Chris Seveney
US Debt Data From Kobeissi - Scary
So I saw the data below and am wondering, are americans fighting inflation with debt? Have incomes kept up with inflation? What will happen when the credit card companies and banks tighten their lending standards?Do y...
Gayle Eisner
Raising Rent on a 30 day tenant
Hi all:I was hoping to raise the rent on my income property but I have never done so previously. Tenant has been there almost 2 years. I was wondering what is the maximum I can raise the rent on a month-to-month agr...
Shari Posey
Paying off rental props vs. tax deductions for mortgages?
We have a couple of rental properties that are almost paid off. We also have a very large mortgage on our personal residence. We have no other debt.
My thought process is to pay off the rental property with the smalle...
Billy Zhao
Doom & Gloom vs. Buy Buy Buy...
OK, since it's a very popular topic here and both sides don't seem to agree on anything (like the world we are living in right now), I'd like to offer you what I saw (from an "almost" 3rd party perspective) and hopefu...
Dan Denton
Exit strategies with rising interest rates
I am curious to know how those with multi-family/apartment investing experience factor rising interest rates into their exit strategies. Since most commercial financing is short term (compared to residential) a sale o...
Edward C.
Selling half of portfolio to paydown mortgages?
Hi all,
Was hoping to get perspectives / hear stories on how others approached the possibility of selling RE assets and using the proceeds to paydown debt on other properties.
Here is what I see as potential +’s and...
Daniel Lang
Analyzing a Market
Hi all,
When starting out, what is the best way to analyze a market? What are the things I should be looking for? What are the tools that a new investor can use?
Ben Bakhshi
I am concerned about investor complacency. How to deal with rise prices, decreasing CAP rates?
Hi all,
When looking for cash-flow properties, the last 2 years have been wonderful. We have some properties in our portfolio that are making 20% per year, most around 15% per year, and some, in nicer areas around 10%...
David Ivy
April 2022 Austin Market Update
Inflation is sitting around 8.3%:
Mortgage rates are the highest they’ve been in well over a decade, with a 30-year fixed sitting around 5.25% for prime borrowers:
The median single-family home in Austin is now ...
Hersh M.
What happens to RE during deflation?
I am new to RE and currently getting ready to jump in after studying through lots of podcasts, articles, books, etc. But (always a but, right?) I recently came across this 2010 video from Robert Kiyosaki - https://www...