David Kieta
National Home Prices are on the rise. . . . . . Again.
According to this article, Chicago home prices are rising with the "steepest annual price growth" (4.4%). This is interesting. During the initial COVID home price boom, Chicago home prices increased about 18-21%. This...
Stefan Hasselblad
Market Analysis Basics -- How do I analyze an entire market?
What is the best way for an amateur investor to learn how to conduct a broad market analysis? I don't mean just analyzing whether a particular house is a deal, but whether a particular area (say, Anne Arundel County ...
Erica Thorstenson
Tenant won't leave me alone!
Need advice!!! My new tenant texts me everyday! Sometimes it pertains to the property but many times she texts me just to chat! She sends me articles relating to the news and random things going on in her life. So...
Joshua Dorkin
Digging the World's Smallest Apartment
I posted a story about the world's smallest apartment last night on our blog, and submitted it to the social networking news site, Digg.com. :groovy:
I had no idea that people would be so interested! The article ...
Tom Chen
Housing starts plunge more than expected...
So a couple of news articles have come up in my feed how housing construction has taken a dive in the last month or so. Does this mean that it will be a better investing market for us?http://www.businessinsider.com/h...
Lyall Storandt
Houston Population to Overtake Chicago by 2026?
Not to beat a dead horse here, but it's no secret that Houston (and all of Texas) is growing and growing fast. It's fairly commonly-held knowledge that New York is the largest city by population in the U.S. followed b...
Paul Sedillo
Report: Austin losing homebuyers to other cities for 1st time on record
I came across this article today that talks about the shift in the Austin housing market and wanted to pass it along:Report: Austin losing homebuyers to other cities for 1st time on record
Serge S.
Multifamily bounces back in a big way
Interesting article ... I recall when the pandemic hit, the overwhelming consensus was that all of the distress and "deals" would happen in Q4 2020 and into Q1 2021. Well guess what folks, if you took this advice th...
Mick Hofmann
Regulating Airbnbs in AZ
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/scottsdale/2023/0...AI Summary Here for those who don't want to read the article: Local governments in Arizona are advocating for increased regulation of the short-term renta...
Rich Schroeder
my brother is a hero!
My brother, a police officer, had to deliver a baby in a car last week. Maybe not a hero, but I'm very proud of him...
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/news/1215001,5_1_WA11_BABYBORN_S1.article