Skyline Real Estate & Property Management

INVESTING IN A VOLATILE ECONOMY: IS REAL ESTATE STILL AN OPTION?   I’m going to begin with a simple question: Is real estate still a solid investment option?   The simplest answer is yes, real estate is always going to be a smart investment. The important question is whether you should invest right now, and the answer to that depends on several considerations. And there are plenty of reasons it makes sense to buy residential real estate as an investment right now.   Real Estate Investing Can Be Profitable When Done Right, Thanks To The Power Of Leverage, Tax Benefits And Cash Flow.   Real estate investing can be profitable when done right, thanks to the power of leverage, tax benefits and cash flow.   Leverage: Investing in real estate is an excellent way to use leverage; that is to use other people’s money to make more money than you would otherwise have been able to alone. Leverage allows one to profit from the equity in your home or investment property (the d...

The S&P 500 fell 57% during the Great Recession.     This is not a reassuring consideration if you are worried about the looming recession analysts estimate to hit the United States in 2023.     Bearing in Mind the S&P 500 has fallen 14% in 2022 YTD and we have our 8 th   consecutive losing week in the stock market as of this morning, it is my opinion we are already in a recession and facing inflation, and possibly hyper-inflation, worldwide.     As the Federal Reserve continues raising interest rates to combat inflation, analysts are considering a recession in 2023 to be likely.     The United States economy shrank 1.4% in the first quarter of 2022 due to a record trade deficit.     Demand, consumer spending, and business investment accelerated at the start of 2022, guiding the Federal Reserve to produce a second quarter estimated GDP of +1.8% as of May 19 th .     As of this morning, May 20 th , before releasing ...