I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on how to calculate a relatively accurate 5 year rent growth for a market? I'm working through the "picking a market" worksheet and workshop, and there are no clear in...

There is a lot of hype in the BP forums about the devastating effects the impending ‘crash’. It seems that this crash will have a negative impact on home buyers, but not investors. Do we really need to be freaking out? 

I recently read an article on how Real Estate is a great tool to invest in against inflation. The used example was a 20% downpayment. After inflation caused the house to double in price, the downpayment was apparen...

Powell says there is no inflation. I guess he hasn't tried buying real estate recently. Just for the record, the Fed changes what is in the Inflation Index whenever it suits their needs. There is nothing so dishonest ...

I thought I'd start a discussion about rising interest rates, because quite honestly I'm not hearing that much about it, and I'm wondering why. From what I'm observing, it's like the elephant that's NOT in the room, e...

Preface: I'm no economist but find discussing macro currents very interesting as they relate directly or indirectly to multifamily investing (investing in general). With a tight labor market, low interest rates ,QE an...

In 2018 the average US home price was $248k 
In Dec 2023 the average US home price was $382,600.
An increase of roughly 50% in 5 years. 
$100 in 2018 buys about $80 worth of goods in today's purchasing power. 
A d...

According to CNBC,The price index rose 3.7% in the 12 months through September, unchanged from August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Thursday.Pandemic-era inflation peaked at 9.1% in June 2022, the highest ...

How would you answer this question?

In 2002, 10% of global GDP was estimated to be held in Central Bank Assets. Today is at least 25%. Increasingly the answer to fiscal problems across the world has been to : PRINT...

I am currently in the process of prospective market diligence and have developed a list of the items we want to measure / compare across markets (crime rates, pop growth, job market, vacancy/occupancy, etc.) but would...