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In this issue: November sales and lease data from HAR Congress does something? COVID vaccines and a path forward Hello my friends and welcome to my final letter of 2020.  A year that I'm sure none of us will be sad to be done with and, it does now seem likely that...

In this issue: October HAR data check A new president and what that means for property investors A Thanksgiving unlike any before Welcome back fellow property investors!  It has been an exciting past 30 days.  We have a new president...well kind of...at least it seems...

In this issue: September sales and lease data from HAR Which political party is better for property investors? The digital real estate world   Hello fellow property investors!  It seems so much always happens in between my monthly property investor letters, and this...

In this issue: August sales and lease data from HAR Another month, another eviction moratorium Getting closer to normal? On a monthly basis I spend time researching topics I know are of interest to the property investor community.  The last couple months I've wondered...

In this issue: July sales and lease data release by HAR Tax implications for real estate investors Some positives in a world of negatives Hello my fellow property investors.  I hope all have been staying safe since my last note.  I want to thank those of you that have...

In this issue: June sales and lease data released by HAR Should I buy right now? Office doors locked again and new videos coming soon Just when we thought we were getting out of the woods, the reality of COVID-19 has pulled us back in.  The greater Houston area is...

In this issue: May sales and lease data released by HAR Trends AAM has started seeing Rent Rescue Insurance on Hold New Videos Posted Here we are in mid-June, and the Houston area feels like July weather-wise and a semblance of May lease-wise.  The economy has opened...

In this issue: April sales and lease data released by HAR Eviction court returns, but with important changes   Property Investors, Another interesting week as folks start to slowly get back to work, back to restaurants (allowing 25% capacity in Texas currently),...

Well, we made it through the month. The first full month of a shut down economy is now behind us.  In the last 6 weeks, the US has seen over 30 million jobless claims, an estimated reduction in first quarter GDP of 4.8%, and stock market and oil price swings that most...

Just when we thought things couldn't get any crazier, the markets once again proved us completely wrong.  How exciting (both negative and positive) has this week been?! Monday, April 20 was the most tumultuous day in oil and gas history.  Ever.  Short term crude oil...

April 17, 2020 Photo courtesy of CNN Another week, and another tally of over 5 million unemployment claims, bringing the total over the last month to around 22 million.  That is an almost unfathomable 13.5% of the workforce...in just the last 30 days!  While I write,...

April 9, 2020 We are now more than a week into April, and the reality of rent payments, or lack thereof, is setting in.  Today is the day we pay out all of our property owners who have houses that received rental payments.  Normally, we are at a 5% delinquency rate at...

Property Management - Updates from the Front Lines April 2, 2020 A little over a week has gone by since my last post, and already a lot has changed.  Nearly 10 million people have newly filed jobless claims, a $2 trillion stimulus package has been signed, and the CDC...

March 24, 2020 As I write this, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo is on the television announcing the "Stay Home, Work Safe" order for all of Harris County, my dogs are barking in the background, and I'm looking at the mountain of information before me and  all of the...

3/18/20 Dear Property Owners, New developments are occurring daily, both in the number of cases of the coronavirus, and the impacts on various parts of the economy.  Today President Trump announced that HUD is to suspend all foreclosure and eviction activities until...

Presentation on Economic Development in the Woodlands In October 2019, Gil Staley, CEO of The Woodlands Area Economic Development Partnership, gave a presentation to Houston Area Realtors about recent economic trends in The Woodlands.  Gil’s team is charged with being...

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