Jon Klaus
Interest rates spiking--how will this affect your market?
The last several weeks have seen a spike in mortgage rates. Near .75% incrrase on 30 year fixed. Is this enough to put a damper on your market? What do you think the threshold rates are before cost of money hurts the...
Terry Lao
Top 10 markets for 2019 as per Realtor.com
Another year, and more forecasts for 2019. The top ten markets for 2019 as mentioned by Realtor.com article below.Agree or disagree? Terryhttps://www.mrt.com/realestate/article/The-10-Surp...
Account Closed
Are prices going to start up again?
I just got an email from my realtor regarding my decision to wait a little longer for prices to come down more. She said this:
"Sad to say that all indicators show that prices will start ticking up not down. The buil...
Jessica Chow
Tiny homes in San Antonio
My husband and I just got back from meeting with a developer in San Antonio, TX, named Peter French. He has done a ton of work in San Antonio, with his latest news coverage being around his Risingbarn.com project of t...
George Kalogeropoulos
George from Palo Alto, CA
My name is George and I'm an income property investor and real estate technology entrepreneur (owner of RentMetrics).
I'm a massive data and technology geek and am passionate about crunching numbers and us...
Alan Walker
2019 Forecast for Salt Lake Market
2019 ForecastI attended the Utah Board of Realtors Forecast breakfast on Friday where James Woods, a U of U economist spoke on the fundamentals of the Salt Lake Market. Do you agree with his forecast?https://www.orig...
Robert Steele
Crying Uncle! Please make it stop!
Well damn. It's that time of the year again when the property tax appraisal letters arrive. Talk about sticker shock. I am really getting reamed by not having a homestead exemption (read 10% increase annual limit) on ...
William Jenkins
Market Direction - Up or Down?
I am curious to see everyone individual and geographical take on where their market currently stands, and in what direction it is going.I am in the St. Louis, MO area. I mostly work in a very niche area of CRE but I ...
William Coet
Interest Rate Increase Adding $420,000/Yr In Expense! Will Low Interest Return?
With interest rates on multifamily having gone from high 4s to high 6s the buyers expenses will be higher now than they were a year ago. A potential seller I know is considering whether or not rates will come down or...
Vishal Chowdhary
How to effectively negotiate on a new construction
Considering investing in a new construction property in San Ramon, CA. If I bring along my own realtor, builder has to pay 2.5% buyer's agent commission. Instead, can I negotiate with the builder to provide me concess...