Real Estate

Real estate investment opportunities are available in all types of markets. The tricky part is figuring out how to evaluate real estate investment deals given most of them all sound enticing thanks to strong marketing. Yet, as we all know, not every real estate deal does well. As someone who believes the housing market will […]

Are you thinking about buying a home today? Then you need to also envision a scenario where you could buy a home at the top or near the top of the market and a deeper recession hits. If there is a downturn, will you be able to afford the monthly payments? If a bear market

Online real estate investing has exploded in popularity since the JOBS Act passed in 2012. With literally over two hundred of online real estate investing platforms, it’s often hard to figure out which ones to invest on. This article evaluates the top online real estate platforms so you can make a more informed decision. It

If you’re looking to save money when buying a home, you may want to let only the listing agent represent you instead of having a buyer’s agent. This is called dual agency. It’s an unusual move, but one I’ve conducted three times. Overall, this strategy has saved me about $350,000. In real estate, a listing

Here’s an insightful post by CrowdStreet, a leading real estate investing platform, explaining the capital stack and the difference between debt versus equity investing in commercial real estate. CrowdStreet is a leading real estate crowdfunding platform focused mostly on secondary cities with lower valuations and higher cap rates. Most individual investors tend to buy physical

In 2020, we bought a forever home. We found a relatively good deal as panic set in during the first month of lockdown. We decided that if we are going to be cooped up for an unknown period of time, we might as well live in a more comfortable space. The forever home is about

I’m bullish on the housing market over the next decade. It’s one of the reasons why I bought a new forever home in October 2023 and have invested $954,000 in private real estate. I plan to keep on investing in housing, especially after Trump won the presidential election in 2024. There is a structural undersupply

A recent WSJ piece entitled, If You Sell Your House, The Buyer Might Be A Pension Fund, caused some commotion. The article highlighted how competition is heating up for single family homes due to demand from institutional real estate investors. When I read the article, I was surprised to see Fundrise, my favorite real estate

Well folks, I decided to take my revenge spending seriously and buy myself a beachfront dream house. I was going to wait until my family moved to Hawaii before making the splurge. But after such a rough 12+ months, I asked myself, why wait? I’m not getting any younger! Ever since I landed my first