The Best Ways to Save on Your Landlord Insurance Costs
Rethink Your Deductible Another lever landlords can pull to lower insurance costs is adjusting the deductible. Your deductible is the amount you agree to pay out of pocket when you file a claim, and it directly impacts your premium. In general, the higher the deductible, the lower your monthly or annual premium will be. How […]
The “Starbucks Effect” is Ending—Why Real Estate Values Near Closing Shops Could Suffer
Why Starbucks Is Closing Stores Money, what else, is at the root of the closures. Starbucks has decided to shutter 400 of its nonperforming retail stores, cutting around 900 corporate jobs. CEO Brian Nicol explained in an open letter that the closures target stores “where we’re unable to create the physical environment our customers expect […]
Should You Buy Your First Property with a Partner or Solo? (Rookie Reply)
Ashley:Welcome back to the Real Estate Rookie podcast where we tackle the real world questions. New and growing investors are asking every day.And today’s episode is proof that no matter where you are in your journey, whether you’re closing on your first deal or managing 20 plus units, real estate brings new challenges at every […]
Zillow: The Buying Window Could Be Closing in These States
The buying window could be closing in these housing markets.We’ve been saying that it’s a buyer’s market, but is the buying window already starting to close? This is a key point to understand if you’re thinking about buying a new property in the coming months, are conditions better now or are there better deals to […]
Housing Market Update: The Crash Bros are Wrong (Again!)
Dave:The buyer’s market is here, deals are getting better, but there is risk in the market too. So the key is to understand exactly what’s happening right now, so you know a good deal when you see it and you can avoid costly mistakes. Are home prices likely to go up or down? Could the […]
Foreign Investors Flock to the U.S. Housing Market, Buying $56B Worth of Real Estate
What This Means for American Investors While sales to non-U.S. buyers only account for 2.5% of the existing market, according to the NAR data, it can increase competition for Americans, wrote George Ellison, cofounder of Propbee and former real estate executive at Bank of America, in an email to BiggerPockets. “That can make it harder […]