About myself
Looking to help where I can. I'm most passionate about local real estate market selection and analysis; a firm believer that the 'market' is the main driver of real estate success. In 2006 I founded HousingAlerts.com and designed its market timing system. I learned technical analysis at Harvard Business School and used it for years to trade stocks and options. Housing cycles turned out to give off the same kind of reliable signals, so I built indicators that read them: inventory, days on market, pending sales, price cuts and prices, tracked for every state, metro, county and ZIP code in the US. Hedge funds, investment banks, private equity firms and individual investors use it to see where a local market is heading. When it comes to creating wealth from real estate, I believe LEVERAGED APPRECIATION (i.e. being in the right market at the right time, on purpose) is what creates virtually all real estate millionaires. I realize that's likely to be controversial here on BP but it comes from decades in the trenches; I'll try to back that up with cold, hard data. Full disclosure: much of that data comes from my own platform. Anyway, I'm a left-brained numbers geek and look forward to some lively convo's, mutual respect and some great connections! Here's a bit about my real estate background... - Founder, owner and creator of www.HousingAlerts.com: LOCAL real estate market analytics and timing indicators for hedge funds, investment banks, private equity firms and real estate investors since 2006. - As a C.P.A. with Arthur Andersen & Co. I audited and consulted with many of the largest real estate developers on massive commercial real estate syndications worldwide. - M.B.A. - Harvard Business School, President of the Real Estate Club - 40+ years Commercial & Residential developer, investor and market consultant. - Syndicated & Operated (w/ brother) 23 Commercial properties (mostly office & retail) totaling over 1,000,000 sq ft. - Owned and Operated multi-state acquisitions, sales and development companies acquiring and developing many subdivisions encompassing thousands of acres for my personal account. - Home Builder, Flipper, Wholesaler, Private Lender and Investor - 100's of properties