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Real Estate
- Recession and real estate Given the upcoming recession predictions, does it make sense to buy investment properties at this time? Mostly real estate market seems all inflated right now, so we will end up paying more than the property is worth. But then this is an investment property, we hope to keep it long term and rent it
- vote Real Estate pulse Trying to get a pulse of the current market. Which options fit you best?
- Real estate blog Hi folks! I have been pretty good knowledge of real estate markets and I thought I should start a blog. Bay are focused home buyers - what kind of topics do you like see in content?
- vote Do you trust your real estate agents? Buyer agent told me that seller agent told him there were offers at 25% above listing price and to win the home we needed to bid at least 30% above the listing price. I smelled the BS and didn't bite. Guess what? Finally, the home got sold for only 5% above the listing price. #mortgage #housing #sa
- vote Real Estate slowdown incoming? I unfortunately sat out of real estate for the last 2 years. I was chatting with a friend today who bought a few investment properties during the pandemic and he said there were signs of softness in the market Folks who are much more close to this, are you seeing any signs of slowdown? #housing #
- vote Real Estate in India (Mumbai) Thinking of buying an apt for future myself in mumbai and wanted to ask if it it even makes sense at this point? Price: 3.5 Cr ($475,000) Interest rate: 7% 20% down payment Plan to pay it off slowly in next 6-8 years Already priced out of bay area long back so no hope of buying in US. Don’t have
- Sacramento real estate Can’t buy in Bay Area, thinking to buy sfh and rent it out in Sacramento area. Is this a good idea? Or any other metros that you suggest for investment - add in comments below. #realestate #bayarea #sacramento #investments
- Real Estate Agent Canada Hello, Planning on buying a house in Alberta Canada. How does one go about finding real estate agent in this area ? Any websites which can be helpful for this ? Googling gives some results… #housing TC: 250k
- Inflation strategy & real estate I didn’t buy anything, should i overbid right now in nyc and acquire real estate asap? also any other inflation strategies you guys are implementing?
- Real estate investment advice I'm single and only spent about $2000/month on rent in a rent controlled city. No plan for kids. I'm pondering if I should buy in bay area. Even if I find something <1m, I will pay > 4k/month for mortgage + tax. So self living guarantees negative cash flow. Even if I rent out the property, rent
- vote Seattle real estate slowdown expected?? How come the prices are still increasing? I would hope that with increasing mortgage rates, the house prices would actually drop. Is the price drop coming soon?? https://www.zillow.com/community/montevallo/2068596675_zpid/
- Real estate agent fees It is crazy that seller have to pay 6% in bay area or other hot seller market with no contingency etc. Not sure why no disruption happening in this space yet. Realtors are not putting that much of work. You have to pay extra for staging, cleaning. Most of the time buyer do all homework and ask them
- link I invest in real estate. A newbie. AMA. Just transferred 250k cash from selling stocks to my bank to close on 8 apartments. And I have never seen 10k with my own eyes. It kinda feels surreal. Came long way from living on $30 a month to this. I am no pro. Doing real estate for about five years. Have ten, working on eight more. Planning ge
- vote Housing market crash for Bay Area Real Estate? After Facebook declare WFH, do you think other companies will follow? If yes, is the Bay Area market going to crash? Would people move out of state or just to suburbs in south and east bay (San Jose/Campbell/Tri Valley) ? Looking to buy a house, jump now or wait?? PS: By real estate I am mostly in
- FIRE: Stock or Real Estate ? Happy new year ! Blah, blah, let's talk business. FIRE = Financial Independent / Retired Early I only care about the FI part in the most practical aspects. I want to know how YOU yourself do it in your everyday life: investment management, returns, budgeting etc. You don't need to read further.
- Real estate commission. I have always wonder why real estate commission is fixed % of the home sold or bought. Most of the time agent spends same amount of time to sell or buy a home worth $1m or $2m. And definitely selling requires less effort and time compare to buying. I think it is high time tech comes up with a very
- vote I will never buy a real estate property ***UPDATE*** Is this the most successful poll in blind history? I like to think so. *************** I'm in my 30s, nyc market is nuts, rental properties are pain. Feeling bullish (long term) in etf investments, trinity study, and stuff. Thoughts? NOTE: i might buy a little reit for diversificatio
- Seattle Real Estate Situation Is Devastating Housing prices in our area are jumping 200-300k, plus rate hikes just from December. It’s devastating. We are both a wreck. We’ve been saving aggressively for several years and now it’s a huge set back. My goal was to stop working in a few years and now it seems impossible. We took our time last yea
- vote Bay Area Real Estate: Fremont vs Dublin Contemplating buying a SFH or Townhome. What are the pros/cons of both these cities? Which one’s better in terms of safety, property appreciation, commute, schools etc? TC: 250k
- Reasonable real estate Where in the country can you still buy reasonably priced real estate? Seattle, Bay Area, nyc, Austin, Boulder, North Carolina are all beyond insanely too expensive (1M 1 year ago bought a well located solid house in some of these areas, now it barely buys an apartment in the same location 😫).
- Real estate Austin Household tc 400k .Moving this month to Austin where should we buy ? Also how much max can we invest for a new home . Edit: I see houses for 900k in Leander and George Town with property taxes over 10 years and 10 percent yearly increase in evaluation it’s pretty expensive. This brings prices sim
- vote Real estate - good or bad investment strategy? I’ve used all my savings to buy 3 flats in large cities such as London. I’ve taken mortgages and put them up for rent so that the rental price covers the monthly mortgage cost. At the end of my life I will have paid off those mortgages and live off of the rent which is roughly what I am making toda
- Why do people buy investment real estate in nyc(condos)? Price: 1.5M Hoa: 1000/mo Taxes: 800/mo Monthly rent: 5200 With 4% mortgage it’s $6600 a month. Why do people buy investment condos in NYC and rent them out????? What am I missing? Tax deductions?
