How Does Your Retirement Dream Measure Up?
Wednesday, December 04
A recently released study by LearnVest asked Americans aged 25-54 how they envision retirement. The results were illuminating and perhaps reflective of the reality of today’s world. The bottom line? More people are looking forward to a modest beach bungalow than dreaming of island-hopping ...
Local Income Properties Might Be the Dumb Choice
Wednesday, October 30
There’s an old saying that goes “all real estate is local.” While the wisdom imparted in that simple line is unassailable, it leaves out a very important point, especially when you consider that there are thousands of local markets and the reality might be that YOUR local market is the wr...
Don't Scare Your Lender
Monday, October 14
Jason Hartman teaches wealth-building strategies based on your ability to control an income-producing property with a long-term, fixed-rate mortgage. In order to do that you’re going to need to be able to convince a lender that you’re a worthy risk. There are a few things that automatical...
Are You Gambling Your Wealth on Internet Reliability?
Tuesday, September 10
Do you trust the reliability of the Internet with the very life your stock portfolio? That’s exactly what stock, currency, and mutual fund day traders are doing and, frankly, in light of the glitch that froze up the entire NASDAQ exchange last month, we’d be a little nervous if it were us. ...
Raising Rents: The Short Version
Sunday, September 08
You own the property, right? You can raise rents any time you darn well please. If only that were true the business of income property investing would be vastly more profitable. Not that it isn’t profitable already, but imagine the possibilities in a world unfettered by consumer protections...
The Wrong Way to Use Federal Bailout Money
Thursday, August 29
After reading news that a Missouri bank CEO (Darryl Lane Woods) recently pled guilty to misuse of Federal bailout money – he bought a luxury condo in Florida for $381,487 – we are driven to ponder a certain question. Why did public hangings on the town square at high noon fall out of fashi...