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A Job: Still A Good Investment

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The U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics offers projections that can help you choose where to focus your education and experience if you are looking for a job during the decade 2016 to 2026. Although fast growing, the two top growing careers on the list (Solar photovoltaic installers &

Wind turbine service technicians) are pretty specialized, so there are not a lot of people in these jobs. However, according to the Bureau of Labor, the number of jobs in the areas of solar and wind power will double by 2016 demonstrating the increased interest in alternative energy.

Five of the top ten fastest growing careers are in health care. This make sense because our population in the US is growing older. As the baby boomer generation (those born between 1946 and 1964) grows older, they will not only leave the work force, but require more health-related services. Some of the careers that projected to grow by 2016 include

Home health aides

Personal care aides

Physicians assistants

Nurse practitioners

Physical Therapist assistants

The other two careers that are fast growing are related to the needs of the science, technology, engineering, and math community are include

Statisticians

Software developers, applications

Mathematicians.

What does all this data mean to you? Well if you are looking for a job, Houston is a good place to look and if you are looking for a particular type of job your outlook for finding a job is good if you are looking in the top ten fastest growing occupations.

I read once in a book on money, that the best investment is “a good job.”

Patrick@InvestorsLendingSource.com

512-213-2271

Austin, Texas

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New metropolitan area employment data for November 2018 are scheduled to be released on Friday, December 21, 2018 at 10:00 am (ET)

U.S. Department of Labor, 2018

Doing the Math: Purchase, Rehab, Refinance, Cash Out

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The markets have been extremely volatile lately and they say the anxiety meter has shot up to screaming level.  However, according to Caleb Silver, Editor-in-Chief, Investopedia is not predicting a major market decline.  And, whether the market is up or down, I am here to help you find ways to put your money into other types of ventures, like fix-n-flip real estate projects big or small. It works like this:

  • You Purchase
  • You Rehab
  • You Refinance
  • You Cash Out

Silver also says in his daily e-mail that “Seasoned investors have learned to moderate their expectations and build their portfolios to endure all kinds of markets.  It takes discipline and a lot of learning to do that well, and even the best of them still get their faces ripped off now and again (a technical expression for suffering massive losses). Still, having unreasonable expectations is the first step to setting yourself up for disappointment.”

Ah yes, setting yourself up for disappointment: I remember Christmas mornings when I was a child as a time of too much expectation.  By the time Christmas morning came around, my expectations were sky high and no matter what great present my parents or Santa Claus brought me, I was going to be disappointed because nothing could live up to the fantasy in my head.  So, the day was never as much fun as it should have been.

I’d say that Silver (good name for an investment geek) is trying to warn us . He says that Vanguard (a massive money manager) recently surveyed its customers and found that their expectations were way off from its own market predictions. Vanguard found that the average retail investor expects stock to return more than 10% a year on average and people with their money in pension funds expect 7.5% average annual returns.  Unfortunately, Vanguard expects a 4.6% return on stocks.

So put in your time studying so that you can put your money to good use making more money for you.  Think about your options and don’t freak out. As Silver says, “When the Anxiety Index picks up, volatility tends to follow.”  But as Friday’s Investopedia headline read  “REMAIN RATIONAL.” (see investopedia.com)

Here is a rational option to study:

Purchase, Rehab, Refinance, and Cash Out of a Multi-Family Building

Loan Requirements

  • Min 5 units
  • Loan Amounts – $250,000 – $5,000,000
  • Interest Only – 2yr Term
  • 1st Lien Position Only
  • No Prepayment Penalties
  • Up to 80% for Purchase and Rehab
  • Up to 70% for Refinance and Rehab
  • 55% for Cash Out

Borrower

  • Min FICO 670
  • Full Recourse
  • DSCR / Occupancy – No requirements while being rehabbed
  • Min Liquidity of 9mo of debt service + 20% of rehab budget

Appraisal Requirements

All loans require a full appraisal with internal property pictures and dated within 120 days of loan origination.

Lending Areas

All major metro areas and small market areas nationwide.  Non-lending areas include rural and high-risk areas.

