I keep seeing, “Rates are still historically low,” and while that’s true, I think that statement leaves out a pretty important part of the conversation: home prices. In 1981, mortgage rates were around 16.6%, but the median home price was roughly $66,400; today, rates are around 7%, but the media...
I'm considering moving to Charlotte and would like to do another live and flip. I narrowed my buy box down to two zip codes: South End (28203) & Uptown Centre (28203). My goal is to get long-term renters in there after a year or so. Do you have any local insight into these areas? Any parts I shou...
Something in the August data is worth separating out, because the headline number is misleading. Active listings are up 3.6% year over year. New listings are down 0.1%. National inventory is still about 11% below pre-pandemic levels. So the growth in what you see on the market is not sellers arri...
Does it make sense to pay more/extrs toward principal when interest rates are higher?
Hi, I’m looking for local insight on current rental rates near Rosser Avenue in Waynesboro. What would you expect these newly built townhomes to rent for? 3 bedrooms, approximately 1,500 sq. ft. 4 bedrooms, approximately 1,800 sq. ft. I would especially appreciate feedback from local renters, lan...
I screen inventory against one line of arithmetic and I wanted to share what it returned in Dallas this week, because the result was not what I expected. The screen: every active single-family listing inside ten miles of downtown Dallas, $80,000 to $300,000, 1,000+ square feet, built 1950 to 2010...
I analyzed 10,925 duplex, triplex and fourplex sales to test whether St. Paul's rent control hurt values, and the results surprised me. This is a long post, but I think the methodology matters more than the headline, so I'm showing my work. Tell me what I got wrong. BACKGROUND St. Paul passed ren...
I'm a licensed agent in Georgia and I got tired of buying "motivated seller" lists that were either months old or full of wrong owners. So over the past year I started tracking distressed owners across metro Atlanta myself from public records. I'm at about 5,300 now, and a few things surprised me...
Last week produced one of the widest gaps between a headline number and the data underneath it that we have seen this year, and it has direct implications for anyone modeling a refinance. Two Very Different Labor Markets The BLS said the economy added 162,000 jobs in August, roughly three times t...
Something in the August data is worth separating out, because the headline number is misleading. Active listings are up 3.6% year over year. New listings are down 0.1%. National inventory is still about 11% below pre-pandemic levels. So the growth in what you see on the market is not sellers arri...
Looking for honest opinions, not just success stories especially from people investing in secondary Rust Belt markets. My situation: I’m in my mid-20s, building a small portfolio in the Youngstown, OH / Mahoning Valley area under my own LLC. I still work a W2 for income stability and lending elig...
Everyone in real estate says "buy in the off-season." I wanted to know if the data actually backs it up. So I pulled 4,896 single-family sales across Highland Park, Mac-Groveland, Union Park and West 7th - six years, October 2020 through September 2026 - and measured what buyers actually paid rel...
The Great Stay: What It Could Mean for the Memphis Housing Market Homeowners aren't moving as often as they used to. A recent trend being called “The Great Stay” describes a growing number of homeowners choosing to stay in their current homes rather than sell and move. Higher mortgage rates, elev...
I recently purchased a house, and as a data enthusiast, I'm thrilled about the possibilities! I used to be frustrated by the hassle of juggling multiple platforms for crime stats, rent data, taxes, insurance, liquidity, and other key metrics. Now that I have more free time, I’m considering whethe...
Developers are pulling back on new apartments just as one of the city's favorite fixes, turning empty offices into housing, is starting to look like a dead end. The pipeline is shrinking, fast New York's multifamily development pipeline took a sharp step backward in the second quarter. Developers...
Florida STR investors, what has been your biggest challenge over the past 12 months? Insurance? Regulations? Property taxes? Occupancy? Finding reliable property management? It seems like every market has shifted a bit, and I'm curious what's had the biggest impact on your business.
Charlotte real estate investors — one ZIP code just caught my attention- It has a 2% vacancy rate for August 2026! For investors looking at rental properties, vacancy is an important metric because it can have a direct impact on your rental income and overall cash flow. In my August 2026 Market W...
My gut was telling me that gloom-and-doom days are ahead, so as I prepared for this post, I thought I would turn to one of my favorite sources of economic data, the St. Louis Federal Reserve, for their data. What I found regarding mortgage delinquency was not as bad as I thought. Check out this c...