Archive for November, 2005

Cap rates and interest rates

Thursday, November 3rd, 2005

Just wanted to post a little about cap rates and interest rates. In commercial a few years ago, we were seeing that cap rates were above interest rates. The cost of borrowing money was cheaper than the return of the property. During this time, you had almost unlimited upside in your ...

Rent increase and Section 8

Tuesday, November 1st, 2005

I applied for a rent increase for my Section 8 tenant. Section 8 called me and told me that any increase in rent would have to be paid by the tenant, not the city. I asked why, because a few months ago they told me that my rent was about ...