This is a part of the series "Redlining Richmond" posted here over the last year. After the Civil War localities in the North and South...

The dirty little secret in the United States is that there is a massive oversupply of homes. There are 139 million single-family homes,...

In 2008 the world was introduced to the words "Subprime Loans." This was blamed for the housing collapse (really the issue at hand was...

Over the summer we put out a series of blogs entitled "Bubble Watch," where we defined the stages of a bubble and watched markets for...

To some, I'm sure they think that the appraisers says "Best I can do is a buck fiddy," and that's it. However, today we walk through what...

As discussed in my original blog, my history is in philosophy and maths. Today I was to explore an old philosophical paradox known as...

I occasionally get questions that are reasonable, but have a misconception at the heart of the query. Here we'll address a few of these....

On April 20, 2020,the crude oil prices dropped 306% to a low of -$37.63. This period of volatility lasted for about 18 hours before...

From CNBC On the afternoon of April 14, 2020, dozens of firefighters arrived at an Amazon warehouse in Fresno, California, as thick...

I recently got a chance to listen to the pitch of Ion Solar, and if you don't fact check anything that they say, its sounds pretty good....

Realtors regularly rank among the least trusted professions worldwide (near used car salespersons and members of congress). Stories like...

A recession is a poorly defined term, but in terms of GDP is can mean 2 consecutive quarters of decline OR a 1.5% decline in GDP OR a...

Why do agents? In commercial real estate, price per square foot is a significant metric, but in residential real estate, it isn't used....

In 2021 I performed 588 appraisals - this level of exposure to the market allows me to have multiple conversations per week with...

There has been a practice among appraisers that was always a bit odd. If a property is an "illegal use" then the property can not secure...

If solar panels added value to a home, no one would proclaim this louder than one of the largest environmental proponents in the US....

Watch Leah Coleman (Realtor), Mary and Rock White (Lenders), and myself (Appraiser) from our recorded Zoom meeting where we address the...

Who wouldn't want to live in the "Murder House?!" I once got a car stuck in the mud breaking into the Penhurst Assylum, long before Ghost...