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Thoughts on the Intersection of Community and Investing

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Chris Ward’s Tax on House Flipping Doesn’t Address the Real Issue

By admin on Saturday, March 12, 2022

NBC San Diego is reporting that assembly member Chris Ward has proposed a new legislation that would create a new tax on house flippers. This law would propose a 25% tax on home sales that were owned for less than one year. I find it amazing how lawmakers will bend over backwards to find any …

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New York: 421-A and Tax Abatements

By admin on Thursday, September 9, 2021

In an attempt to encourage development of low and medium income housing, local governments will often turn to tax abatements. Since 1971, New York City has had a tax abatement called 421-A that exemplifies both the good and the bad for of this strategy. In general, the tax abatement freezes the taxes on a piece …

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Thoughts on “Age, Housing Demand and Real House Prices), Regional Science and Urban Economics, Vol. 26 (1996): 465-480.”

By admin on Friday, September 11, 2020

It is fun to read old academic articles relating to housing. At least I enjoy it from time to time. This one is especially fun, because I sort of studied at USC under one of the authors several decades after he published this paper in 1993.  If you want to read the paper yourself, it …

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8 Tips for a small business looking to lease new space

By admin on Wednesday, September 9, 2020

1: Only move when you have to: Moving a company is a very exciting time in a company’s life cycle. It means that you made it, that you are expanding and that business is good. However, you probably know by now that businesses tend to be cyclical. The average lease is for a number of …

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Strategies in an Appreciation Market

By admin on Friday, September 4, 2020

Most cities can be divided into cities that promote cash flow real estate investment or they are appreciation focused. In general, appreciation focused markets are not very affordable, are highly desirable and are more famous internationally. Meanwhile, cash flow markets tend to be more stable, less growth focused cities. There are investment strategies for each …

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Will Covid Stop Urbanization?

By admin on Thursday, June 11, 2020

Over the last several months I have heard several people ponder whether Covid 19 will be the death of cities. On its face, I think this is a laughable idea, as cities have existed through much worse pandemics and even plagues. The black plague killed 50% of Europe but the cities eventually came back. However, …

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Valuing an SFR: The Down and Dirty Method

By admin on Thursday, June 11, 2020

I was asked to explain how I value out a property. The method I am going to show is for desk jockeys doing a quick valuation, maybe on a prospective flip or just to get an idea of what their Single Family Residence might be worth. A professional, with access to the Local MLS, public …

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A New Idea

By admin on Tuesday, June 2, 2020

This is my new project, and soon it will be filled with my thoughts on Real Estate, housing, community investing and everything in between. But while I am putting my thoughts to paper, go have a cup of coffee, cause coffee makes everything better.

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