Don't blame everything on interest rates - It's because wages haven't kept pace
My wife and I bought our first house in Seattle in 1986 for $78,000. It was in a safe, desired neighborhood, post card view of downtown,...
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What size multifamily building does a $1MM purchase price get in your market for a true C/B Class area? Here in Palm Beach County, Florida the most you can get is a 5-8 unit building for that price point. Somewhere in...
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Okay, so I built a brand new home in 2013. Before I even broke ground my home was appraised at $161,000 on paper. I made some major modifications and some huge upgrades to my blueprint. I now have a new metal building...
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We have just two months left this year. What will you get done? Put it out there and we can help hold one another accountable.
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It was just supposed to be her and her two kids, and she said she was single, had no time to date, works 70 hours a week, two jobs, hardly home, etc.As I like to do, I drove by the unit recently, as I have the past 3....