Some say that the current financial situation may evolve into a crisis similar to that of 1929. So, how did mum and dad property investors come out of the 1929 crisis?

I suppose they had a hard time for several years...

I know other people have posted speculating about the next downturn in real estate. After 2008, people are understandably still shellshocked. However I have noticed a disturbing trend in conversations amongst friends ...

So I'm pretty much ready to start my house hunting process but it seems like my pessimism is overtaking everything that I think.  I'm looking at Orange county NY and looking at a 2-4 unit property, where I'll live in ...

http://www.businessweek.com/videos/2013-02-06/shiller-sees-no-major-rally-in-u-dot-s-dot-housing-market

sycamore duplexHoping to find some insight on my analysis process. Been looking for properties for a first deal to hopefully do a BRRRR and am getting to the point I almost ignore the listed price to see how low I nee...

Is this too pessimistic?

TLDR: When you are wrong on estimating TIME in a phase of a construction project....how off are you?   x1.5?  x3?  x6? x 10?  And yes I know the technical answer is "IT DEPENDS" so I will ask that we skip the micro as...

is it better to be a pessimist, a realist, or an optimist?

If you are a pessimist, like me, I feel like that I have passed on a few deals that could have been good just because I tend to estimate vacancy rates, repai...

with all these happenings, I am assuming that the prices of RE will go down. But when do you predict that economy will bounce back?
by 2022?
by 2023?
your call...

So in developing a more automated pro-forma deal analysis, I'm trying to set up standardized cost breakdowns for multifamilies. Yes, anything from fourplex to apartment and also broken down in pessimistic, neutral ...