Buying A Duplex

May 23, 2008

Next to the Apples and Oranges

OK, since I mentioned it yesterday, I suppose I should explain what the cap rate is. More formally called the capitalization rate, like the gross rent […]
May 22, 2008

Fruit As Self Defense

I read a Reurters article the other day about a gentleman in California who since the year 2000, purchased nine single family homes. All of them […]
May 21, 2008

How To Get A Great Deal

A recent scan of the pending and closed duplex transactions in the Twin Cities since the start of the year stunned me. Now, nothing scientific here, […]
May 19, 2008

The Up Side Of A Down Market

At the start of the decade, vacancy rates for rental units in the Twin Cities hovered near an almost incomprehensible two percent. Demand for places to […]