The government shutdown, the proverbial “psyche!” by legislators, certainly caused a stir among private money and hard money lenders. With so many government-backed loans in limbo, many borrowers made a last ditch ...

Anyone know of a conflict of interest to being a federal employee (or military) and accepting housing vouchers as rental payment? My government sector is not involved with anything dealing with federal housing. I’m lo...

I just read a very sobering article on Comcast just now. Only a little over 6% make 100k a year or more in the nation.

Adjusted for rising costs many are just getting by and unable to save much.
Hyper inflation hasn...

Hi everyone! I’m looking into the Montgomery Alabama area for purchasing my first rentals. I’m not too familiar with the neighborhoods and wanted to know if anyone has any insight. I’ve looked at Boylston area, but wa...

https://thelens.news/2021/05/0...I wasn't even aware of the "roommate" law. I can't understand why anyone would still invest there. I swear there's a secret cabal trying to eliminate mom-and-pop operators in all secto...

How do you become, as a starting-out developer, a public sector housing developer? Working with the government to build low-income homes for people? and what are the pros and cons of that?

Hi,We're currently in a situation where we are waiting on a refundable loan (grant) from a city agency:  the grant is applied as a loan at closing.   This process appears to have stalled over two months,  with no sign...

To solve the housing problem we need more than just multi family housing. We need to make a return to the 50's era when we were building the 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 1 car garage starter home. Now we can make them efficient...

There has been no previous occasion for this kind of downturn of economic activity. Recessions or severe economic slowdowns are usually caused by the exchange between economic and/or financial differences during the p...

From Universal Press Service.(did anyone see this?)
A December USA TODAY anaylysis revealed that during the first 18 months of the recent resession, beginning December 2007, the number of federal employees with six...