Not so long ago (2006 to be specific), real estate investors rushed to Boise, Vegas, Phoenix, etc to buy up property. Budget friendly places? Yes. After looking into it, I discovered the goal was to buy and then sell in a year or two and harvest huge gains. Free money! These “investors” planned to rent […]
Most Boise-area homes and income properties have seen values appreciate in the last couple years. Some estimates show value growth to be 10-15%, some even higher. So, now what? What should owners do to evaluate and manage this appreciation? (I mean besides high-fiving one another 🙂 Using a simple comparison, if shares of certain stocks […]
Logic holds that investors should be diversified… but diversity inside the same market? Let’s get REAL… as in Real Property. When looking to diversify away from “market” driven securities, investors will often turn to a REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) with the hopes that this will provide similar returns and benefits as those available from […]
