Quarterly Market Data

Published July 18, 2017 List of the 171 DECLINING U.S. Real Estate Markets Compared to last quarter, the total number of declining markets has improved slightly, but it’s still very alarming. 42% of all U.S. Real Estate Markets Declined Q-o-Q Currently, 171 markets experienced ‘real’ (inflation adjusted) declines over the last three months. That’s 42% […]
Market Breadth Continues to Weaken Year-Over-Year

1/4th of U.S. Markets Lost Value Year-over-Year It doesn’t feel right. 102 out of the 400 major real estate markets in the U.S. experienced ‘real’ decline in home value Year-Over-Year… they didn’t even keep up with inflation. NO ONE is talking about this. I’m not saying the sky is falling, but your antennae should be […]
Quarterly Market Data

List of the 199 DECLINING U.S. Real Estate Markets The previous Market Report caused lots of questions about when to use “Year-Over-Year” vs. “Quarter-Over-Quarter” data. When analyzing YOUR local market, you need to look at BOTH; they produce very different results in rapidly changing markets (that’s a good thing!). Half of all real estate markets […]
Market Breadth Getting Weaker

Half of all real estate markets losing value Qtr-over-Qtr Almost 1/5th of all markets losing value Yr-over-Yr I just got back from a real estate mastermind conference; lots of very smart investors. NONE of them knew that nearly 1/5th of all major US real estate markets are now in decline. They were blown away when […]
Stop Investing Blindfolded

Risks You Can’t Afford… Imagine piling your family into your car in the middle of a cold, dark, rainy night then speeding down a twisting mountain road, never turning on your headlights, or buckling their seat belts. You’d NEVER consider doing that, not even for a second; it’d be irresponsible and just plain crazy. So […]
My Beginnings: How I Made Tons Of Cash In Real Estate

It Had Nothing To Do With Me Or My Hard Work For many years I searched up and down the East Coast – from Pennsylvania to Georgia – looking for hot markets to invest in. I built a big in-house team of sales people, acquisition specialists and support staff. We had lots of mouths to […]
Real Estate Cycles

You’ve always heard real estate moves in cycles… but what does that mean? More importantly, how can YOU profit from it? As a general rule, prices for most things are stable (not cyclical) because changes in demand are quickly offset by adjusting supply. If you’re a widget manufacturer and more people want widgets, you (and […]
Turning a $9,990 Loss Into a $1,308,753 Profit

Numbers don’t lie ? If you bought vegas home in 1980 expecting to cash out in 2016 to live your retirement fantasies, you’d be in for a reality check!
Forced Appreciation: The Nasty Truth The Gurus Never Told You About

Forced and automatic real estate investing ‘strategies’ and how it’s the exact opposite of how you build long-lasting wealth.
The 600 Lb. Gorilla Falls – Part 1

600 Lb. Gorilla Loses His Shirt (And You and His Investing Students Will Too If You Miss This One Key)… Part 1 of 2 Just take a good look around… many of the real estate gurus still espousing those old methods are losing properties and going out of business right and left. (There is a […]
The 600 Lb. Gorilla Falls – Part 2

The 600 Lb. Gorilla Falls — How A Simple Glimpse At THIS One Picture Could Have Saved Him His Shirt (And How It Can Save You Yours, Too!) Part 2 of 2 Here he goes. The 600 lb. investing gorilla has made his ascent. And he is about to fall, big time. (Here is Part […]
How All Real Estate Owners Lost $45k The Last Few Years

Why It Had NOTHING to Do With Your Investing Strategy Did you lose a lot of money in real estate during the last down cycle? The answer, in all likelihood, is yes, you did. You didn’t have to! See why here on my latest Real Estate Market Report Look – there’s a time to be […]