Category: Economy
Economic Impact of Every Home Sold [INFOGRAPHIC]
September 15th, 2015
Every time a property is sold, the surrounding economy gets a boost. Local businesses and industries benefit at every stage of the process from the sale to post-sale purchases. These include aspects like home construction costs, real estate brokerage, mortgage …Read more »
Tenants Find it Cheaper to Rent Than to Buy
August 31st, 2015
In most areas of the country, homeownership costs more than renting. Many economists with calculators claim the opposite, but the calculations and conclusions are often highly misleading. As is often the case, the devil is in the details. We recently …Read more »
Rent Inflation Shows No Signs of Letting Up
August 23rd, 2015
Landlords keep cranking up rents, with annual increases far outpacing price growth elsewhere in the economy, according to recent data released this summer. Rents in May were up 3.5% from a year earlier, while a gauge for overall consumer prices …Read more »
7 Steps for Picking a Strong Real Estate Market (Part 2)
August 17th, 2015
In part one of 7 Steps for Picking a Strong Real Estate Market we discussed the first four litmus tests required for investing in a suitable market. In this second part we will cover the last three tests to consider …Read more »
Rental Growth Where You Least Expect It
July 26th, 2015
Take a drive through the urban portion of any major city and you will likely see cranes and construction crews dotting the landscape, building what appears to be an endless supply of apartment units. Your eyes are not deceiving you. …Read more »
How to Predict Population Growth
May 19th, 2015
I'm currently reading Dr. Peter Linneman's "Real Estate Finance and Investments" and it includes some great information on how to predict population growth -- the number one indicator of real estate price appreciation and rent growth. Here are some of my …Read more »
Choosing the Right Neighborhood
May 12th, 2015
Classifying a neighborhood by "type", or what many investors refer to as a "grade", is typically nothing more than a subjective description. Although most people will have a general idea of what is being referred to, in my experience it …Read more »
Why Invest Out-of-State?
May 4th, 2015
The simple fact is that the best real estate opportunities are not always found in your neighborhood or local market. You may have heard the saying, “all real state is local”. Well, with over 400 markets around the United States, …Read more »
The Rise of Single-Family Rentals
April 27th, 2015
Over the past decade, almost all of the growth in America’s households has been driven by renters, especially renters of single-family residences (SFRs). Owning the stereotypical modest home with a white picket fence was long a hallmark of the suburban …Read more »