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I am perpetually game planning future moves and this exercise inevitably requires taking a position on how the near future will unfold and the best way to benefit. I am interested in hearing what BP users think is abo...
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What do you look for in a small town a couple of hours away from a metropolitan area and are trying to buy and hold? Is there a certain unemployment rate you look for? Specific industries? A certain percentage of p...
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Economic Update
(Monday, June 14, 2021)
For a period of time between 2018 and the beginning of 2020, the “Real House Price Index” (which calculates inflation in the Housing Sector) was falling, because Americans’ bu...
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Hello,My name is Jason and I'm a new real estate investor. I'm having trouble deciding on a market as this is my first purchase. I plan to purchase a MRH in order to Brrrr. I'm familiar with the following areas either...
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In 2010 I had the rose colored glasses knocked off my face hard and I am trying to understand why and how there is such Happy Talk right now about the economy. I am trying to figure out if it is my pessimism based in...
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A great thread about the future of Cap Rates got me thinking: have valuations of MFRs always been as....sketchy as they are right now? And I hesitate to use that word, because it has been, and always will be, Caveat ...
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Just finished renovating a SFH intended to be used as student housing. Found a group of 5 students interested in signing a lease quite quickly. Some of the parents are asking if the students would be allowed to back o...