Shiny Object SyndromeLow Bid SyndromeMagic Bullet SyndromeI’ve made myself victim of some of the above. What other psychological ailments are endemic to business owners that you can think of?

The familiar pattern of extremely high buyer demand, cripplingly low housing inventory, and rising prices continued during the first month of 2020 in the Austin metro area. According to the latest market report by the...

Hey All,I'm working on a project in which i'm converting a single family home into a Quadplex and looking to Refinance out of it afterwards and was wondering how to figure out the ARV. I was told two different things,...

Do appraisers make adjustments for converting existing square footage into additional bedrooms?
We're converting a storage closet into a 3/4 bathroom and turning a sunroom and nook into 2 additional bedrooms.
The ap...

The 2022 Austin real estate market was a year of extreme contrasts. The year began with scenes like that below, where there were multiple buyers lined up (often literally) for extremely limited housing inventory:

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My first and only rental property in East English Village has been underperforming since I acquired the property in 2019. I believe it can do well if renovated to attract higher quality tenants and rent at the market ...

Estimating multifamily has been pretty tough for me. A real estate agent told me that I can estimate duplex rent by comparing it to apartment rents. If the duplex is a 4x4, then I was advised to look at the rent for 2...

I am a new investor working on the purchase of my fourth property.  My first two properties were REO's that I purchased, rehabbed, rented and am looking to refinance.  My other two properties are turn-key rentals.  I ...

I have purchased a 4 unit SFH. Have done significant renovations and improved the rents on the property. It was a cash purchase and am looking to refinance for as much back as possible. I was hoping for a discussion i...

Please help me understand ARV it seems like it can be very broad.