Waiting for Home Prices to Crash? Cool, See You in 2033
Waiting for Home Prices to Crash? Cool, See You in 2033 Somewhere right now, a guy named Kevin is telling his coworkers the housing market is “due for a correction.” He’s been saying this since 2022. He says it the way some people say they’re “thinking about” running a marathon: with total confidence, and zero […]
Mold, Cracks, and Bad Wiring: A Buyer’s Guide to Panicking About the Right Things and Letting the Wrong Things Go
Mold, Cracks, and Bad Wiring: A Buyer’s Guide to Panicking About the Right Things and Letting the Wrong Things Go By Martin Tsatskin Buying a house turns reasonable adults into people who say things like “the foundation crack is probably just settling” with zero engineering background and full emotional conviction. You’re standing in the kitchen, […]
Your Insurance Company Doesn’t Hate You. It Just Found Out About Your Roof.
Your Insurance Company Doesn’t Hate You. It Just Found Out About Your Roof. Why renewal notices feel like a personal attack, and what’s actually happening behind the scenes in 2026 By Martin Tsatskin Let’s start with the part nobody tells you on the phone with your insurance company. Your premium didn’t go up because some […]