At one time, it was thought that owning a home was a great investment. While this is true in a sense thanks to real estate being a hedge against inflation, your home alone isn’t something to hang your financial hat on. The truth of the matter is more complex: appreciation rates shift based on national, even global, economics, market-specific characteristics, and individual property qualities.
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WHITEPAPER: Real Estate Appreciation Trends & Maximizing Your Property’s Worth
By Chris Clothier on Wed, May 11, 2022
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A Buy-and-Hold Investor's Guide to Property Appreciation
By Chris Clothier on Wed, Dec 2, 2020
Investing in real estate offers a wide variety of benefits for the investor. While we tend to think of cash flow as the primary advantage of owning rental properties, it’s far from the only or the greatest advantage. We would argue that it is the combination of various benefits — including tax breaks, appreciation, cash flow, hedging against inflation, and more — that make real estate a truly worthwhile investment.
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Memphis named 4th best city for Real Estate Investment
By Chris Clothier on Tue, Jul 14, 2009
While none of us expects changes in the national housing market over the next few years in terms of major appreciation, there will be some localized, smaller market cities that fare better than others. National and international Real estate investors are lining up to see what the numbers have in store for real estate investor friendly markets like Memphis, TN.