deal fundamentals
I am in my 180-day period for a 1031 exchange with $2mm in escrow and two properties under contract: a stabilizing self storage deal in a small but growing market and a NNN deal with three QSR (two credit quality nati...
Sorin T
China Uneasy About Proportion of Holdings in U.S. Treasuries
I think it's surprising nobody finds this worrisome:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/13/AR2009031300703.html?hpid=topnews
Any comments?
Steve Watson
San Antonio TX 6-8plex Old Brick
I am an CAli investor considering a out of state 2-8 apartment building in San Antonio TX. I will hire property mgt. I noticed a lot of brick and old places. Should I be cautious about repair cost in that seasonal cli...