The Skeptical Investor: Nashville’s Real Estate Investment Newsletter
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Soft Rents Got You Down? Never Fear, 2026 is Almost Here.
Multifamily Real Estate Soft? Not so fast.
Take Your Mortgage With You? Portable vs Assumable Loans.
Why keep your low interest rate and just hot swap the underlying asset? Well its complicated.
The Fed is Cutting Rates and Buying Treasury Bonds, but Mortgage Rates will...Rise?
MBS divestment prioritizes portfolio normalization to the detriment of housing market support.
China is Ready to Make a Deal: Why Investors Care
Debt creates wealth. Low taxation is a wealth multiplier. Why real estate? This is why.
Shutdown! The Fed is Driving Through the Fog on a Winding Road
How can we best operate without federal economic data? Good news, there are alternative data sources out there.
Rents Signal A Car Crash in 2027. But It's Not What You Think.
Buckle Up. Opportunity awaits for investors who are ready.
So the Fed Cut Rates. But Mortgages are..Higher?
Think of the Fed as a captain on a ship; they can control the boat (Fed Funds Rate) but not the Ocean (the Market).
US Labor Market is... Laboring
Evidence is mounting of a softening labor market, pushing the Fed to cut rates
It's Interest Rates, Stupid.
Real Estate is a true store of value. Even interest rates can't stop that.
Big News! I Published a Book!
A big announcement you don't want to miss. And yes yes I write on the markets too today :).
Will These Tariffs be Inflationary?
Interest rates have been coming down. Are you paying attention investors?
I'm not Your Guru. I'm your Guardian.
Because what you’re hoping to accomplish, I’ve already done it. But beware.
Is the Fed Acting Political, by Trying Not to Act Political?
And, what does a potential Middle East war look like?
Bond Market Bat Signal: The Campaign to Cut Rates has Begun
We are officially entering the era of a Shadow Federal Reserve President
If you're Waiting for Life to Hand you the Goods, it's Going to be a Long Wait
Don't wait to act, act so then you can wait.
Real Estate is Portfolio Protection
Economic indicators are flashing red-hot rodeo bullish. But what if that changes?
Housing Market Ball and Chain
Is US GDP slowing? What is a "shadow" Fed Chair? Can real estate prices go down?
A Market, Dazed and Confused
“What you learn from history is the market goes down...and it goes down a lot...”
Sometimes taking a risk, is the safest thing to do
Real estate is your base for abundance. Remember your why.
Things that Have Never Happened Before, Happen All the Time
The market is feeling froggish. Careful not to leap.
Home Prices are Permanent, but your Mortgage Isn't
Volatility is price discovery, bringinggs opportunity for investors. Embrace it.
Real Estate: The Unstoppable Force
Ignore vapid rhetoric devoid of rigor. Not to fear. Opportunity is near.
A Sudden Economic Stop?
Consumer and market sentiment is turning sour, but is it all really that bad?
Inflation is Taxation Without Legislation
The Administration is moving rapidly to cut spending, but will it matter?
DOGE Spending Cuts May Mean 5% Mortgage Rates
Spending cuts are painful but necessary for our economic future
All Housing Matters
The economics of luxury and affordability: All housing is beneficial for every level of income earner.
Get Your Mindset Fit This Winter
Interest rates have scared off all the HGTV posers, less competition for real estate.
Don't Try to Time the Market
If you haven’t had to fight through adversity, you’re probably not doing very much.
Exclusive Content
25 Bold Economic Predictions for 2025
2025 will be the start of a new bull market akin to the industrial revolution!
Beware the Real Estate Gurus
2025 will be full of opportunity. Just remember to protect your downside.
How Investors Build Wealth in Real Estate.
Anyone can create wealth through real estate. This is the way.
Master the Art of Contrary Thinking
A group thinks with the heart, an individual thinks with the brain.
