Andreas W.
Appreciation question to experienced investors
In this forum the question to invest for cash flow or appreciation or a combination thereof is discussed regularly with a healthy dose of exchanges of opinions and personal experiences. I understand that the differenc...
George Gammon
Home Prices Haven't Gone Up in 100 Years. Is RE a Bad Bet?
From my experience as an entrepreneur, and more recently an investor, I'm surprised by how many people never really think about inflation. Here's the case schiller inflation adjusted housing chart going back to the y...
Jason Schmidt
networth of $1M by buying 1 100k house a year for 10 years?
The book i am reading said that if you take into account a 5% appreciation rate of property, you can potentially become a millionaire by buying 1 100k house a year with 10k down payment for 10 years.
my math is awf...
Kenny Simpson
Mortgage rates in the 4's and 5's in 2023?
The FED is slowing pace on rate hikes, the consumer is slowing and the economy is headed into a recession? These are all guesses at this point and some believe this will happen or is happening. If the FED eases with...
Frank S.
Spreadsheets: Should depreciation and taxable income be included?
Like many of us, I have created my own spreadsheet calculator to analyze multi-unit properties. I am struggling to understand how depreciation and taxable rental income should be calculated in the spreadsheet.As I cur...
Max T.
Budgeting for CapEx
So I've finally got around to creating a spreadsheet for CapEx budgeting and want to make sure I'm not missing anything. For each component I've estimated the cost to replace, the estimated number of months of remaini...
Jack B.
Rates too high to buy more houses
I bought four more houses last year. I was going to buy 2 more this year but 6% rates for an investment property make that cash flow negative and not worth it.That said, what to do with cash on hand? 1.2 mil liquid. P...
Jared B.
Poll: What is real property average appreciation, since...?
Since as far back as you want or as recent as you want. I've heard 3%, I've heard 4%, according to Shiller report, who knows what it would be. I'm looking for best guesses or personal opinions or even referenced quo...
J. Mitchell Bernier
Buyers backing out and contracts being canceled
CNBC wrote an article today showing people are backing out or canceling contracts, some are even leaving hefty deposits behind as well. Main reason is that interest rates are going up so much higher than where they we...
Eric Fernwood
Housing crash deniers ??? - Continued
The original thread Greg R. started on the topic has been closed for further contributions, so I put my input in this new thread.
Hello @Greg R
Crash deniers? Interesting title.
Blanket statements by experts have ...