Some interesting stories to cover today. The media may be getting the story on millennials wrong, again. We are also seeing some trends that fit well with the homebuilder confidence numbers we talked about yesterday. Here are the links:

• New home construction takes a blow in April
• The Next Hot Housing Market: Starter Homes
• College Grads Say They're Moving Back Home

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Where should real estate investors turn for the best returns? Today we try to get some insights to the question. We will also talk about the advances being made with the virtual escrow!

Todays Articles:

• https://www.homeunion.com/blog/homeunion-names-the-best-markets-for-real-estate-investors-in-1q/
• http://www.housingwire.com/articles/40092-north-carolina-officially-completes-first-ever-eclosing

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We will review the top 10 biggest real estate comebacks since the lowest point of the real estate downturn. However, for most of these areas, this does not mean you should be investing there. We will take a look and figure out how this information should influence our real estate strategies!

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Virtue signaling and near death experiences? Yeah, it's a weird combination. It will make sense eventually.

Howdy folks! So happy to be back in the show saddle. Since we last spoke I have gotten a few more things done. We can talk about some lessons learned there.

Plus, I have noticed a trend with some of the folks in my professional past that ended up being the biggest liars, flakes and just plain unpleasant people. We will discuss these extreme virtue signaling types and what warning you should take from it.

Then, we will discuss my near death experience. Maybe not death... maybe severe bodily injury.

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That's right! The schedule got moved up a week and the kitchen remodel is in full swing! In fact, I could not be happier with the results I am seeing so far! Of course, like war, no plan survives first contact. As it goes in war, so it goes in remodeling! So today I am going to discuss some lessons I have learned so far in my kitchen remodel.

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President Trump has released his tax plan and some folks have chimed in on what they think it will do to the world of real estate. The NAR is not happy with the Trump Tax Plan - but should they be? We will review their complaints and see if they are just being big crybabies about the whole thing.

We will also talk about Fannie Mae and their efforts to work past the "roadblock" of student loans. Be afraid.

Here are the articles for todays show:

• Central Banks Are Now Printing $200 Billion Per Month… Without a Crisis
• Central banks are printing money as though the global economy is in freefall
• Fannie Mae announces new programs to break through student loan roadblock
• Is Trump’s tax plan good for homeowners? Nope, says NAR

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When picking your real estate investment, why not go with a college town!

One of my favorite ways to give an investment a safety net is to pick areas with colleges and universities. College students can be a great source of tenants. There will always be a steady stream of them and they tend to keep a rental market healthy since they do not buy. Today, we will review the latest list from Redfin on the best college towns to invest in.

Articles:

• The 20 Best College Towns to Buy an Investment Property

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We have talked a whole lot about how the real solution to our real estate market problem is an increase in inventory. However, the real truth is that there is another way to solve this problem. Reduce demand. Well, real estate buyers might just be on their way to doing that. Today we will review some interesting data that might just indicate that the number of buyers in the market could dwindle slowly over the next year. 

Here is a rundown on todays articles:

• Freddie Mac: Renters say they expect to stay where they are
• A Quarter Of Millennials Living At Home Neither Work Nor Study
• Freddie Mac: Mortgage rate falls below 4% mark

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Motivated sellers are always out there, just harder to find sometimes.

More news today on loan activity and how the media continues to get the important part of that story wrong. The market continues to be tight so how do you go about finding motivated sellers? It takes a whole lot of work, time and patience, but it can be done. In todays show we will give you some good suggestions.

Covered today:

• Mortgage applications drop 1.8%, despite lowest interest rates since November
• The Top 3 Ways to Find Motivated Real Estate Sellers

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