Real Estate

Now that we’ve had some fun figuring out the minimum income and net worth required to buy a $5 million home, I thought it’d be nice to be more inclusive of more homebuyers. This post will discuss the income and net worth requirements to buy a home priced from $200,000 to $50 million. The income

A five million dollar house is big bucks in every single city in America. Once you cross the $5 million mark, it is classified in the luxury territory, even for cities such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, and New York. Therefore, I thought it would be interesting to calculate the minimum income necessary to

In a stunning turnaround, Zillow recently announced it would be getting out of the iBuying business and will shut down its Zillow Offers division. Roughly 25% or 2,000 of its staff will be let go as the company takes a $540 million write-off. “We’ve determined the unpredictability in forecasting home prices far exceeds what we

Given how hot the housing market currently is, let’s look ahead to see what bad things might occur to derail the trend. This post looks at the cities most at risk of a housing downturn so you can better invest your real estate capital. In brief, here are the things that could cause a national

The best time to own the nicest house you can afford is when you have the most number of people living in it. This way, your house is providing for the most number of people. The most number of people are enjoying your house. Finally, the cost is spread out and provides better value. Therefore,

With all the talk about rents and the overall U.S. housing market, I thought it would be good to see how Fundrise’s various real estate funds have performed in this environment. At the end of the day, we can talk all we want. But, investment performance is what matters most. Fundrise is a real estate

I’m bullish on single-family homes due to rising rents, negative real mortgage rates, undersupply, and declining vacancies. As prices soften over the next 12 months due to higher mortgage rates, I’m looking to buy more property. I would buy another single-family homes, however, I’m tapped out because I bought a new single-family home in 2020.

I worry for renters trying to buy property and our children who have little or no earnings power. The U.S. housing market might eventually get as hot as the Canadian housing market. If so, U.S. housing prices easily see at least 30% – 50% upside. After all, the median home price in Canada is about

Rising rents are a boon for rental property investors and landlords. Rising rents is one of the main reasons why real estate is my favorite asset class to build wealth. If you own rental property long enough, you will build far greater wealth than the average person who rents. However, rising rents come at a