Patrick@InvestorsLendingSource.com

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Museums and Investment

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The Guggenheim Effect

When you are buying a house to fix up or lending money for that fix-n-flip project you hope to profit from, the value the property has now and will have after the renovation is complete is what you are focusing on. You will be thinking about neighborhood and what makes a neighborhood a good place to live. These days, according to Alina Dizik of the WSJ, you should look around for a nearby museum.

Museums are revitalizing neighborhoods all over the world. The neighborhood revitalizing phenomenon of a museum is called the Guggenheim Effect. According to the Economist and the WSJ the Guggenheim Effect is the phenomenal revitalization of an industrial town that was dying, Bilbao in Spain in this instance, into a “sleek tourist destination” by the construction of a museum (Economist).

Walkability, and Safety, Interesting Things to Do

According to research done by Stephen Sheppard, an economics professor at Williams College in Massachusetts, “property values of homes near museums rise between 20% and 50% over the course of five years (WSJ ). ” Homebuyers, according to Dizik, are drawn to a museum building’s bold architecture, its rotating exhibits, “its guest lectures, and attractive indoor and outdoor common areas.” Some are looking for safety and amenities in one place. Entertainment and restaurants that you can walk to are also big draws.

There are museum districts in several towns in Texas. Look around your town and see if a museum is raising property values near you. This may be where you want to invest next.

Patrick@InvestorsLendingSource.com

512-213-2271

Austin, Texas

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Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany, during blue hour.  Julian Herzog [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY 4.0

Austin Museums

In Austin, the museum district is more of a museum partnership and there are many museums in the downtown. There is a plan here to connect the walking and biking trails into a big loop of urban trails that will extend 30 miles, traversing the city from Lady Bird lake to Walnut Creek Metropolitan Park, creating a safe walkable and bikeable commute route through downtown. So living near or on that route may be attractive. http://www.austinmuseums.org/

Mexic Arte Museum, 419 Congress Ave

The Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas Campus

The Harry Ransom Center, 300 W. 21st street, University of Texas Campus

Mondo Gallery, 4115 Guadalupe St

Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum

Yard Dog Art Gallery, 1510 S. Congress Ave.

Arthouse at the Jones Center, 700 Congress Ave.

Houston Museums

There is one in Houston and it boasts 4 walkable zones, 19 museums, and over 2,300 residents according to http://houmuse.org/. Homes in the museum district sell faster than average compared to other neighborhoods in Houston. Realtor.com The neighborhoods and surrounding area are a mix of historic homes with character and charm, to modern townhomes, and high rises.

Museum of Fine Arts Houston Expansion

Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University

The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

Czech Center Museum

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum

Lawndale Arts Center

Houston Museum of African American Culture

Children’s Museum of Houston

Houston Museum of Natural Science

Dallas Museums

In Dallas, the museum district is the Arts District downtown. It is a cultural hub of music, art, and theatre. The Dallas Arts District is bordered by St. Paul Street and Ross Avenue as well as major throughways Woodall Rodgers Freeway and Central Expressway. http://www.dallasartsdistrict.org/

Dallas Museum of Art

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Nasher Sculpture Center,

Perot Museum of Nature and Science

Kimbrel Art Museum

Dallas Contemporary

Meadows Museum

San Antonio Museums

In San Antonio, a river walk extension completed in 2009 is called the Museum Reach. It extends past the zoo, the Japanese Tea Gardens, Brackenridge Park, the Pearl District, and three of San Antonio’s museums, all listed below. https://www.thesanantonioriverwalk.com/explore/museum-reach

The Do Seum, San Antonio’s Museum for Kids, 2800 Broadway

The Witte Museum, 3801 Broadway

San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 West Jones Avenue

 

What do all these neighborhoods have in common, interesting things to do, walkability, and safety.

References

Dizik, Alina, To Discover an up-and-Coming Neighborhood, Look for a Museum, The Wall Street Journal, November 25, 2018

The Economist, The Guggenheim Effect, Can other cities imitate Bilbao’s cultural-tourism success? August 18, 2018