The Supreme Court agreed on May 2 to take a case about whether a bankrupt debtor can escape liability for a debt arising out of someone else’s fraudulent act. Kate Bartenwerfer, who filed for bankruptcy after an ill-fated real estate deal, appealed after the often-reversed U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled she…
Supreme Court to Look at Whether One Spouse Can Be Held Liable for the Other’s Fraud in Bankruptcy
Crowdfunding Is Lowering Barriers to Commercial Real Estate Investment. Here’s How to Get the Most From It
By Richard Sarkis Prior to the 1980s, commercial real estate (CRE) assets were rarely prioritized by institutional investors—entities that hire financial professionals to manage pooled investment funds. CRE did become slightly more popular during the ’80s and ’90s, but it never accounted for more than four percent of institutional investors’ aggregate portfolio until 2000. And while…
721 Exchange—Real Estate’s Best-Kept Secret
By Philip Michael In real estate, one of the most pro tactics is the 1031 Exchange—also known as the secret behind how Donald Trump and other real-estate developers pay almost nothing in taxes. However, there’s another, little-known tax loophole that Real Estate Weekly, a New York real estate trade publication, calls real estate’s “best kept secret.”…
How to Leverage Real Estate Tax-Deferral Strategies to Grow Your Business
By Michael Malakoff It goes without saying that, all things being equal, having access to a larger pool of money offers you the chance of greater returns. That’s why strategies to defer tax payments are so perennially popular, as a way to grow investments and businesses, larger and faster. With that in mind, a number…
New Single Family Home Sales Fall in March, Mortgage Rates Rise: Census Bureau and Housing Department
April 27, 2022
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Sales of new single-family houses dropped to the lowest level in four months in March 2022 amidst a rise in mortgage rates, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. “Sales of new single‐family houses in March 2022 were at a seasonally adjusted annual…
10 Lessons This Entrepreneur Learned From Flipping $100 Million in Real Estate
By R.L. Adams The U.S. housing market has been on a steady tear for the past century. While there have been blips on the radar, especially with the Great Recession, real estate remains one of the best performing investment vehicles in the world. For entrepreneurs who understand the mechanics of how to successfully profit from…
Rising Mortgage Rates Prompt Downward Revision to Home Price Forecasts
A sharp run-up in mortgage rates has prompted speculation about possible cooling in house prices in the red-hot U.S. market, with real estate research firm Zillow lowering its home price forecast for 2023 by 1.6 percentage points. Home prices have been on a tear amid broader inflationary pressures in the U.S. economy, with the most…
8 Proven Ways to Make Money in Real Estate
By R.L. Adams Real estate may have produced more wealth than any other industry, but people still remain skeptical about entering into the fray. Most think that they need to start with some sort of capital, but that’s not always the case. The one magic power you do need is to be able to find the…
Fannie May Predicts US Economy to Experience ‘Modest’ Recession by 2023
April 20, 2022
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The Federal Reserve’s raising of interest rates will likely slow an economy already burdened by high inflation, a pandemic, and a crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to an April 19 press release by Fannie Mae’s Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group. The aggressive new monetary policy by the central bank is already hindering…
Fannie Mae Predicts US Economy to Experience ‘Modest’ Recession by 2023
April 20, 2022
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The Federal Reserve’s raising of interest rates will likely slow an economy already burdened by high inflation, a pandemic, and a crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to an April 19 press release by Fannie Mae’s Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group. The aggressive new monetary policy by the central bank is already hindering…
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