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DeWitt Gibson Fannie Mae tightens lending standards on Investment Homes
17 September 2021 | 78 replies

We have been discussing this at my office all day. I don't know much as this point, but here's what I know: "Fannie Mae is tightening the underwriting criteria for second homes and investment properties, the governmen...

Gas City, Indiana
Population: 5.77 Thousand
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David C. Survivorship Bias
5 November 2014 | 9 replies

Many people are familiar with 'survivorship bias' when it comes to mutual fund investing, the basics are this:  a fund company may start many funds over its lifetime with different strategies.  The ones that do poorly...

Patrick Pettibone Survivorship Bias
11 July 2016 | 2 replies

Well i have many many questions for this wonderful resource. I will limit myself to one focus here though. To preface this I am talking about buy and hold properties.  It seems that most investors featured on the podc...

Account Closed Are You Biased
19 May 2008 | 0 replies

Today there was an article in a local paper here in Chicago that put out some results of studies if people were biased.

One thing that interested me was a test that has been conducted like 600,000 times where people...

Scott Passman Avoiding confirmation bias
8 October 2019 | 3 replies

What strategies do you use, if any, to avoid confirmation bias?  It is so easy to just read up on things that confirm my viewpoint and avoid counterarguments that challenge my beliefs on a given market, strategy, prop...

Brian Coons Survivorship bias at BP?
20 December 2019 | 1 reply

Hey everyone.  I just posted my first intro post and here's a quick #2.Last night I attended J Scott's excellent Negotiation webinar.  Thanks again for that J.At some point he mentioned he had had lots of conversation...

Kristy Pedersen Appraisal Bias on BRRR
21 August 2023 | 25 replies

I'm looking at a property in Philadelphia that would need a full gut rehab. I want to BRRR it. Purchase price is 99k, renovation cost is ~100k. ARV maybe 270-280k. My question is regarding the appraisal value. It's lo...

Michael L. Are real estate agents bias?
29 January 2023 | 48 replies

I recently had a r/e agent tell me that their firm only transact with bank qualified buyers. Is this normal and why only bank qualified?? Or, was that person just being a jerk on a Friday🤷🏼‍♂️?