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Rates are supposed to go down. All the major forecasts for mortgage rates are still pointing slightly down for 2025. But ever morning for the last 2 weeks I see the 10 year T-bill up another 10 basis points or so, and...
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When purchasing a multi family in a high priced real estate market what pitfalls should you look for?
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My wife and I will close on the sale of our personal residence in a couple weeks. We're considering pros/cons of buying another SFR vs. renting. The SFR would tie up a lot of capital that we could otherwise use to inv...
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Credit to Mike Blankenship from carrot. If you want to look up the original article, which has links to sources and to other great resources, (I can't link as per BP rules) the article is called "33 Real Estate Statis...
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As the topic of rent control seems to be coming back to the Alberta news I figured I would share some of my thoughts on the topic. The idea of rent control is obviously very appealing to tenant that see this as a so...
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I have a duplex less than 100 feet from a growing university and it sits on a land that has 2 other adjoining lots, both of which I own. I have students renting both apts and i'm constantly getting requests to rent. I...
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Apple announced on Thursday that it is building a new $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas. This is big news for all the Austin investors! Interested in starting a discussion about it since Amazon was looking at Austin ...
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I'm just curious, does anyone have experience with Residential Care Homes? I saw one advertised that was a house set up for six people, fully occupied. They claimed it was 10.5% CAP. I'm just wondering, is this akin t...
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My current situation:2019- I bought my primary home VA loan2021- I retired from the army.Dec 2021- i bought my first rental home and currently rent it out to my mother and father.I have a full time job and almost $25,...
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Hello,I am a new to the area of real estate and one of the biggest problems stopping me from investing is that I do not understand the general flow "the deal". I'm specifically interested in this from the perspective ...