Archive for the ‘Real Estate Investing’ Category

Because it affects a much larger percentage of the population, talk surrounding the real estate market in Maryland tends to focus on the residential side rather than commercial. For investors, however, the state of that portion of the market is just as important. Baltimore commercial real estate in particular is generally strong - among the [...]

It’s 2009, so I say it’s time for nothing but good news. Well, I won’t actually hesitate to talk about the bad things that are happening in the real estate and credit markets (and there is going to be a lot more bad news). I will, however, always make sure to see the glass as [...]

I wrote a few weeks ago about a big one-day jump in selected real estate investment trusts (REITs), noting that the Dow Jones Equity all REIT index was up 12% in one day. Well, cancel that positive sentiment. REIT equities lost about 20% of their value yesterday in public trading, the worst day even for [...]

How’s that for a headline? A recent article in the Wall Street Journal proclaimed just that, but the quotes around the “back” are, of course, quite telling and lend insight into what is clearly a coy hesitation to make such a declaration “for real” (see what I did there?).
But there’s a real reason behind the [...]

I’ve mentioned in the past that I am a real estate investor. Among the properties that I lease there are both residential and commercial/retail, and I’ve had quite a bit of experience with just about every aspect of the process of renting out a home, office or apartment. For those moving out of a house [...]

Three days before I bought my first house (in Canton), I received a Christmas present from my Dad that, at first, seemed a bit unusual. The gift was a toolbox full of assorted items, including a small power drill, drill bits, a claw hammer and other sundries. At the time, I was a young lad [...]