In case you missed it… recently the UK voted to Brexit from the EU.
BACK-UP.
This month’s read is less about the British withdrawal from the European Union and more about how world markets may or may not influence our local housing here at home in ‘Murica. Continue reading “BREXIT. How Forces Influence Housing.”
THIS ILLUSION IS ITS OWN MAGIC TRICK. NOW YOU SEE IT. NOW YOU DON’T!
Meet Jack. Jack is an investor. He has been doing this a while. He likes rental properties and has a lot of them. Continue reading “DEPRECIATION. An Imaginary Expense.”
Note: The names have not been changed, as neither party is innocent.
Terry and Diane Visser lived in Blaine, Washington and had a habit of buying homes as investment properties. They bought one of these “fixer-uppers” as an investment back in 2005.
After acquiring the property and beginning their renovations, they realized Continue reading “An Obvious Defense, Overlooked By Many. By Jen Hudson”
If I’m an investor looking at the Apartment Market in the Puget Sound, I sure have a lot of questions. Things like…. Continue reading “4Q15 Apartment Guide”
You’re telling me there is a chance that the buyer pays the seller’s taxes??? How is that??? Continue reading “A Crazy Little Thing Called… FIRPTA. By Jen Hudson”
Thanks to a tax break in FIRPTA (Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act), foreign investors could double down on their US real estate frenzy in 2016. How, you ask?… Continue reading “New Tax Break Could Boost Sales in 2016. By Jen Hudson”
Hello. It’s me. I was wondering if after all these years you’d like to see my predictions for 2016. (Thank you Adele.)
Let’s call this prediction thing what it really is. Predictions are really observations of trends that are just beginning. Get ready to place your bets for 2016 based on new trends that are emerging in the market. Continue reading “2016. TIME TO PLACE YOUR BETS. By Jen Hudson”
Here’s a fun game.
You know how you hear people talking about increasing rental rates and then include numbers like 5% annual increases? See, funny thing. There is a lot more to that story than meets the eye. Continue reading “Myth Busters. Myth Buyers is More Like It! By Jen Hudson”
This week I was down in Seattle looking at property for investors. I know we’ve all seen them: the cranes. The cranes downtown seem to keep working on more and more apartments, condos, and mixed use developments. Those cranes have been around so long, you may not even notice them anymore.
It looks like there is an endless supply of apartment units coming soon. Apartment construction in top markets across the country has surpassed a 24-year historical average.
With all these apartments, you might not notice that Continue reading “Where is the Market? Hiding in Plain Sight. By Jen Hudson”
This next sentence may be one of those “no, duh!” type statements, but just hear me out. Cities, towns and counties are usually made up of different Continue reading “Zoning. It doesn’t have to be the monster under your bed. By Jen Hudson”