- Real estate investing Hi..I'm new to investing....wondering what are some good books for beginners to learn the basics.. to get me started on real estate investing....with case studies if possible.
- Real estate to FIRE Anyone else here heavy on real estate and growing a rental portfolio as a way to FIRE? How many properties or how much monthly net income are you targeting before quitting work? I'm targeting $14k net. Currently have 7 rentals.
- Metaverse Real estate Metaverse Real estate investing Real or a fad? I was thinking about buying something in decentraland or perhaps Roblox
- link Real estate funds? Has anyone looked into RE focused funds? Essentially these funds look for $50k min and promise 14-16% IRR on multi family investments. Lock in of 4-5 years followed by quarterly disbursements. I’m almost ready to get into rental property acquisition and begin with $50-75k, but this feels too good to
- vote Real estate crash in 2022 With interest rates going up and mortgages are getting unaffordable, do you think a Real estate crash coming soon ?
- Real estate investing I started investing in real estate 8 years ago. I did it initially as way to increase my monthly cash flow but quickly fell in love with buying and owning property and I have spent the last eight years buying anything I could afford - mostly through reinvesting every dollar of rent into new property
- vote Seattle real estate Given that we are projecting 4-6 rate hikes this year, will seattle real estate market come donw by EOY? Please comment.
- Real estate syndication Do you use any? How is your experience? Do you recommend them? I'm looking to diversify into real estate but I don't want the hassle of looking after a SFH. I want a passive multi family investment with a syndication. #personalfinance #investments #realestate
- Real estate investments Where are you all investing in real estate? I am interested in investing in multi family but a bit lost in terms of city. Live in the Bayarea. Can’t afford to invest here but considering max of 500k in other cities. Goal is to have a positive cash flow after taxes and vacancy rates. Any suggestions
- Bay Area real estate Why are people buying homes in Tracy for $1m + !!!
- [Serious] Equities vs Real Estate Ok, so hear me out. I’m on visa that will never convert to a GC so that determines a lot of what I’m going to say below regarding asset allocation: 1. Equities only: Girlfriend and I are able to invest around $220K into equities every year. With a growth rate of 10%, and assuming that we kept worki
- Real Estate trend Lot of people (including here on blind ) are waiting in the sideline for the housing market to correct , to purchase a house (and for many, their first home ) . So assuming interest rate keeps going up and say there are similar (maybe even more ) inventory, would the house value remain same (with a
- Real Estate Investment advice? I have been looking at a 1b/1b that's around $350K it's pretty small about 600sft, monthly HOA is currently $400ish, built in 1960s doesn't have direct sunlight, not much storage space, but seems like a decent condo in Greater Seattle Area. I think the monthly mortgage payment could be taken care of
- Real estate How and why are Chinese people overpaying so much to pounce on real estate in US?
- Real estate syndication Guys who is up for investment in real estate .I am thinking about pooling money.I have a plan on real-estate syndication .I can make a discord too. I am specifically looking in Seattle/ Bellevue region and I have contacts for deals which we can collectively benefit from. let me know
- Crazy Seattle Real Estate Lots of new construction in Lake Stevens. Looks like this is the new Bothell for North of Seattle. Houses have ~20 offers with all bids above 1MM on SFH. The new construction happening looks great but are highly optimized by builders for the lot space. I am not sure if this will hold value 5-7 year
- vote Austin Real-estate I am new to austin, and a single working parent. I was looking around Austin Real-estate in the Leander, round rock and pflugerville with good Indian community. However would you suggest buying a home anytime soon? When should be the best time to buy a home in Austin, given the current economic situ
- Real estate Is it a good time to invest in a townhouse in Bay area? TC 200 with good savings Update: this question is more about understanding the chances of market crash and if it's a good time to invest in real estate or not. Also I'm a first time home buyer so whatever I'll buy will be my primary residence
- Real estate in greater seattle When will the real estate market collapse ? The real estate price is beyond crazy in greater Seattle/ Seattle area. How are buyers affording such crazy prices?
- vote Now is objectively the worst time to buy real estate ? Stock market is down, selling stocks to make up down payment will mean we are short selling RSUs, investments. Interest rates are highest in last 10 years or more. Real Estate market seems hottest it has been, going 100k over asking even in Denver suburbs, make that 400-500k in Bay Area. This is not
- Real estate tokenization Anyone has experience or is familiar with real estate tokenization - i.e. Issuing tokens to raise fund and then buy real estate? Any group that discusses that? #blockchain #crypto #tokenization
- Real estate ideas Have 1M in cash/stocks. Need to diversify some of it to real estate. Out of state is good as well. 300k downpayment. Bay Area out of budget..some other places?
- vote Net worth and Real Estate How much of your Networth is tied to your real estate investments in primary and investment properties
- Any real estate winners ? We've all read about the whining of the losers in bidding wars but how about the winners ? What motivates you to bid like 1.7m for a house listed at 1.4m ? Are you having kids and really must get more space ? Or are you afraid the prices will keep climbing and be priced out ? Market crash concerns
- Real Estate Investment Real Estate Investment in USA always excite me. I love houses and I never thought so seriously turning this thing into my investment strategy but I started taking it more seriously. Therefore need advice or any drawbacks which I am missing. I bought the first house in California in 2013 which accid
- Good real estate agent What are some of the traits of a good real estate agent? What kind of deals do they give you? Do they hunt the listings for you or ask you to do it yourself? What other things should i know about selecting one?
- vote Ideal house for real estate Which is ideal to purchase ? And please add the reason why to go ahead or why to avoid.