New Fundrise Performance Track Record Tool To Boost Transparency

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Fundrise is a leading real estate investing platform today with over 220,000 clients and $2.5+ billion in assets under management. The firm recently launched a new performance track record tool to boost transparency for individual investors. With stock market volatility back and negative real mortgage rates, my focus is moving towards capital preservation and investing […]

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Negative Real Mortgage Rates Means Don’t Pay Down Extra Principal

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As a homeowner with a mortgage, the holy grail is having a mortgage rate below the 10-year bond yield. When you have this situation, it’s like living for free and you should not pay down extra principal. If you had the money, you could invest an amount equal to your mortgage into a 10-year Treasury

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The New COVID Variant Investment Thesis For Stocks And Real Estate

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The new COVID variant, Omicron (B.1.529) was first detected in South Africa in November 2021. Omicron is now the dominant COVID variant today. Reports are showing Omicron is less potent, which is leading to less hospitalizations per infected cases. Reported symptoms are generally more mild as the variant doesn’t seem to attack the respiratory system

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2022 Conforming Loan Limits Increase To Record Highs, Improving Affordability

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The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has announced new 2022 conforming loan limits for conventional loans. The baseline conforming loan limit for 2022 will be $647,200, up $98,950 from 2021’s limit of $548,250. That is a record-high increase of 18% based on the FHFA House Price Index. In higher-cost areas, the new loan limit increases

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The Minimum Income Necessary To Afford A Five Million Dollar House

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A five million dollar house is big bucks in every single city in America. Once you cross the $5 million mark, it is classified in the luxury territory, even for cities such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, and New York. Therefore, I thought it would be interesting to calculate the minimum income necessary to

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