Real Estate Investing

A few years ago, we discovered what $300k will get you in each state. Today’s infographic from the DailyInfographic takes a look at how much home (by square footage) you can get for $1 million in 50 major U.S. cities. And as they point out,…

In their recent 2020 market report, STORAGECafé says that even amid the Coronavirus pandemic and it’s subsequent economic downturn, the self storage industry pushed forward in 2020.  According to their report, current nationwide…

Details are still emerging about how to apply for assistance under the Emergency Rental Assistance Program.  The federal government made $25 billion available to assist households that are unable to pay rent and utilities due to…

Rentable (formerly known as ABODO) says that the median nationwide rent price for one-bedroom units in March was $1,123 with two-bedroom units coming in at $1385.  Interestingly, they point out that none of the cities in their top ten…

Rental information site Zumper recently released their National Rent Report for March, 2021 showing that their median national rent for 1-bedroom apartment was $1,240 (up 1.1%) and the median two-bedroom rent was $1,501 (down 0.9%).  Be…

The U.S. government is reporting that total construction spending in January was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,525.5 billion, which is 1.7% above than December’s revised estimate.  In addition, December’s figure…

The National Association of Realtors is reporting that pending home sales were down 2.8% in January, 2021.  The NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index (a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings) fell slightly to 122.8.…

In late February, a federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas ruled that the CDC’s moratorium on evictions was unconstitutional.  According to the Business Insider, U.S. District Judge John Barker said that the creation…

The U.S. Government is reporting that sales of new single-family houses in January, 2021 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 923k which is 4.3% higher than December’s revised rate and is 19.3% higher than one year…

We have had a lot of posts about taxes and the various tax rates & collection methods across the country.  Today’s infographic from the U.S. Census Bureau takes a look at selected state sales taxes to show how the…