BY BRAD BECKETT ON AUGUST 11, 2022

StorageCafe says finding a home with good bones is not easy, however, they say a lot of it depends on the location. To that end, they analyzed over 61k active single-family listings in the 50 biggest US cities to determine their list of best cities for fixer-uppers. Click here to read more.

BY BRAD BECKETT ON AUGUST 9, 2022

On a recent episode of WTTW’s Chicago Tonight, a discussion ensued about how groups of local tenants are unionizing in hopes of pushing for an end to the state rent control ban that was passed back in 1997. Jane Garvey, President of the Chicago Creative Investors Association, joined a round-table discussion to debate the issue and offer valuable insights. Click here to read more

BY BRAD BECKETT ON AUGUST 9, 2022

On a recent episode of Real Estate News for Investors, Kathy Fettke says the latest reports on inflation have “given the economy indigestion.” On this episode, she discusses some of the ways to invest when inflation is working against you. Click here to read more.

BY BRAD BECKETT ON AUGUST 5, 2022

The Visual Capitalist says depending on where you live, owning a home may seem like a far off dream or it could be fairly realistic. In their graphic today, they illustrate the annual salary needed for home ownership in 50 different U.S. cities. Click here to read more.

BY BRAD BECKETT ON AUGUST 4, 2022

Los Angeles’ Channel 7 (KABC) is reporting that, despite pleas from frustrated landlords, the LA City Council voted 11-1 in late July to extend the city’s emergency declaration allowing their eviction moratorium to continue indefinitely. Click here to read more.

BY JEFFERY S. WATSON ON AUGUST 3, 2022

Jeff Watson says that the second half of 2021 real estate taxes will be due and owing either this week or the next for many of you. He wants to share something he has noticed recently in three similar cases which have across his desk in the last five weeks - which means it’s something that deserves our attention. Click here to read more.

BY BRAD BECKETT ON JULY 28, 2022

On a recent episode of the AZREI Show, Marcus Maloney & Michael Del Prete spoke with Rent Perfect’s David Pickron about their mobile platform that allows landlords to easily take a tenant from the application, to lease, to online payments, saving the landlord time and money in the process. Click here to read more.

BY BRAD BECKETT ON JULY 28, 2022

So, how long does it take to build a single-family house? The NAHB’s Eye on Housing recently sifted through data from the Census Bureau’s The 2021 Survey of Construction (SOC) to find out. Click here to read more. Click here to read more.

BY BRAD BECKETT ON JULY 27, 2022

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) recently announced the establishment of an Office of Financial Technology. According to an agency release, the new department will serve as a centralized source of information to support FHFA in addressing emerging risks and advancing agency priorities related to the adoption and deployment of financial technology (fintech). Click here to read more.