What Happens When Water-Related Value Goes Down the Drain? By Dana Nutt Imagine this scenario: You own a wonderful cabin near a crystal-clear, blue-ribbon trout stream. Just a couple of miles up the road, there is a picturesque lake that is home to an incredible variety of wildlife, including turtles, beavers, loons, frogs, and osprey. Your riverside cabin is the stuff that sportsmen’s and outdoorsmen’s dreams are made of, and
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Sound Government Policies Are Needed to Create Favorable Market Conditions By David Howard As members of the National Rental Home Council (NRHC) prepare to gather in Nashville this month for the annual SFR Industry Leaders Conference, intensifying headwinds continue to swirl around the global economy. Rising interest rates, a weight on the housing market for the better part of the past year, have now started to curtail growth across a
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In a Global Economy, Every Financial “Ripple” Matters By Carole VanSickle Ellis In early March 2023, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a major bank in Silicon Valley that had made its name catering to venture-backed tech startups, was taken over by federal regulators. The SVB collapse was the start of the second-biggest bank failure in history and was instigated by a run on deposits after the institution announced it had sold
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Today’s Out-of-Control Inflation Could Have Been Avoided By Tom Olson What may have seemed like well-intentioned emergency measures taken during the first two years of the COVID-19 global pandemic are now having unintended consequences. Policies intended to help financially stressed and distressed people access housing have hurt everyone involved in the process of creating, providing, and making use of housing in the United States. These emergency measures played a major
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Acquisition Strategies to Grow Your Portfolio By Jamie Rey-Hipolito The single-family rental market is not for the faint of heart. With the lack of available inventory that has become a hallmark of the pandemic-era housing market, real estate investors are feeling the pinch (with even the most seasoned investors having a difficult time navigating it). As someone who has been in the industry for more than 20 years, I have
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Strong Fundamentals Make the Housing Market a Good Bet By Justin Parker For a second, imagine taking on one of the world’s most intense roller coaster rides. Now imagine doing that blindfolded, never knowing when the next flip or stomach drop will occur, and never knowing when it will end or where it is going. For many, that feeling is likely a similar sentiment to trying to understand the state
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