If you are an investor focused on student housing . . . . FIND YOURSELF A COLLEGE TOWN!  As a seasoned investor, I have found that renting to college students is a pleasurable and very lucrative investment.  I started out renting to low – middle income families.  However theses properties, mainly located in urban areas, can be a...

  If Congress does not raise the debt ceiling, the U.S. Treasury will run out of cash reserves to pay for obligations such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and defense contracts. (NYT) With all this talk about the deficit and the possibility of the country going bankrupt, I turn to thoughts of real estate. Now I don’t believe the country will go...

It is often assumed that real estate is a safe investment and that an investor can make quick money.  If this is what you believe, then this article is for you.  Real Estate is a good investment in the long run and can be profitable over time.  It is not a get rich quick investment.  It is not for everyone and it is not always a good experience.  So...

A continued sign that we are still at the bottom of the well is the drop in new home construction. “The Commerce Department says home construction plunged to a seasonally adjusted 479,000 homes last month down 22.5 percent from the previous month.  It was the lowest level since April 2009 and the second-lowest on the records dating back more that a...