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Secondary markets such as Houston, Denver, Nashville, and Austin, Texas are expected to see growth in rents in 2014, by more than 4%, according to a recent article in National Real Estate Investor Online. According...
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I am in round two of a direct mail campaign and callers are getting more sharp in their replies; its said to expect creative responses to creative marketing and of course I'm hearing more "creativity" sent my way afte...
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-I’m from San Jose, CA-I have 400k to invest-Goal is to reach 10+ multifamily units-looking for other long distance investors -looking for connections -looking to network-possible areas of interest: —Columbus Ohio—Lou...
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I think there will be bloodbath in commercial real estate, not so much in residential. It's already started. The WSJ reported this week that RBC bank was trying to fire sale $600B worth of property this week that it...
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I just read a great article in the Wall Street Journal by Jonathan Clements about the 5 key risks of real estate in today’s crazy market. The risks he points to are:
1) Borrowing Too Heavily
2) Selling your property ...
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The Economist featured a fascinating and well researched article in May’s print edition called, “Shadow Banking in China: Battling the Darkness.” This piece outlines how non-bank lending has grown in China in recen...
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Hi there!I'm a NYC based "investor" looking to make my first ever Real Estate purchase. The local market here in NYC is just ridiculously over priced and the standard of apartments is extremely low considering the ...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erincarlyle/2014/12/18...Experts expect a more balanced market in 2015. What do you guys think about these predictions?1. Prices will rise more slowly2. Affordability will worsen3. The buy...
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Found this article. Thought it might be a nice interesting topic to discuss:
http://homes.yahoo.com/blogs/spaces/great-senior-sell-off-could-cause-next-housing-063235194.html
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Found this article by Bill Gross of PIMCO. He shows an image of a series of concentric circles with the safest investments in the center and each circle going outward has more risk - according to the PIMCO investm...