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Six months ago I helped a chef friend open up a restaurant on the square of the county seat an hour east of Dallas. It's a southern comfort food type diner called Buttermilk's.
A small space behind us opened...
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Welcome to my weekly take, A Skeptical Real Estate Dude, coming at you live from Nashville, TN. Every week I write a brief, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets, for all you tubular dudes ...
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BPers,I'm laying out my long-term strategy and need some advice/guidance. My portfolio currently has a trio of 4-plex properties in the same neighborhood, for which I use a professional manager and oversee things fro...
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This is not to be apocalyptic but to bring back to the front of people's minds a tradition that seems to have been lost recently. People used to keep pantries with significant stores of preserved food on hand in the ...
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I have just found the draft texts of the COP15 treaty. Section 3 states the we will have to reduce our emissions by 50-95% within the next 40 years. There is even a selection of 95% or more in 40 years. Wouldn’t ...
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BP contributors:
I for one believe we're not going to see a real estate crash anytime soon, and I firmly believe in the power of pessimistic thinking. But I'm also not wholly ignorant of all the aspects of this busin...
I have been watching the last 4 months in absolute awe. Unemployment is through the roof, businesses are going bankrupt, most people are staying home not spending money yet the stock market and Real Estate market are...