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Hi BP Community!As you know, real estate is a constantly evolving industry that is influenced by a variety of economic, demographic, and technological factors. In recent years, the real estate market has experienced s...
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I'm not sure if anyone has covered this off topic before but, Last night I downloaded Google Earth. I was up all night last night flying around Google Earth. It was pretty amazing.
My question is: Has anyone inte...
I'm writing this post as a follow-up to a post I made over on the investor psychology forum about the downside, isolation and anxiety resulting from achieving wealth - and I was really grateful to see an outpouring of...
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I bought my primary June of last year. Showed in my credit and it was $169,750 loan, 5.4 APR, $1,139 monthly payment. Due to some circumstances I had to refinance and because I was renting it out I had to refinance i...
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This is a chart of the term "flip houses" being entered into Google. It peaks in July, 2007 (the worst time to buy) and bottoms in Sept., 2011 (the best time to buy). It's now at levels approaching 2007.
So I'm currently finishing up my last couple weeks in my college career.
I'm getting to the point where I never want to go back to a college campus and I have fully determined that my friends at school simply don't...
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Hello BP,
Up for consideration is the following:
A SFH priced at $28,000. It is 1200SqFt, 3 BR 1BA that an investor purchased a year ago for $17,000; He/she has done a good amount of work (drywall on one level, fram...
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RESCUING THE BAIL-OUT (a RE Professional Perspective)
An opposition to the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act
By Fred Ashley
The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, or Bailout Plan is a law authorizing th...
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Coronavirus - Where Do We Stand Now?Stock Market - Some Positive Signs here.Capital Markets - For the most part are frozen. Freddie/Fannie still doing some loans & some regional banks as well.Social Distancing app...
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Hey BP!I hope some of you find this post helpful.How do I correctly value an investment property? Simplistically, a valuation is a measure of how much a specific property (the “subject property”) is worth. Framed diff...