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May 8, 2025
FHFA Says Home Prices Up 3.9% Year-Over-Year
Economics
May 8, 2025
GDP Down 0.3% in Q1 2025
Economics
May 7, 2025
ADP National Employment Report – April 2025
Real Estate Blogger
May 7, 2025
The Rule of 72
News
May 6, 2025
S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Sees 3.9% Annual Gain in February
Rentals
May 6, 2025
Zumper’s National Rent Report for April ’25
News
May 5, 2025
Pending Home Sales Up 6.1% in March
Data
May 5, 2025
U.S. Homeownership & Rental Vacancy Rates for Q1 2025
Infographics
May 2, 2025
How State Income Taxes Have Changed Since 2000
Market Trends
May 1, 2025
Why Americans Love McMansions

Legislative

$500+ million in Deferred Maintenance has HUD Looking for New Digs

First Time at a REIA Meeting – How One Night Shifted a Real Estate Strategy

Cotality SFRI: Rent Up 2.9% Year-Over Year in February

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News

FHFA Says Home Prices Up 3.9% Year-Over-Year

S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Sees 3.9% Annual Gain in February

Pending Home Sales Up 6.1% in March

U.S. Homeownership & Rental Vacancy Rates for Q1 2025

Residential

April 28, 20250

Existing Home Sales Down 5.9% in March

New Home Sales Up 7.4% in March

Foreclosure Starts Up 11%

ICE Mortgage Monitor – April 2025

Rentals

Zumper’s National Rent Report for April ’25

Cotality SFRI: Rent Up 2.9% Year-Over Year in February

Airbnb’s Most Wishlisted Homes in all 50 States

Yardi Says Multifamily, SFR Rents Post Gains in March

Market Trends

Why Americans Love McMansions

A recent report on CNBC asks; Why do Americans love McMansions? These homes first appeared in America’s suburbs in the…

NAR’s Remodeling Impact Report – 2025

Zillow’s Top 5 Metros to Buy and Sell a Home this Spring

2025 Home Buyers and Sellers Generational Trends Report

Secret Mortgage Blacklist Is Leaving Homeowners Stuck With Unsellable Condos

Regulations & Taxes

April 22, 20250

Property Tax Revenue Reaches New High in 2024

Recent data crunched by the NAHB’s Eye on Housing shows that property tax revenue collected by state & local governments…

Where People Pay the Most in Property Taxes – 2025

February 13, 2025

How High are the Sales Taxes in Your State – 2025

January 23, 2025

Americans Continue to Move to Low-Tax States in ’24

Legislative

April 30, 20250

$500+ million in Deferred Maintenance has HUD Looking for New Digs

According to a recent release, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C., is facing…

HUD Terminates Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule (AFFH)

February 17, 2025

HUD Launches DOGE Task Force to Eliminate Waste, Fraud and Abuse

February 10, 2025

Scott Turner Confirmed as Secretary of HUD

Economics

GDP Down 0.3% in Q1 2025

According to their “advance” estimate, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis is reporting that America’s real gross domestic product (GDP)…

ADP National Employment Report – April 2025

Local Market Monitor’s National Economic Outlook for April ’25

Legal

April 24, 20250

Title Company Sues Treasury Department Over FinCen Surveillance Rule

With the help of the Pacific Legal Foundation, a title company in Texas filed a lawsuit in mid-April against the…

UPDATED: Corporate Transparency Act

October 30, 2024

Florida Couple Allegedly Swiped Homes Using Scam Costing Less Than $1

Real Estate Blogger

The Rule of 72

The Rule of 72 By Jeffrey S. Watson A new investing colleague and I were talking about the “Rule of…

April 23, 20250

Landlords: What To Do When ICE arrives

Landlords: What To Do When ICE arrives By Denise Holliday What are landlords supposed to do if and when ICE…

You May Have More Pets Than People…What Are You Doing About That?

Tax-Smart Real Estate Investing: A Bookkeeper’s Guide

Good News on the Corporate Transparency Act!

February 26, 2025

Roth IRA vs. Traditional IRA: Which Retirement Account is Right for You?

February 12, 2025

Key Deadlines and Considerations for Reporting 1031 Exchanges

January 29, 2025

How to Make The Most of Your Local REIA Membership

January 15, 2025

Breaking Free from Banks: How Real Estate Investors Can Control Their Financial Future

January 1, 2025

Revisiting the Fundamentals

Podcasts

April 30, 20250

First Time at a REIA Meeting – How One Night Shifted a Real Estate Strategy

On a recent episode of the Rent Perfect podcast David Pickron flips the script and invites longtime behind-the-scenes team member…

April 16, 20250

Is it Time to Turn Your Rental into a Note?

On a recent episode of the Rental Property Owner & Real Estate Investor Podcast, Brian Hamrick talks with Eddie Speed…

Mastering Mobile Home Investments

TSMC’s $100 Billion U.S. Chip Investment and its Impact on Real Estate

How to Protect Your Rentals & Maximize Profits

February 19, 2025

Smarter Strategies for Short-Term Rental Success

February 5, 2025

Smarter Landlording: Top Tips for Buy-and-Hold Investors with David Pickron

January 22, 2025

What President Trump’s Administration Faces in the 2025 Housing Market

January 8, 2025

Behind the Scenes of Running for Mayor

December 25, 2024

Chevron Deference: What Landlords Need to Know

Data

April 21, 20250

Housing Starts Drop 11.4% in March

The U.S. government is reporting that privately‐owned housing starts in March, 2025 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of…

March’s Unemployment Rate Stays the Same as February

America’s Renter Population Grew 1% in Q4 2024

technology

FBI Releases 2023 Internet Crime Report

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) recently released their 2023 Internet Crime report which offers critical…

Airbnb Bans Indoor Security Cameras

August 23, 2023

Gen Z Prefer Texting Over Talking Due to Phobia of Phone Calls

Infographics

How State Income Taxes Have Changed Since 2000

How have state income taxes changed over the past 5 years? Today’s graphic from the…

April 25, 20250

Gmail Dominates U.S. Market for Email

Citing recent consumer survey data, Statista says Gmail (Google) email addresses dominate the U.S. market…

How U.S. Wealth is Distributed Among Households

Home Buyers and Sellers Generational Trends – 2025

How Each U.S. State’s Population Has Changed Since 2020

The Biggest Fortune 500 Company in Each State

How Americans Spend their Money

Spring Fertilization Tips for a Healthy Lawn

Top 15 Fastest Growing States

February 28, 2025

The Income Needed to Join the Top 1% in Every State

Health

November 13, 20240

America’s Top Rattiest Cities – 2024

The pest control & rodent removers over at Orkin say for the 10th year in…

February 12, 2024

Top 50 Bed Bug Cities List for 2024

Top Bed Bug Cities for 2023

September 21, 2021

South Florida Landlord Requiring Tenants Get Vaccinated Against Covid-19