Today I’m going to give you three ways to short the housing market in 2024. The three methods I’ll outline are shorting the following: Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) Home builders Mortgage backed securities These are tailored more toward beginners, so be on the lookout for later articles with some more advanced methods! What is … Read more
Today we’re going to go over how to short commercial real estate with ETFs. Two simpler methods to take a short position on commercial real estate are: Purchase inverse ETFs that maintain short positions against commercial REITs Purchase put options on ETFs that invest primarily in commercial real estate Let’s break both of these methods … Read more
Today we are going to answer the question: Should you pay off your mortgage early? There are two angles to attack this from, the financial angle and the emotional angle. But in general, it makes sense to pay off your mortgage if your interest rate is more than your expected investing returns. Let’s break … Read more
The question on every real estate investor’s mind in 2024 is if interest rates will go down in 2024. By most counts, interest rates on mortgage should come down in 2024 from their highs in 2023. The key question is really by how much? Let’s dig into the details. Current State of Mortgage Rates As … Read more