Brandon Gates
Chicago House Hacking
Hello everyone my name is Brandon. I am currently in the early stages of finding a house hack property in the Chicagoland area. I have already been in contact with a lender and agent through connections that I met thr...
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Extraordinary and unexpected pandemic increase in house prices...
Here is an article by Don Layton: Senior Industry Fellow at Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University: "The extraordinary and unexpected pandemic increase in house prices: causes and implications" Click h...
Andreas Mueller
On Tap This Week - Housing Inventory Data Deep Dive
Welcome to A Skeptical Dude’s Take on Real Estate: a frank, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets, from one real estate investor to another.
Coming at you live from Nashville, TN.
Today...
Samori Diallo
Calculating ARV, Inventory Levels, and Comps
Hello,
I am currently in my education phase, soon becoming a wholesaler. Can someone please clarify the following for me:
1. I see a lot of people explaining their calculation methods for ARV without in...
Victor Steffen
Boom or Bust in Austin TX?
Here's a thought I have been working through:
Population is growing, median income is rising, inventory and interest rates are low. These factors point toward a continued boom for Austin real estate values.
Money s...
Ty Whitman
Are hedge funds still major competition?
If this comes off as an odd post, I apologize, but it's something I am really curious about .... When I was investing in Jacksonville, Florida about 7 years ago, my main competition seemed to be hedge funds in the are...
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The Flippin' Drop Has Arrived - Anyone Besides Me Still Flipping?
Mortgage Rates More Than Double In 10 MonthsFlipping Homes
Big takeaways from our survey of fix-and-flippers last week: 1) Rates have massively slowed transactions and prices are falling broadly. 2) Lots of talk abou...
AJ Wong
What STR investors should expect on the Oregon Coast in 2025 and beyond
In the six years I've owned, operated and sold vacation rentals on the Oregon Coast the investment landscape has evolved considerably.
When I first arrived and invested on the Pacific Coast in 2018 it was still rela...
Josiah Sia
Help understanding equity and net worth roll over to "trading up"
Hi there BP friends. Been reading Brandon Turner's "Rental Property Investing" book and I got stuck on one of his examples. In chapter 5 he lists 4 example plans on how to use REI to build wealth. I'm confused about h...
Wendy Lavana
Low Income Housing - Creating an pool of donations from property owners to maintain neighborhood, any advice.
Last year I purchased two fourplexes in a low income housing neighborhood in Ft Lauderdale. Three years prior to my purchase I lived no more than 3 blocks from the area I recently purchased in and while I was there I ...