Martin Maxwell

$854.6 billion. That's the seasonally adjusted annual rate for private residential construction spending in March 2026, per the Census Bureau's C30 release. The headline decelerated month-over-month as single-family eased and multifamily continued its slow grind below the 2023 peak. Improvements stayed roughly flat. Bill McBride at Calculated Risk has flagged residential construction employment as the cleaner read on builder activity, since dollar figures absorb tariff-driven materials-cost inflation that doesn't translate into actual unit deliveries. For investors holding existing inventory, less new construction means less competition on resale and lease-up over the next 12-18 months. Full report: reiprime.com/news/2026-05-0…

Mortgage rates aren't the only factor freezing housing inventory. - A new analysis shows that in 49 metros, the tax hit from selling an investment property is so severe that it's cheaper to leave the home completely vacant for over five years. - Like in Los Angeles, an owner would have to pay 19 years of holding costs before vacancy becomes more expensive than the capital gains and depreciation recapture taxes triggered by a sale. where do you stand with this? nypost.com/2026/05/05/rea… #realestateinvesting #housingmarket #taxes #realestate

@Forbes unlearn the learned worth unlearning.

Quote of the day. #qotd

@theRealKiyosaki Now imagine Disney made a movie for that ….

BIGGEST LIES EVER TOLD: 1: “They lived happily ever after.” 2: “Bonds are safe.” 3: “Safe as money in the bank.” 4: “I have job security.” 5: “ A college degree is the key to financial success.”

@ShaanVP Still doing pretty well - Now imagine they ACUTELY release something!

What the hell is Apple doing? *Failed to make a car *No AI investments *Siri still sucks *just releasing the same phone over and over again How can you miss AI? how is that even possible?

Such a conversation starter - why would someone paid off a mortgage at 2.625%!!

@theficouple man thats a lot of work to keep it clean - $500 weekly maid

@TansuYegen very cool - how does it stay on?

How car brands place their logos with perfect precision

@jeremybtc did the wife take the picture before or after yelling at these monitors

All this setup just to get liquidated when Trump says “tariff” 😭

@readswithravi still need goals

@StockMKTNewz is it me or ETFs are much easier

This Gold Bar he bought from Costco in April 2024 for $2,359.99 Today Costco is now selling this gold bar for more than $4,200

@dividendology I wonder someone would just download it and ask gpt to screen it

How Peter Lynch selects stocks:

@AlexAndBooks_ thought this is the book store in japan

Visited the Rare Book Library at Yale University recently: • The library holds over 1 million books • Has 1 of the 48 surviving Gutenberg Bibles • Uses marble panels as its exterior "windows" to block nearly all UV light It's free and open to the public. Worth visiting!

@calvinfroedge dare I ask where to buy them

They are literally telling you they're going to spend trillions of dollars by the end of the decade building data centers. What's the #1 ingredient in a data center? COPPER. Instead of speculating on AI stocks, acquire thousands of tons of US nickels. MAKE THEM PAY YOU

@dannypostma a company with no user empathy - only relying on enterprise sales - just Google their privacy policy on user data

@atulit_gaur mobile hotspot?

Startup idea: laptop with sim cards so that we can use mobile data on laptops too

@mrgroowth honestly don't think he's doing too much thinking about being so methodical

Productivity isn’t about doing more — it’s about removing what doesn’t matter Elon Musk mastered that art He builds rockets, cars, and billion-dollar companies — not by doing more But by removing everything that doesn’t matter Here are the 6 rules he follows to get more done:

@andreamacdcpa @ChrisRamsey60 agreed - buy used

@ChrisRamsey60 My first thought is: play stupid games and win stupid prizes. I genuinely cannot understand spending $120k for a vehicle.

Crazy personal story… I order and bought a 2025 Cadillac Escalade brand new for $120,000. At 4,000 miles the engine and radiator both blew. My fiancé got stuck in a car wash for an hour. GM won’t buy the car back offered me GM reward points 🤦‍♂️ If this happened to YOU would you just take the car back even though there is a huge loss in value and will most likely have issues in the future? Should I fight for lemon law which is most certainly falls under in New York?

@opinioncasino yeah it's pretty insane - admire the bias for action

I Bought $250,000 Worth of Physical Nickels No, that’s not a typo. That’s 5 million coins. 55,000 pounds of American metal stacked in boxes from a local bank vault — an asset the government literally can’t print anymore. Most people would call it insane. But let me explain the thesis. Each U.S. nickel is made of 75% copper and 25% nickel, weighing 5 grams. That means every $1 million in face value equals roughly 100,000 pounds of metal. At current metal spot prices, the melt value of a modern nickel sits around $0.043 – $0.047, depending on commodity fluctuations — or roughly 90–95% of face value. That means the U.S. Mint loses money on every coin it produces. They’ve tried to change the composition for years, but Congress hasn’t approved it yet. So what happens when they finally do? The old “real” nickels become the last batch of government-issued coins containing significant industrial metal. When that happens, they’ll vanish from circulation overnight — just like the 90% silver coins did after 1964. Those who held them saw a 10–15× nominal gain over the following decades as melt value outpaced inflation. My $250,000 position, therefore, isn’t a “trade.” It’s an asymmetrical bet that the U.S. Mint will eventually debase the coinage again, that metal scarcity and inflation will continue to erode the dollar, and that a bag of nickels will one day be worth more dead than alive. Worst case? I still have $250,000 in legal-tender coins backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. Best case? The melt value doubles, triples, or gets banned outright — which would make the existing supply finite and far more valuable to collectors and contrarians alike. It’s not crypto, it’s not stocks, it’s not even silver. It’s 5 million tiny claims on an industrial commodity the government accidentally subsidizes. That’s deep value. That’s the Nickel Standard.

Are you leveraging your equity or watching from the sidelines? #realestate #homeequity #wealthbuilding #housingmarket #mortgage #investment #equity #housing2025 #realestatemarket #homeowner #RealEstateInvesting #InvestSmart #REIPrime

The rich get richer, and their wealth props up housing prices for everyone else. This explains why 3% price growth is expected in 2025 despite 6.7% mortgage rates.

Your home just became your ATM While everyone's talking about "unaffordable" housing, there's a quiet wealth machine running in the background.