
How to Read a Rent Roll Before Buying a Small Multifamily Property
The seller's pro forma is a story. The rent roll is the paper it has to survive on.

The seller's pro forma is a story. The rent roll is the paper it has to survive on.

A smaller market, a different clock, and a rent-versus-buy question that New Hampshire's largest city answers differently than Boston.

Inventory, days on market and price cuts each say something different. Here is what each one measures, and where each one lies.

Rate cycles move three levers a buyer cares about: what a loan costs, when a refinance pays, and how sellers price.

The year-to-date total is up 8 percent, but the growth is concentrated in one country and one sector — and that concentration is the story.

The break-even question is mileage, not price. Here is how rental, car-share, and ownership compare at different driving levels.

Why more information can make a decision worse, and how a deadline plus a satisficing rule breaks the stall.

Rules written for cars decide how many homes a lot can hold. That arithmetic shows up in rents and prices.

Economic consulting and research careers explained: the roles, the skills, and what the day-to-day work looks like.

Student demand and a compressed lease cycle shape what renters pay in Boston. Knowing where the pressure sits makes the search easier to plan.