If you want to invest in real estate, consider investing in Fundrise eFunds. Fundrise eFunds are private real estate funds that provide diversified exposure across America. Washington D.C. based Fundrise is one of the most innovative real estate crowdfunding platforms today. They were the first to create the eREIT, a real estate fund that uses […]
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One of my biggest fears for renters came true. Rents surged due to rising home prices, increasing household formation, and not enough inventory during the pandemic. The main question now is: How long will rent increases last? We shouldn’t feel bad for those who’ve been against homeownership for years. You can find plenty of them
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2023 housing price forecasts from various institutions range from -22% to + 5.4%. There is no consensus as to which way house prices will go. However, the bias is towards the downside. There is also the issue of forecasting the national median home price and the price of your local housing market. While we care
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I have a love-hate relationship with owning rental property. My dislike in owning physical rental property as I get older is why I’ve invested more money in private real estate funds. Private real estate funds are 100% passive and diversified. To its credit, my rental properties are one of the main reason why I had
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During a bear market, one of the things I like to do is embrace losing. The more you can embrace reality, the more you can accept reality. And the more you can accept reality, the easier you can move on with your life. Recently, I ended up losing ~$1 million in real estate. It was
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As someone who has been consistently invested in private real estate deals and funds since late 2016, I’m now in the window for receiving distributions. My investment thesis to invest in heartland real estate has turned out well, partially thanks to the bad luck of the pandemic as people relocated to lower-cost areas of the
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Market timing is the strategy of making buying or selling decisions of financial assets by attempting to predict future market price movements. By timing the market, the hope is to make an eventual profitable decision. Market timing gets a bad rap partially because it’s difficult to do consistently to profit. However, I mostly believe the
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If you want to upgrade your home, get excited! The perfect time to upgrade to your move-up home is coming. The window of opportunity is open with mortgage rates still high. But thanks to a strong stock market, robust labor market, and an expected decline in mortgage rates, I’d look to buy a home now.
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If you’re in the market for a vacation property you will likely have to decide between purchasing a single-family home or a condo. However, what if you have enough money to buy a single-family mansion for $10+ million versus a condo at a luxury resort for $500,000+? I used to think a single-family mansion for
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One of the reasons why I will never remodel again is because I hate dealing with contractors and building inspectors. It is an unfair playing field because they hold more power even though the homeowner is the one with the funds. Please spend time remodeling while you’re in your 20s and 30s for economic returns.
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