When you invest in real estate long term, what's really at stake is your retirement. In the end, the path you take will either lead you to the retirement you want or it won't. All the metrics us investment guys like to talk about so much - your returns on investment, equity positions or positive cashflows won't matter at all if they don't get you over the finish line. It's a pretty brutal and unforgiving situation, if you think about it. Intentions, efforts and the such are completely irrelevant … [Read more...]

In most real estate markets across the US, condominiums are the poster child investment property of choice. The reasons are obvious: They are small, easy to rent, usually well located and priced lower than their single family counterparts. So when our out of town clients come to Houston to view investment properties, the question never fails to arise: What about condos? What follows are three strong reasons why investing in condos in the Houston market does not make sense. Higher operating … [Read more...]