Hi all,I have tenants expecting to break a lease who have lined up some friends to possibly move in. I'm leery but open to the idea, as it obviously eliminates a tenant search and possibly vacancy. The new tenants wou...
Hi all HELOC experts :)We are in the process of getting a HELOC for our primary, to be used as cash-equivalent to fund investments. After shopping, we opted for one bank however they just came back to us with the prop...
A friend has a unit in a high rise in downtown Seattle. She also has a 2-yr-old and covid isn't doing her any favors.She is concerned with Covid, protests, fires, etc that the market for a downtown condo will not cont...
This post is a bit overdue as I've already turned 25 a couple of months ago, but I wanted to share my story with the BP community. When my parents were buying their first home 15 years ago, I would ride along with the...
Why do many wealthy people wait so long to retire? Despite earning a physician’s salary, living frugally, and saving what most would call “more than enough” money, today’s guest worked for another four years before pu...
Continuing on the strength of 2016's performance, 2017 will bring require a skilled approach to selecting the right investments given the changing markets. Three trends we expect to have a high level of influence a...
The organization’s Midyear Outlook foresees record-setting origination volume as demand for multifamily continues to rise.
Rising rents and falling vacancies are helping fuel strong investor demand in the multif...
Some good news out this morning with a soft CPI print, much under where consensus was. Capital markets a reacting strongly to this in todays session, expecting a decent move in the 10 year. Still have FED’s Jerome Pow...
Many people incorrectly assume that interest rates are the largest factor contributing to the direction of the real estate market. Though changes in interest rates have an impact, a combination of related factors cont...