Rents Rise, Vacancies Go Down
6 comments so farWall Street Journal, Real Estate, July 7, 2011 Vacancies … fell in 72 of the 82 markets during the second-quarter vacancy rate to 6%, the lowest since 2008 and compared with 7.8% a year earlier, according to Reis. [...] The average effective rent, the amount paid after discounting, was $997 in the second quarter of [...]
Real Estate Analysis FREE: New features!
2 comments so farAs you all probably know, I am the author of a free property analysis tool called Real Estate Analysis FREE. I am happy to announce some new features which I have been developing in the past few months. As always, this tool is free for anybody and I will be just happy if more people [...]
Price-to-rent ratio and Gross Rental Yield in USA
14 comments so farAs I promised in earlier post at Buying Property in USA blog, I have calculated price to rent ratios and gross rental yield of all the US states. I am currently writing an article with more details how I exactly got the numbers etc. However for the most of foreign investors is interested mainly in [...]
High rental yield markets in the USA
4 comments so farTowards the end of the year 2010, I started putting together operational numbers (income and expenses) for my two condos. I will publish them in one of the next posts at Buying Property in USA blog. However what I observed was the unfortunate fact – that the positive cashflow I was expecting didn’t appear that [...]
New Forum on this blog!
9 comments so farI have added new forum to this blog. There are quite many visitors on this website every day and we all have the same interest – in investing in US Real Estate. The best way how to find answer to any question is to ask the people who have the same interest and therefore I [...]
Real Estate Investment Opportunities in USA
3 comments so farThe US property market was the place where the recent credit crunch and recession started. Over ambitious lending to customers that did not have the ability to repay fuelled the expansion of the property boom in the early part of this century but also proved to be its Achilles heel once defaults and repossessions started [...]
Rental Yields & NOI – How to explore them?
3 comments so farBefore buying property in USA, you have already done research of cheap REO properties on Bank of America’s website, then you have reseached prices in a particular location using Trulia.com, but you still need more information to be sure that the particular property will be a good investment. For this you have to find out [...]
Location, location, location – How to research online!
No commentsEverybody knows that location is one of the most important things about buying property in USA and anywhere else. However if you are foreigner and not even located in USA, how to find the best location for your investment? I was trying many tools for online research and I will share today with you the [...]
Motivation day: Bank of America REO’s
10 comments so farIt’s already few months ago since I have started to think about buying property in USA. First I was looking for forclosures on craigslist, however it wasn’t such a great source. After some time I found out that actually the best websites to look for cheap houses are the actual banks websites. Almost every bank [...]
Buying Property in USA
3 comments so farBuying Property in USA blog launched! This website is all about investing in American Real Estate. This blog is meant to be a source of valuable information and tips for investors from all over the world in real estate. I myself am a small-to-middle investor and I have lived in the USA for quite a [...]