by Eric Krattenstein | Jul 6, 2026
Key Takeaways ADU build costs typically run $150–$300 per square foot in 2026 with garage conversions from about $80,000 and detached new builds reaching $200,000–$400,000. The U.S. already has roughly 1.4 million single-family homes with ADUs and California now...
by Eric Krattenstein | Jul 2, 2026
Key Takeaways Build-to-rent starts fell 19% in 2025 to 68,000 units (from 84,000 in 2024) as financing costs squeezed marginal deals — but the strategy still pencils where the fundamentals hold. 82% of the BTR construction pipeline is in the Sun Belt, with Phoenix...
by Eric Krattenstein | Jun 29, 2026
Pennsylvania doesn’t fit the narratives that drive investor attention. It isn’t a Sunbelt growth story or a comeback story like Detroit or a yield-headline machine like Cleveland. It’s two major cities and seven secondary metros that have been...
by Eric Krattenstein | Jun 25, 2026
For most of 2025, the consensus was simple: inflation was cooling, the Fed would keep cutting, and rates would drift lower through 2026. That story is now wrong. The Fed held in June, the dot plot flipped toward a hike rather than a cut, and the higher-for-longer...
by Eric Krattenstein | Jun 22, 2026
Every fix-and-flip investor eventually has a contractor disaster. The question isn’t whether — it’s how prepared the operation is when it happens. The vetting framework that separates contractors who finish on time from contractors who disappear, the...
