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Airbnb’s are all the rage in investing right now. For a good reason too.  Short-term rentals cash flow beyond belief and make the numbers work in just about any market. I’ll admit that I own five myself and have a few in the works. So why am I telling you not to buy them? Airbnb’s […]

Ozgurcankaya | E+ | Getty Images Biggest warning sign The biggest red flag that a listing is a scam is when you are asked to leave a listing platform such as Vrbo or Airbnb in order to provide a payment, Couch-Friedman said. A fake real estate owner will ask a consumer to send $500, for […]

Buying an investment property is a lot like exercising. At first, you don’t know any of the verbiage, then you start learning the tools, and finally, after some repetition (and help from those around you), you can become a real estate (or jiu-jitsu/weight lifting/yoga) expert! Think of David Greene and Rob Abasolo as your spotters […]

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Optimize Advisors’ Mike Khouw looks at bullish bets on Toll Brothers, a beaten-down homebuilder, ahead of the company’s earnings. With CNBC’s Melissa Lee and the Fast Money traders, Tim Seymour, Dan Nathan, Karen Finerman and Guy Adami. Source link

This is by no means the worst economy we’ve ever seen. But with the exception of the first few months after the beginning of COVID-19, it is almost certainly the strangest and most volatile.  Inflation is the highest it’s been since the early 1980s and will likely remain for the foreseeable future. Real estate prices have increased at […]

CNBC's Diana Olick reports on Thursday's existing home sales data. Source link

Building a house vs. buying a house—which makes more sense for today’s investor? With home prices rising faster than many of us have ever seen before, more and more real estate investors are asking whether or not building their rentals is a smarter idea. And who can blame them? Building a rental property can seem […]

Monday was supposed to mark another milestone for Apple in its effort to bring workers back to the office. The plan — which called for Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays to be mandatory days in the office —was scrapped once again as Covid infections tick upward. Apple’s fixed schedule had been met with widespread opposition by […]

Cash flow and appreciation are at opposite ends of the investing spectrum. One will fuel your current lifestyle while the other will slowly, silently build your long-term wealth. The cash flow vs. appreciation debate has gotten even stronger this year as home prices continue to rise and cash flow prospects dwindle in formerly stable markets. […]