The tax laws are anything but simple, but don't hold your breath waiting for Congress to make it easier to understand, because that will never happen. Complexity is part of the design and intent of tax policy at the Federal Level.

The Housing Center of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) has created this unique Walkable Oriented Development Map

There is some interesting history in this NY Times article about San Diego, and the increasing costs of housing and lack of affordability. The author of the article, Conor Doughtery, is the author of Golden Gates – Fighting For Housing In America.

The AEI housing arbitrage index aims to measure the extent of how much money an individual could save by selling a home in their current location and moving to another. The data for the index are based on actual homeowners who have sold one home and purchased a home at a new address...

States that had the greatest number of REOs in October 2022, included: Illinois (1,100 REOs); New York (273 REOs); Pennsylvania (251 REOs); Michigan (239 REOs); and California (194 REOs).

This is important current events for everyone who sells or invests in real estate. If you are a real estate professional, this is something you need to follow, as it is important to your clients.

It’s always tempting to jump on social science findings to justify a new social program. It’s a temptation we must resist. Instead, we need to rediscover an old formula on which we’ve turned our backs.

It analyzes the motivation for home sellers to sell to institutional buyers, the impact of institutional investors on home prices and rents, and the quality of service offered by institutional landlords relative to “mom-and-pop” landlords based on a survey REALTORS®.

These concepts of Data Display, Data Management, and Data Value are more relevant today than when I created this video in 2015. The technology is ready, and the acquisition patterns of some of the major players are telling