Real estate, or real property, is one of the oldest and most popular asset classes. And if you ask many newly-minted millionaires, this is where they often get their start. These investments, however, come in different types depending on your appetite for...
Real estate has six basic components that impact your pre-tax cash flow: Revenue Expenses Capital Costs Purchase Sale Debt Let us dive deeper and explore each element. Better understanding means you can better analyze and manage your real estate and...
Whether you are an industry professional, a part-time investor or a casual observer of real estate markets; you have likely heard of cap rates. In this article we will explore how they are constructed, how they are used and some helpful ways to conceptualize them....
Housing in the US is supply-constrained in many markets. Low-interest rates and recovering optimism seem to be fueling sales. Both housing prices and the desire for homeownership have also increased dramatically over the past decade, but lingering uncertainty in the...
Careers in real estate rise and fall with the tide of the market. Many aspire to become licensed agents when the housing market is on the upswing. When a record crash happens such as in 2008, hundreds of thousands of agents switch to other jobs. The allure of easy...
