Thinking about buying a home but worried the market might crash? Yeah… I get it. I’ve been there too. Everyone’s saying something different. Your parents say wait. Realtors say buy now. And you’re just stuck in analysis paralysis. So here’s what I tell people: use the 5-5-5 rule. Can you stay in the house for […]

Let’s say you buy a $600,000 investment property. If values rise just 5% over the next year, you’re building $30,000 in equity — and that’s before we even factor in monthly cash flow or tax benefits. Now hold that property for 5 years with average appreciation… and you could be sitting on $80,000 to $90,000 […]

When you’re searching for a home, you probably filter by price, bedrooms, bathrooms, right? Well, stop filtering by bedrooms. Here’s why: The bedroom count in listings is based on what’s officially recorded with the town or county, not what’s actually in the house. But sellers often add finished basements, bonus rooms, or offices that easily […]

Let’s talk about why home values aren’t expected to drop anytime soon and why this market is nothing like 2008 Between 1980 and 2000, birth rates surged. In 2000 alone, over 4 million babies were born and those people are now in their peak homebuying years. That’s a wave of buyer demand hitting the market […]

There are three types of properties most people regret buying but they do not find out until it is too late in the home buying and mortgage process. First: Condos Sure they seem affordable up front but those HOA dues go up and rarely come back down.  Poorly managed condo associations, special assessments, and weak […]