Eric L.
Inflation Calculation Changing Again
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/chained-cpi-inflation-measure-means-103000740.html
It looks like one of the changes to likely come out of the fiscal cliff deal is that we will be changing the way that inflation is calc...
Chris Good
How to Have Inflation Work for You!
It’s no secret the inflation has been running rampant the past 2 plus years causing a significant price increase on just about everything. While we can grumble and complain about how our money system is mismanaged and...
Cheza M.
Should I wait for Inflation to end before purchasing properties?
Hey BP Community,
I'm a new investor and currently have one property out of state that I bought last year. I was thinking of buying 1-2 more properties this year, but because of inflation the interest rates and cost ...
Karl Mikusek
Inflation and real estate debt
Hi all,I am no economist and am looking for some insight from people on this topic. if we exclude any type of forced appreciation - If inflation hovers around 2%, the value of a property would be growing this same 2%,...
Kar Sun
Catastrophic inflation scenario
Hello all,
How do you write that into your contract.
Let's say you wake up and now instead of paying $10 for lunch it costs you $100 or $1000. Want to make sure that the contract will be adjusted to appropriately. W...
Marcus Auerbach
6.8% Inflation - where is this going?
For the longest time people have predicting inflation, now we are at 6.8% in November after I thing 6.2% in October. The FED said this is going to be short term, but I have a feeling it's going to stay with us and lea...
David Yee
Calculating S&P 500 growth for retirement
Hello! At the moment my retirement investments are primarily focused on the S&P 500. I've used a number of different retirement calculators but am having a bit of difficulty navigating them; especially with respec...
Jeff Lundeen
Effects of interested rate on returns from BRRRR
When interest rates rise, your refinance rate could be worse than your original. How do you work this into running the numbers? Does it leave you with a lower cash flow than originally projected? Can you maintai...
Danny Webber
THIS YEAR YOU NEED A 12% NET NET RETURN ON YOUR REI TO BREAKEVEN
Am i thinking about this the right way?US dollar net value drops almost 7% in the last three months+An assumed true inflation rate of 5% (shadowstats.com)Loss of purchasing power 7% + Inflation @ 5%= 12% decline in ov...
Landen Ward
Real Estate Leverage
I recently read an article on how Real Estate is a great tool to invest in against inflation. The used example was a 20% downpayment. After inflation caused the house to double in price, the downpayment was apparen...