Sanjeev Advani
A Bipartisan Approach to the U.S. Housing Shortage
Both Democrat and Republican presidential campaigns have found common ground on housing policy by proposing the use of federal lands for homebuilding. With the U.S. short between 1.5 and 5.5 million housing units, Vic...
Franklin Lee
The days of 100% commercial loans are over
My parents, who own 6 rental townhouses, have never had a 100% commercial loan. They always put 20% down on a house and let it ride from there. Their credit score is very good...about 805 and have tried to get 100% fi...
Rusty Thompson
Mandatory Arbitration Clause
Recently I've been considering adding a Mandatory Arbitration Clause to my Lease & rental contracts. We all sign them when we buy real estate with conventional financing. So I figure why not add them to my own con...
Patrick M.
Texas Orders it's Judges to NOT comply with CDC moratorium
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/07...Well it would seem that Texas is standing up for its landlords. This reporting is extremely bias and also shows the divide even among landlords.Even a major landlord group seems a bit ...
David Ivy
September 2018 Market Report
The September 2018 Central Texas Housing Market Report is out from the Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR). Home sales growth stalled last month in the Austin-Round Rock MSA, but home sales numbers year-to-date remain ve...
Jessie Niu
Newbie desperately needs advice! Is it too much cash?
I am a newbie investor, just made an offer on a REO duplex. This is my first deal! It's been on the market for several months. I made a cash offer of $28k, rehab cost is estimated to be $15k, ARV should be $60-$65k, ...
Ari T.
UA ranked No. 52 among universities globally
UA ranked No. 52 among universities globallyBy Mikayla Mace Arizona Daily Star The University of Arizona was ranked No. 52 out of 18,000 higher education institutions around the world, according to the latest from the...
Timothy W.
Obama does a townhall meeting in Shanghai
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091116/ap_on_bi_ge/obama
Why not? I mean there's nothing going on in the US that warrants a townhall meeting here. Nothing like historic unemployment, importing terrorists back to groun...
Lyle Cooper
Condo Board reluctant to share Financial records
I own a condo in NYC and I am about to undertake a kitchen renovation project. Total renovation cost will $20,000. The condo board wants the higher of 3% or $6000 as an alteration fee. Another $6000 puts the job al...
Tyler Delaney
What college degree is most helpful in real estate investing?
I’m curious on people’s thoughts on what college degree (if any) can add additional skills towards real estate investing? My initial thoughts are degrees in accounting or business. Let me know what you think or have e...