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Article on Market-Watch:
https://www-marketwatch-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/guid/E5127276-1A17-11E7-8755-9AB7B5C1C318
Spoiler alert:
- According to the mortgage bankers association, the a...
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Does anyone here have a house managed by Arbor Trace in Birmingham? Or have you bought a house from Birmingham Income Properties? Their property management business seems to be falling apart due to conflict between ...
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This is the advice I got from a relative six years ago when real estate looked like it would never stop going up, gold was like $500 back then. He had liquidated most of his real-estate holdings (he owned several hom...
Hello!Recently purchased multi-family and was told by the inspector that the landing structure at the steps isn't attached well to the house and it must be properly secured to the structure to prevent collapse. Not su...
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“Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.” So goes the old saying, but that doesn’t stop people from trying: from pundits to analysts to salesmen, many make grand projections about the future...
I know the debate on leveraging has been raging for quite a while on this forum and there are several people who are pro leverage (Rich, Will, JScott) as long as it is used responsibly and there are others that talk a...
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Hi all!! Thanks for checking out this post.
I’m from Scottsdale AZ. I have $50,000 I want to dedicate to my first multi family investment which I’ll live in for one year.
I’m scared of losing my money, here’s why:...
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Has anyone here heard of or attend Nouveau Riche University? I talk to someone today about it and it sounded good but would like other opinions.
Thanks,
Scott
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If you knew the real estate market as a whole would crash in 1 year (similar to 2008-2009), what would you do over the next 12 months to protect your investments? Would you sell, hold or do something different?
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Previously, the Federal Reserve indicated it would raise the federal funds rate four times this year. On March 16th the Federal Open Market Committee said it expects to raise the federal funds rate six times this year...