Real estate investing has gone through the wringer in recent years, but tactical investors can find solid income-building opportunities at a discount.
The lifeblood of real estate is debt, and the Federal Reserve has made borrowing a lot more expensive by raising interest rates five full percentage points between March 2022 and July 2023.
Households owe $12 trillion on their mortgages, and businesses owe $5 trillion in commercial real estate loans. Both sectors are being affected by higher rates and by fallout from COVID. Lately, shares have rallied, but in many cases I find prices attractively low.
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