I googled the unemployment history of US, and here is the chart... Out of the past 65 years, maybe 10 saw unemployment at around 4%....All other 55 years were higher.... If you are buying RE in today's enviroment when...

Let me start by qualifying the title of this post with a couple statements. First, I’m not talking about your neighborhood specifically, although given a long enough period the title is likely to be very close to app...

I’m a 17 year old kid just now beginning my investment journey in Real Estate, Stocks and Bonds. I’m currently undecided on whether or not to go to college. Should I get a job, join the service and use VA benefits to ...

The other day I was having a discussion with some associates about the upcoming Presidential Election, and one of them brought up the Democratic Candidate Andrew Young and his Universal Basic Income Plan called "The F...

Chicago is a hot market now but the State, County and City all have significant public employee pension and healthcare debt (that cannot be reduced except maybe in a bankruptcy).  Property taxes are already high, but ...

Unfortunately I've been away for a few months while taking care of some personal matters, so I haven't been able to keep up on discussions. 
However, several months ago there were ample amount of folks here insisting...

Today we sent our investors a special update on the impact of Coronavirus to the Las Vegas market. I thought it would be helpful to share it here.
There are multiple canceled events and conferences. Hotel occupancy i...

It's here.  The shift is upon us.  Whether a crash is to follow, I am not sure, but the rising tide that we have all been riding for the last 9 nears to reaching it's tipping point.  I seriously have no more time to w...

I have had the opportunity to find and work with some of the best property managers (after many years) for our current properties. Over the years we have gone from me just treating them like just a service I hired to ...

I’m a 19 year old freshman in college studying architecture but I’m realizing I’m more interested in the business of buildings and not building them. There’s a real estate program here, but I’d be going 100+ thousand ...