{"id":2312,"date":"2007-12-03T13:06:32","date_gmt":"2007-12-03T20:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2312"},"modified":"2007-12-03T13:00:46","modified_gmt":"2007-12-03T20:00:46","slug":"the-odysseus-medal-we-can-see-the-bottom-through-clearing-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2312\/the-odysseus-medal-we-can-see-the-bottom-through-clearing-water\/","title":{"rendered":"The Odysseus Medal: “We can see the bottom through clearing water”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Actions have consequences. When we became a group weblog, I set my sights on the very best writers. We haven’t recruited actively until recently, but, even so, a lot of the most talented voices in the RE.net have ended up writing here. Three of this week’s short list of thirteen nominated posts came from BloodhoundBlog, and I cut mercilessly to get down to three. Worse (better!), four more of the thirteen were written by BloodhoundBlog contributors working from their home weblogs. And this week — for the first but probably not the last time — all three winners come from the Bloodhound kennel. I would apologize for that, except that would require me to apologize for having the wit to pick out good writers in the first place!<\/p>\n

All that said, The Odysseus Medal this week goes to Brian Brady for 2008 Housing Market Outlook For U.S. Investors<\/a>:<\/p>\n

While astute investors will have a virtual plethora of homes to buy, in the first half of 2008, they shouldn’t be PAINFULLY picky. Investors should be judicious but painfully picky is a sure-fire way to ensure that no deal will ever make sense. The shift in housing next year will put an upward pressure on rents, over the next five years, as the percentage of home ownership declines from its national high<\/a>. It is conceivable, in the transition markets of Southern California, Arizona, Nevada, and Florida, that rents could rise as much as 20%, in the next five years, as those former homeowners lease homes. The long-term fundamentals of these markets still make sense<\/strong>. More people move to those locales than leave each year so steady population growth is on an investor’s side.<\/p>\n

While the forecast for 2008 is grim, there are silver linings amidst this black cloud.<\/strong> Investors will have opportunities to own great properties if they understand that while we may not be touching the bottom, we can see the bottom through clearing water. Investors should analyze property investments and consider purchase offers with both economic and utilitarian values in mind. In the aforementioned Phoenix example, digging your heels in and proclaiming that "the Read more<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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