Is the economic recovery really happening: Today on our Real Estate grad call we discussed many topics. One of great importance to all Americans and others across the globe is the surge in the economy and real estate secure and stable. This helps us to be more informed in relation to how stable the real estate trends are in buying and selling. We referred to an article from CNN/Money that gives us more insight. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) What everyone wants to know is if the economy is truly better. Is […]

Today our Graduate Coaching call detailed out many insights that we can use as a new investor in Real Estate as it relates to rentals. Most of the comments came from Dave from New York State. He has been an investor and involved in rental properties over many years. One area that he had to learn the hard way was when in years past he had an older property and a tenant’s child tested positive for lead poisoning. This is caused by children eating peeling paint that years ago included […]

The pace of housing starts came in at an annual rate of 1.04 million in the month, up 7% from February and 47% from a year earlier. It marked the first time since June 2008 that the pace of building crossed the 1 million benchmark. Even with the recent gains in the sector, the reading was much stronger than forecasts. But much of the spike in housing starts was due to a surge in building apartment and condominium complexes with five or more homes in them. Those units jumped by […]