by Eric Krattenstein | Jun 11, 2026 |
Indianapolis quietly became one of the most balanced investor markets in the Midwest while attention chased cooling Sunbelt cities. The ZIP-level map drawn from Zillow Home Value Index and HUD Fair Market Rent data, the Indiana constitutional 2% property tax cap that...
by Keith Quinney | Jun 8, 2026 |
June is National Homeownership Month. The usual coverage is aimed at first-time buyers. This post is for the investors who help make those stories possible. A look at where homeownership stands in 2026, how the path to ownership has shifted over the last few decades,...
by Eric Krattenstein | May 29, 2026 |
Memorial Day marks the start of peak summer inventory — the window where motivated sellers list, family relocations close, and investor competition compresses against everyone else’s vacation calendar. The eight markets where summer 2026 DSCR math actually...
by Eric Krattenstein | May 14, 2026 |
Paying upfront points for a lower DSCR rate is the right move on some deals and a capital trap on others. The breakeven math is straightforward, but the variable most investors get wrong isn’t math — it’s hold period assumption. The four variables that...
by Eric Krattenstein | May 12, 2026 |
Detroit went from “where capital goes to die” to one of the strongest cash-flow markets in the Midwest, but the DSCR math works at the neighborhood level — not the city level. East English Village pencils. Indian Village barely does. Russell Woods produces...
by Eric Krattenstein | May 1, 2026 |
Phoenix is a top-5 inflow market for U.S. real estate investors, but the submarket-level geography makes or breaks a DSCR deal. Some ZIPs still pencil cleanly. Most don’t. And the “new build trap” built in 2022-2023 is catching out-of-state buyers...
