have always enjoyed challenging widely held beliefs, probably because so many of them fall apart upon closer examination. Most recently, my contrarian radar started going off in the summer as talk of a Canadian housi...

I'd like to get an opinion from the community regarding the eventual likelyhood of rising interest rates & subsequent lack of purchasing power.  The market in Utah is really hot right now & as much as we are t...

My question is concerning multifamily properties. They are valued using cap rates, cap rates are driven to some degree by interest rates. Given that the Fed has been raising rates and we are in a rising rate environ...

In the last month, active home shoppers have experienced the first jump in interest rates that we have seen since May 2020, when rates were very unstable at the beginning of the pandemic. Since that time, the federal ...

With interest rates rising up to 6%, are you still buying long term rental buy and holds or are you hoarding your cash and waiting for the market to turn? 

I often read that it is a good idea to refinance a property as soon as possible to release money for another deal. This makes sense when the new loan can be obtained at the same or a lower interest rate, but when inte...

I have been buying like a drunken sailor for the past two years because of low interest rates. I had four loans at various interest rates under 5%. They were 5 year arms with 15 year amortizations because I went with ...

Hi! This is my first post on BP. I've been looking at multi-family and commercial property, for awhile now, in a few different markets. I'm curious how other investors have priced in ricing interest rates into recent ...

With rates rising and new homeowners opting to rent and save for a home, what do you think is the place investors should be focusing their energy? Short term rentals? Rent to buy?  

I'm a relative newbie. In the past two years, I've added two duplexes in C areas that have positive cash flow. My goal is to try STR using a second home mortgage ideally. My situation is a bit different in that I work...