Heather Frusco
Why is Rent still due during COVID-19?
I have had the opportunity to find and work with some of the best property managers (after many years) for our current properties. Over the years we have gone from me just treating them like just a service I hired to ...
Joe Splitrock
House Hack Bubble and Return of the Sub Prime
Yesterday was an interesting day. I was at the gym and overheard a gym member talking to the trainer. He as trying to talk the trainer into buying a house. He was explaining his own house hacking experience and how he...
Marcus Auerbach
Milwaukee economy - boom or bust?
A couple years ago I had an intern who was working on his Real Estate degree at UWM. He told me about his paper about the role of fresh water as a driver for economical development and why he would choose to invest in...
Dale Osborn
Should realtors be held responsible for their actions?
If you file a complaint against blatant unethical actions of some realtors, the State Real Estate Commission finds no fault wrong. Yet the National Association of Realtors spends millions in advertising every month to...
Kevin Noesner
Inflation is a-coming. What’s your plan?
So with interest rates sure to rise and inflation well on the way, what’s your strategy? Pay down loans? Save up for the next drop? Just curious.
Personally I’ve tried to lock in interest rates as much as possibly a...
Natalie Cloutier
Coronavirus: email to send to your tenants
I got a lot of questions on my Instagram yesterday about the email we wrote to our tenants addressing this outbreak so I decided to include the letter we wrote here in case it helps anybody :) I think a lot of landlor...
Ray Johnson
Real Estate history set to repeat itself
First off, I’m a true believer in the saying “If you have a dream in life, you should seek and follow the path to obtain it!” In late 2006 we saw the real estate bubble come into play and wreak havoc on the housing in...
Jason Merchey
Bubble?
Does anyone sense risk in the housing market? I was thinking lately about taking out a loan or two for rental properties, but I have some concerns about the federal government/politicians/partisanship, a tech bubb...
Gordon Forbes
What do you invest in when everything is over valued?
What do you invest in when all the cyclical investments seem to peak at once?In my humble opinion:Real estate is due for a correction.The stock market is due for a big correction. Every currency is on shaky ground.Pre...
Thomas Seay
San Francisco Bay Area Real Estate Correction
So how much longer can this boom continue around here? I live in Palo Alto, where I have my main residence. I own rental properties in San Mateo, Foster City and East Palo Alto. The one in East Palo Alto I only pur...