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Here's a quick market recap for the Austin area during the week of April 2 to April 9. The largest outlier is the high number of temporarily off market properties in the residential for sale market. This time last ye...
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If you own or manage a business, what are the biggest challenges your industry is facing? Both Pre & Post COVID19. We are all part of the Real Estate Industry as a whole but we all fall into various sub-industries...
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So I wanted to take a dive into what we as investors, are thinking about the current state of the market. But more importantly which direction it is going. Is now a time to buy or not?would love to hear what other mul...
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Hey guys! I am looking for some advice in regards to beginning to invest in real estate. My wife and I already own 1 rental property. However, after 2 job losses between 2009 and 2011, our savings are gone and we are ...
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Investment is considered to be the only way of securing your future, especially your post retirement life; however choosing the right investment option that will give you a better return as compared to other available...
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So I'm, trying to analyze a market to invest in. I've heard that job growth and population growth are two important factors (i.e. you don't want to invest in a town where the population is declining 7% per year and jo...
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Look Beyond Your Nose
When I got out of high school, I went to work for a construction company driving an extremely large belly-dump at an earth dam project for a new lake.
Once a week there was a manda...
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Thanks for reading! My current Townhouse is going up for Short Sale in a few days. I have already set a goal for myself to have my first investment property by the end of the year, but now I also need a residence :)I ...
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Hey everybody. New to real estate investing here. Long time listener of BP and have been working on learning and figuring out how to get things start. Would love to connect with people who are knowledgable and want t...
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I really feel as though my entire investment life (since 2008) has been going from deal to deal broke and growing when the money is tight. I was a mortgage loan officer when I started investing and the market turned ...