Have been in the RE market for the past 5 months trying to buy a house. Obviously unsuccessfully. However in this period I have met about 5 brokers and they are all SIMILAR in what they say. Mostly they take me to a fellow broker (funny?) who represents the seller. Here are some of the […]
Is real estate a fantastic Investment? If yes, are the math tools available to prove that? If no, are the math tools available to prove that point of view? The jury is still out there to judge these questions and there are no clear answers. However I found an article in the Times of India […]
I just did a post saying that there are risks in RE investing. Of course many people do not like to see the risks. However not seeing the risk does not mean that there are NO risks… There are risks like falling rents, zero appreciation, very low rental yields coupled with low appreciation, tenant not […]
I regularly get calls from people wanting to invest in Real Estate. Some of these callers are perfectly good investors, understand IRR, risks, returns, etc. HOWEVER they ALSO get blinded when they hear something. So how does this conversation go (normally) is as follows: ‘Subra I wish to buy a house in XXXXXXXXX . Me: […]
So you have decided to buy a house! You have thought over it many times, you and your spouse can afford it, and now you are taking the plunge, right? Let us look at some of the steps that you MUST TAKE towards that Big decision of your life: 1. Improve your credit score: Credit […]
This is of course a brilliant headline to catch people to come to any website, right? Well I do not have an answer to this, but hey here are the caveats as usual: I do not trust Indices in general. After all Indices present the average, and average means NOTHING if you do not know: […]
For many people, especially, in Real estate investments, returns are always in 2 digits and this over 30 years of time. I have found it futile trying to tell them that this CANNOT BE SO. So long ago I had asked for our Calculator King a.k.a Pattabiraman to make a Real Estate Return calculator. The […]