Monthly Archives - February 2021

5 Factors, Post – Pandemic, Impacting Real Estate

admin2021-02-21T20:57:33+00:00 With, all the other, awful impacts, from this horrific pandemic, it is challenging, to consider, the post - pandemic, impacts, on the overall real estate market. The mind - set, and, combination of fears, concerns, needs, priorities, perceptions, combined with the stresses, related to the virus, itself, made many people, reconsider their real estate needs, and desires, now (at - present), and into the future. In my, over, 15 years, as a Licensed Real Estate Salesperson, in the State of...

Will We See Another Housing Bubble?: 4 Considerations

admin2021-02-21T20:56:53+00:00 In the past few decades, we have witnessed a variety of different housing markets. We've seen buyers, sellers, and neutral real estate markets, to a wide variety of degrees. There have been periods, when it seemed, every house, sold, as soon as it was listed, at, or above, the listing price, and we have also seen, considerably more challenging circumstances. For the past couple of years, we've observed an upwardly, rising, real estate market, with a combination of relatively, low...

U.S. Real Estate Predictions for 2021

admin2021-02-21T20:56:01+00:00 Heck of a year, to say the least. In the interest in brevity, let me keep it short n' sweet. Here's my 2021 predictions. The Plague The very obvious question is if there will be a negative impact on real estate because of the Covid-19/Coronavirus. Short answer, Yes. Long answer, Yes again. This especially so in the shopping center retail space. Restaurants are dependent on the residual income of an affluent society. America is an affluent society. The per capita for nearly...

Forbearance: Is It A Good Idea?

admin2021-02-21T20:54:34+00:00 Don't do it!! Don't you dare do it!!" Some strong advice from a passionate financial expert. Barry Habib was discussing forbearance plans in a recent podcast geared toward real estate investors. I have followed Barry for a while, mostly because of his focus on lending and his extreme savvy when it comes to economics. Typically, his advice is aimed at lenders, but this was very firm advice to real estate investors. There is a lot of hype out there about...