In This Article There’s a school of thought among many real estate investors that you should never sell your property. However, for some property owners, renting out their homes has not been by choice. A recent article in Business Insider revealed a scenario that has been happening throughout the Sunbelt in the wake of the […]
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In This Article If real estate investors and developers were worried about the cost of lumber in the wake of Trump’s tariffs, the president has now presented his solution: He plans to increase American logging, ramp up timber production, and saw through 280 million acres of national forests and other public lands in the process.
In This Article After President Trump refused to rule out a recession on Sunday, the stock market’s dramatic free fall on Monday showed how unpredictable relying on Wall Street can be when planning your financial future. Trump said in an interview that aired Sunday on Fox News, “There is a period of transition because what
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In This Article Recently, a fascinating discussion unfolded on the BiggerPockets forum. It concerns capital gains taxes and how homeowners who stay in their quickly appreciating homes are hit hard when it comes time to sell—even factoring in the capital gains tax relief the IRS offers for single and married couples selling their primary residences
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In This Article Traditionally, young people have been desperate to leave their small towns and strike out for high-paying jobs in the big city. However, the exorbitant cost of city living has resulted in the opposite now being true. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, younger Americans aged 25 to 44 have been moving to smaller towns
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In This Article Buying real estate with friends or business partners often seems like a good idea, but it can be an exasperating experience when it goes wrong. With homeownership and investing becoming increasingly difficult amid high interest rates and property prices, more people are turning to “friends with benefits” to get on the property
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In This Article A secret blacklist? It sounds like something from a Netflix thriller. However, that’s the scenario unfolding when some condo owners have attempted to sell their homes and investments, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Described as a Fannie Mae-maintained “secret mortgage blacklist,” it refers to a list compiled by
In This Article America could be facing months of stagflation—a combination of high inflation, high unemployment, and slow economic growth—in light of President Trump’s economic policies.That’s according to former Federal Reserve president Bill Dudley. This means that for real estate investors, things could be about to get very bumpy. In a Bloomberg opinion piece, Dudley
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In This Article Watching mortgage rates bounce around over the past few weeks has been liable to give you whiplash. While the rest of the world was wringing its hands about stocks falling off a cliff, real estate investors were quietly crossing their fingers with news that mortgage rates had dropped to their lowest level
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