Economic Update
(Monday, October 19, 2020)
At its core, real estate is a people business, and being kind to people is a business approach that never goes wrong. Being kind builds a positive image. It earns trust...

How are you Super and Angel Hosts thinking about the next 3-5 years? I follow many well-respected economists and am convinced a recession is coming (or is here) and the questions are how long and how bad. I know the s...

Where do you invest?  And where do you see that region's housing prices going in 2023? 

Below is some research I have done - 
The following are firms that are predicting that US home prices will fall in 2023:
Gol...

For years, there have been claims that short-term rentals take away housing supply from renters and homebuyers and, as a result, inflate rents and home prices in nearby areas. But new data is saying something very, ve...

I have just rekindled my interest in bigger pockets. I have been shocked at how few names I recognize from years ago. I have probably been gone mostly for three or four years. It does not really surprise me how many n...

I was recently in Los Angeles and I saw all sort of posters in Korea town - which has a lot of hard working people who have brought it up from the 90s -- LA riots, slums, etc. There are posters that say "Housing is a ...

This is major news on Indy mac. This guy gets inside info before the news and in most cases is right on target!

http://mrmortgage.ml-implode.com/2008/07/06/indymac-significant-seizure-chatter-is-this-the-end-finally/

In early 2022 I had intentions on using $250,000 of my cash to purchase 4-5 rental properties, and finance them all at the lower rates at that time. Unfortunately, I delayed my first purchase until Fall of 2022. Rat...

And has any historical correlation been coincidental or is there a theory of why real estate price movements and stock market price movements would be correlated?  I'm referring to U.S. real estate as a whole and the ...