The new federal housing law will restrict large institutional investors controlling at least 350 single-family homes from purchasing additional properties, with certain exceptions. The goal is to give individual homebuyers a better chance, but could it also create more opportunities for smaller r...
If you've pulled a ZIP code's median household income from any data tool this year and it came back 10 to 20 percent higher than the last time you looked, you weren't imagining it. Nearly every ZIP in the country moved at once. Nobody got a raise. What moved was the ruler. I maintain a dataset th...
The Huntsville real estate market July 2026 gave local sellers several encouraging signs, but it also showed why pricing and positioning still matter. Sales across Huntsville and Madison County increased 19.5% compared with July 2025, while the combined median sale price reached $349,000. Pending...
Good week of data if you're buying or refinancing anything right now. Here's the short version! Inflation Consumer prices rose just 0.1% in July, putting annual inflation at 3.4%. Core inflation, which drops food and gas out of the math, came in at 2.5% for the year. That's the lowest since March...
Capital is coming back. Transaction activity is improving. Lenders are lending again, and investors haven't suddenly forgotten where the real estate department is located. But they have become considerably more selective about what they will finance and what they are willing to pay for. And that'...
Every month Heartland MLS posts the stats for the Kansas City area. Heartland encompasses an hour ish radius of Kansas City. Keep in mind this is for listed properties. Here's what they said... Average Sales Price: $406,907 (+2.5% YoY) Average Days on Market: 36 days (-5.9% YoY) Months of Supply:...
As we know, if you’re looking at rental properties in the Charlotte market, vacancy is an important piece of the investment puzzle. Click here to watch our latest Market Watch video Here’s a quick look at a few local areas: 28078 (Huntersville): 4% vacancy 28027 (Concord): 5% vacancy 28104 (Ma...
I run a property management company here, and we track listings across platforms. In July, 4,288 listings inside the city limits came through our collection. 941 of them dropped their asking price at least once. That's 21.9% of the market marking itself down in a single month. Here's where. The s...
Every out-of-state investor asks me the same question about Las Vegas: "which neighborhood should I buy in?" When I first started, I thought that was the right question. It isn't. We target a specific tenant profile — families with young kids, household income $60K–$85K, renting single-family 3+ ...
Hey everyone, I’ve been diving deep into the data for the underserved 2–50 unit multifamily layer across Metro Atlanta and North Georgia, and the numbers from this August point to a clear shift. Core Metro Atlanta inventory has climbed to an elevated 11.5 months of supply, officially tipping us i...
I pulled Zillow's Home Value Index (ZHVI) and Observed Rent Index (ZORI) for every metro in their top 100 and computed gross yield = (median rent x 12) / median home value. Same formula for every market, so it's apples-to-apples. 97 of the 100 have both series. Top 10: 1. Jackson, MS - $215,622 v...
July was another strong month for Austin-area home sales, with considerably more transactions and dollar volume than a year ago. Total sales increased 12.5% year over year to 2,950, while monthly dollar volume jumped 15.4% to $1.73 billion. Year-to-date dollar volume is now 7.4% ahead of 2025, an...
The economy lost jobs in July. Here's the two-sided read for apartment owners. Friday's jobs report was the most consequential data point of the year for anyone who owns rental property, and I think it deserves a careful read rather than a headline reaction. It is genuinely good news and bad news...
Week of August 3 recap! The headline from July's jobs report got a lot of attention... the economy shed jobs instead of adding them. The full picture underneath that number matters more than the headline, and for real estate investors it points in a clear direction. The July Jobs Report The econo...
Thoughts on reventure.app for zip-code level market and investment data ? Worth the $39/month? Accurate?
New analysis from the US Census Bureau sheds light on how extreme things have become in California versus national averages. *The majority of California residents move from renters to buyers at age 47. National average is 36. In 2009, most Californians bought at 41. *Median home price in LA Count...
Does a Lower Purchase Price Always Beat a Lower Interest Rate? I’ve been thinking about how many investors focus almost entirely on negotiating the purchase price while giving much less attention to financing. Let’s use a simple example. Imagine two nearly identical rental properties. Deal A Purc...
Mortgage Rates Around 6.69% — How Are You Stress-Testing Deals Right Now? With the 30-year fixed mortgage rate around 6.69%, I’ve been thinking about something that matters more than simply whether rates are “high” or “low.” How much room for error does the average rental deal have right now? Tak...
I've spent the last few years testing just about every motivated-seller channel out there. Here's the honest scorecard, in case it saves someone the tuition I paid. What worked: Consistency over channel. The investors crushing it aren't using a secret source — they run ONE channel every single da...
Everyone knows the 70% rule: MAO = ARV × 0.70 − repairs. It's a fine gut-check, but it treats every deal like it has identical holding costs, financing costs, and margin needs — which isn't true. A $400K ARV flip in a fast-moving market can support a different percentage than a $120K ARV flip in ...
The August 2026 foreclosure postings for Harris County include 697 residential properties and 48 commercial properties scheduled for foreclosure on the August 4 auction date. For investors who monitor distressed opportunities, foreclosure postings can provide an early look at properties that may ...
Hi there. I'm new to posting here, though I've followed BiggerPockets for a while. I invest in multifamily, focused on 20-100 unit properties, and lately I've been watching the wave of loans from 2020 and 2021 hitting maturity. The setup is simple. Cheap debt, pro formas that assumed a refi at si...
Cheers from San Antonio! Recession fears in 2026: are you building bigger cash reserves or going all-in on cash-flow assets? I’d love to hear where everyone stands right now: > Are you increasing your cash reserves and playing more defensively in 2026? > Or are you aggressively going after cash-f...
This month’s headlines all point to the same underlying tension in New York real estate: the market is rewarding quality and stability, and punishing complexity. Trophy office space is tightening into a landlord’s market. The city is doubling down on preserving what already works in affordable ho...
Fed Policy and Rate Trajectory The Federal Reserve held the Federal Funds Rate at 3.50% to 3.75% for the fifth consecutive meeting. Three regional Fed presidents — Hammack (Cleveland), Kashkari (Minneapolis), and Logan (Dallas) — dissented in favor of a 25 basis point hike. That split tells inves...