Category: Real Estate
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How America Became a Nation of Renters [Infographic]
The percentage of U.S. households that own a home has dropped significantly since 2008, and experts say this downward trend may well continue for…
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Linear and Cyclical Real Estate Markets
There are two basic types of real estate markets: Linear and Cyclical. Cyclical Markets Cyclical markets are real estate markets that tend to have…
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American “Nightmare”: Real US Homeownership Rate Has Never Been Lower
The transformation of the American Dream, most broadly manifested in popular folklore as the aspiration of the US middle-class to own a home (even…
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The Renter Next Door
An unexpected side effect of the mortgage crisis has been the replacement in many neighborhoods of single-family homeowners with renters. An article from the…
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How to Create Profits in Today’s Seller’s Market
The feedback I get from investors across the country is that we are in a seller’s market. Prices are up. Inventory is low. Properties…
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Routine Repairs vs. Capital Expenditures (CapEx)
For some residential investors, capital expenditure terminology — CapEx for short — is unfamiliar. Capital expenditure reserves are common in the commercial real estate…
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How to Hire the Best Property Manager
Hiring the right property manager is important for protecting your investment and achieving reduced vacancy time and maximized income. A good property manager will…
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US Rents Rising
US home rental prices continued to climb at a modest pace in December, but rapidly escalating costs in cities such as San Francisco and…
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FlipNerd.com Interviews Marco Santarelli [Video]
I was honored to be invited as a guest on the FlipNerd Real Estate Investing podcast show with host Mike Hambright. (You can listen…
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A Stunning $441 Billion Paid in Rent
A recently released study revealed that a whopping $441 Billion was spent on rents in the U.S. in 2014. This represents an increase of…
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Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever
I recently finished recording a podcast as the featured guest on “Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever” hosted by Joe Fairless. This is consistently…
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21% of U.S. Housing Markets Are Now Less Affordable Than Historical Averages
RealtyTrac released a report identifying county-level housing markets with early warning signs of a possible home price bubble — where prices over-inflate and eventually…
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Delayed Marriage Equals Delayed Home-Ownership
The share of 25 to 29 year-olds who are married is down by almost 48% for men and 43% for women from 1970. This…
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8 Rental Property Predictions for 2015
All good investors are visionaries. That is, before making an investment they make predictions about the future – which may or may not come…
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Are You “CLEAR” on What is a Good Deal?
So often beginning investors focus on real estate investing techniques that they lose sight of the important issue – is this a good deal? …