Rent Costs Outpace Home Prices

It’s still a renter‘s market, but it’s more expensive than ever to become a renter. As a new article from NuWire reports, in many markets around the country, rent costs are rising faster than home prices. In a time when home ownership is at near-record low levels and...

The Robot Revolution Comes to Real Estate

Experts predict that by 2015, robots and other kinds of artificial intelligences and smart machines will claim one third of the jobs held by humans. The coming of the Second Machine Age concerns some economists and financial planners, who worry about the impact of...

Investing: 4 Trends For the Future

Fifteen years can seem like a pretty long time – and the year 2030 sounds like a date from a science fiction novel. But the future is now – and, as a recent article from Business Insider reports, today’s emerging trends will shape the investing landscape of tomorrow....

Inflation: An Investor’s Friend?

The specter of inflation strikes chills into the hearths of many consumers – even more than its cousin, deflation. But not all inflation is created equal – and for both the economy at large and for income property investors, some inflation can be a very good...

Renters Will Be Renters – Not Home Owners?

Time was, renting an apartment – or maybe a house – was just a temporary arrangement until you saved up enough to buy your very own home. But for a growing number of today’s renters, that scenario just doesn’t appeal – and that trend has big implications for investors...