by Glen | Oct 18, 2019 | Real Estate economic trends, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, residential lending valuation
In September, Toyota’s year over year auto sales plummeted 16.5%, Honda down 14%, and Nissan down almost 18%. The severity of the slide stokes fears that a long-anticipated car sales collapse may be arriving. Why should you care about Autos in real estate?...
by Glen | Oct 12, 2019 | Atlanta Hard Money, Colorado Hard Money, Commercial Lending valuation, Denver Hard Money, Denver private Lending, real estate investing, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation
It is interesting to watch the release of indexes like the Case Schiller on a regular basis. Many of the same cities continue to pop up like Atlanta and Denver. Why? What continues to drive markets like Atlanta and Denver? Can you predict what cities will show up...
by Glen | Oct 2, 2019 | Commercial Lending valuation, private lender, Private Lending, Questions Regarding Fairview, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation
With recession talks all over the headlines and stock markets tumbling around the globe are you ready whenever the next real estate cycle occurs? Do you know the mushroom theory and how it can help you plan for the next cycle? I developed this theory after...
by Glen | Sep 17, 2019 | Real Estate economic trends, Real Estate Trends, Realtor
California recently passed a bill (AB5) to target “gig workers” like Lyft and Uber drivers to ensure they are classified as full time employees as opposed to contract workers but there will be other side effects. This law will drastically alter the real estate...
by Glen | Sep 10, 2019 | General real estate financing information, interest rates, Private Lending, Real Estate economic trends, Real Estate Trends
It is crazy, the last real estate crisis was 10 years ago and the government is still debating what to do with Fannie/Freddie, the largest securitizers of 30 year fixed mortgages. Why are we still debating the governments role in housing? Why is this increasing the...
by Glen | Aug 20, 2019 | Real Estate economic trends, Real Estate Trends, Real estate Valuation, Underwriting/Valuation
The National Association of Business economists (NABE), the premier professional association for business economists counting Alan Greenspan as their past president, just released their business outlook predictions placing the odds of a recession in the next two years...
