Cyclical vs. Linear U.S. Real Estate Markets – Who were the winners and losers during the last financial crisis?

When listening to the news media reporting on U.S. housing market trends, it is easy to confuse claims of the market being “up” or “down” to mean that the entire U.S. is just one big real estate market. The reality is that there are thousands of different fragmented real estate markets in the U.S., each…

EB-5 Visa and I-526 Processing Time Improvements; EB-5 Exempt from Trump Immigration Ban

Both the United States Citizen & immigration Services (USCIS) and the United States Department of State (DOS) have posted improvements in the processing times for EB-5 applicants. For the initial I-526 application approval done through USCIS, the average processing time for 2019 decreased to 19.8 months, with a historical average of 12.6 months (see posting…

What is ARV and how is it incorporated into our Real Estate Portfolio

ARV stands for After Repair Value and is one of the most critical measures in real estate investing. It is the value of a property after it has been renovated or improved. The calculation is simply-   Property’s Current Value + Value of Renovations = After Repair Value (ARV) The calculation is commonly used with…

The “1% Rule” as Applied to Rental Property Investing

There is a very handy metric for quickly being able to determine whether or not an investment into a rental property is going to yield positive cash flow. it is commonly known among real estate investors as the “1% Rule”. Simply put it is the monthly rental income divided by the purchase price or After…