10 Best Home Renovation Ideas With spring arising and a whole range of new cities expected to see rising demand for homes and perhaps higher prices, investors and homeowners are considering a renovation, rehab, or remodelling type project. The value and extra enjoyment and utilization you can get from the renovation or addition plays a…
20 Cities that Could Thrive in the Years Ahead We’re less than 3 months into the Trump Presidency, and with the crazy vacillation of the stock market today and yesterday, Americans are confused about whether the plan will be successful. The tumult of the change is making everyone stay put and reduce spending. Yet, we…
US Real Estate & Housing Market The US housing market forecast has a wide variety of information and views depending on the interest of readers such as buyers, sellers, Realtors, mortgage agents, home flippers, builders, politicians, and more. Although the newly elected Trump government is a boost for the US economic outlook, its first year…
Real Estate Leads With the decline of US mortgage rates, lower taxes, and deregulation on the Trump agenda, real estate agents are getting excited about the year ahead. The forecast for the 2025 housing market is positive despite some fleeting fears of inflation, foreclosures, and still high mortgage rates. The key to the housing market…
Best Cities to Buy Real Estate in 2024 We’re nearing 2025 with a new incoming, pro-business, deregulating, lower-tax President and it’s going to have millions of Americans thinking about a move — either across town or to another metro area where life is more affordable and enjoyable. While jobs and personal economics rule, buyers are…
Weather Forecast for the State of Texas Texas is a large land area with a diverse geography that gives its many cities a pleasant variety in temperature, rainfall, and other weather events. Millions of vacationers are travelling to Texas cities and it’s amazing Gulf Cost beaches. Check out the typical weather for cities in Texas…
Austin TX Real Estate Austin Texas with its amazing climate, interesting culture and low taxes and cost of living has been drawing hoards of new residents for several years now. It’s driven prices up and made listings scarce, but while prices have stayed elevated, new listings and total homes listed for sale has rocketed. Homes…
Which Are the Best US Cities to Live in? Dreaming of a better place in US to live in 2025 and beyond? Any Americans are amidst the greatest economic recovery for the country in history, next to the Great Depression. You’re not alone in wanting to move to a new city. Millions of people think…
Be Smart, Sell your House Soon It’s taken a long time, but experts are finally calling for a recession. And the housing market? Well, they’re talking crash now. It’s not hard to understand, given there is no way home buyers can qualify for mortgages, which look like they could be headed very high. New loans…
HomeBuyers Backing out of Home Deals A new report by Real Estate Firm Redfin on August’s pending home sales stats shows buyers are backing out of deals in the US Sunbelt cities. In particular, Phoenix, Tampa and Las Vegas. Jacksonville Florida were cited as suffering the greatest increase in cancelled deals. It comes as buyer…
Unemployment Rate in the United States The Covid 19 pandemic interrupted a very positive reduction in the unemployment rate in the United states. 8 years of strong growth during the bull market stock market was crippled by the shutdowns. Now in late 2021, the economic recovery is beginning to deliver stronger job growth (4.8% unemployment…
Elon Musk and Tesla’s New Home in Austin Texas Austin Texas: Today, Elon Musk did what he indicated he might do, move his amazing company’s headquarters location from Palo Alto to Austin Texas. He moved himself to Austin in 2020. Musk announced at the company’s shareholder meeting on Thursday at Tesla’s vehicle assembly plant in…
Dallas Housing Trends So much has gone in Texas in the last year, yet as the pandemic misery recedes, we’re in for more change in 2021 and 2022. Texas overall is perhaps the hottest housing market in the US, is looking very good despite what Biden is doing with oil and at the border. With…
Cheap Car Insurance Every year, tens of millions of drivers get their auto insurance renewal papers mailed to them and they simply ignore them and let their policy rollover. That’s money lost! By taking a moment to consider the high rate they’re paying for the type of coverage they’re receiving, they might decline their insurance…
Finding Homes For Sale House hunting has changed. It’s self-directed and much better. A severe housing shortage has enabled all of this and it’s good. Realtors and brokerages are becoming redundant. The housing market has changed and a whole new approach of DIY home hunting is where it’s at now. To get you warmed up…
Best Auto Insurance Quotes Auto insurance rates just keep climbing in 2020, and I’ll bet you’ve done little about that. Even with fewer drivers on the road during Corona Virus, most are paying old rates while insurance companies are seeing low accident claims. If you’re working at home all week or only commuting for a…
Houses for Sale in San Antonio The City of San Antonio is getting a lot of attention as a preferred destination for digital nomads and families who are escaping an unsafe urban area. The big migration is on and many home buyers are checking out San Antonio, Texas. As an alternative to the bigger cities…
Real Estate Investments with the Highest Returns Looking for the best cities to buy real estate with the highest return on investment? How about one with an ROI of 30% to 40%? Yes, those numbers are possible when you consider how real property delivers multiple streams of income, including tax savings, and a higher resale value…
Finding the Right Restaurant Fast If you’re a vacationer in San Diego, Los Angeles, San Jose, Las Vegas or San Francisco, you’re likely on a highway right searching with your smartphone for a great place to eat with just the right atmosphere. Where to eat right now? The right food at the right location. It’s…
The Net Benefit of Real Estate Investors – $9 Billion! A joint survey by Bigger Pockets and Memphis Invest revealed some fascinating insight into the attitudes of real estate investors and the impact of real estate economics on the well being of the US economy. They concluded in their 2014 report, that 28 million real estate…
Sell Your Home for What It’s Really Worth! This home above sold for tens of millions of dollars in small city where the average selling price is $1.2 million. What gave the owners the firm belief that it was worth that much? It’s very likely they had no self-imposed limits on selling price and probably…
Houston Real Estate Market The housing market in Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, Houston, and Fort Worth are seeing a dramatic change. I’ll be updating this outdated post shortly. Please bookmark or see the Dallas post for reference on the Houston market. Homes sales are picking up in Houston where homes prices hit an average $176,000…
Are You Finding the Right Consultant/Agency for Your Business? Has the deluge of noise in digital marketing become too much for you to bear? Well, hang in there because all you might need is a few pointers and some encouragement to get some clarity. Since marketing is pivotal to success now, picking the right consultant or…