Financial

Crowd funding has been the buzzword in the last few years when it comes to startups, prototype development and other types of projects. Well, guess it was a matter of time before it came to real estate. I thought it is quite a novel idea though to have the downpayment crowd funded in exchange, the […]

  One of the biggest challenges I’ve been facing this year while investing in real estate has been the shortage of inventory. It’s one thing to sense this shortage in the daily bidding process or by looking at pure statistics, but nothing really hits home like a good old graph from the Commerce Department. As […]

Timing the housing market is probably one of the hardest forms of investing due to the illiquid nature of real estate and data lag that is associated with it. With the recent run up in real estate prices, many people have been bemoaning the fact that they missed the market bottom. Well, according tho this […]

Perhaps one of the more unique aspects of this recent housing slowdown was the entry of investment funds entering the market and buying up inventory. It looks like despite the price rise, these funds still see either good returns and/or good potential for capital gains in the US market. For the full story on Blackstone […]

These blog posts are meant to share my findings, adventures, needs etc while seeking out real estate in Orange County, California. They are in no way meant as a source of advice, financial or otherwise or a solicitation of funds. If you are in the market to buy or sell real estate or trying to […]