House Hacking has become a popular term lately in the Real Estate Investing Community and also another community known as FIRE, Financial Independence and Early Retirement. In fact, as it comes to FIRE, developing and utilizing hacks for just about everything is a must and is one of the key tenets to reaching FIRE. This post will focus on the hacking aspect of Real Estate, and in Continue Reading
Can You Time the Market?
Can you Time the Market? A common question heard on so many news outlets, websites, etc. is if a buyer can time the Real Estate market, like you might when you are buying a stock. Some people say "No" you cannot time the market. They claim that you buy when the time is right for you, and it's a long term investment. They say timing doesn't matter, not to think about it. Continue Reading
First Time Homebuyer FAQ
We have a special Video Blog today from Caroline and lender partner Michelle Oddo at Nova Homeloans. It can be daunting for a first time homebuyer to know where to start in the process of buying a property. Caroline covers some of the most common questions in this video blog including: How to get started? What is the first step? Do I need 20% down for a mortgage? Continue Reading
The E-Scooter Craze
Happy Friday, y'all! Topic for today is E-scooters. Love 'em or Hate 'em they sure do seem to be popular and here to stay. This is becoming a pretty common scene around town (maybe not today since it's snowing!): First off let me say that they seem really fun and cool! They seem so popular especially with young people <30 let's say (my own observations) Continue Reading
The Gov’t Shutdown and Real Estate
Don't worry, this isn't a political post, at least not overtly :-) It's been hard to miss the news of the on-going Government Shutdown the past few weeks. While I believe a deal will be struck soon, or at least a stop-gap measure to re-open the government for a period of time, kicking the can down the road a bit further, one thing has really struck me with all the reporting: The Continue Reading
A Soft(ish) Landing
What is Different in 2019 Well this year is off to an inauspicious start already in the Financial World, lots of pessimism. See my 2019 predictions from earlier this week. It's safe to say I'm cautiously neutral. Not pessimistic but not optimistic. I'm hoping for a "soft landing." What we are seeing quite simply is the winding down of years of massive stimulus, the Continue Reading
