@Aaron KawamotoCome out to REIALOHA meetings where we are mostly passive investors with an emphasis of buying holding on the mainland.

Gerber http://amzn.to/1Bs4HEh Many people I talk to don’t understand that the difference between owning a business and owning a job is about building systems and Gerber does a great job of explaining it.One other book I almost hate to recommend but do because it does a really good job with why a team is critical and who should be on it is The Real Book of Real Estate by Kiyosakihttp://amzn.to/13bv4AO It reads almost like he wrote it to make up for some of the others that came out under his name.For a deeper dive Peter Linneman’s textbook Real Estate Finance and Investments: Risks and Opportunities, 3rd Edition http://amzn.to/10Jo5xR is Wharton MBA level knowledge served up by a guy not only started Wharton’s real estate program and ran it for 30 plus years but he’s done plenty of deals himself and now is chief economist at NAI/Global, one of the big international CRE brokerage firms.

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the third time this year as the US economy continued slowing amid ongoing trade disputes and weak global growth.The federal funds rate, which affects the cost of mortgages, credit cards and other borrowing, will now hover between 1.5% and 1.75%.Hello BP Members, So I am a taking classes for my REA license and a current college grad.

Hi folks:  I'm from Los Angeles and also interested in investing in Kansas City; buy and hold, with an emphasis on cash flow.  

Also the depreciation laws for tax savings have a couple of major loopholes which can save you a large amount on income tax.The negatives are close to zero capital appreciation, a declining population due to the lowest birthrate globally (currently dropping 250,000-300,000 people a year), floating rate on most all bank loans (although it's a near certainty these won't be going up anytime soon as its been said if interest rates in Japan hit 2.5% the government would currently go bankrupt), and the highest debt to GDP ratio of any country in the world putting a dampening on future economic outlook.For net yields you're looking at 3-6% in and around Tokyo, 6-8% in the other major cities, and closer to 8-10% outside of that, although there are always lots of exceptions.  

There are many of us that don't put a lot of emphasis on that formula.

Emphasis on 'couldn't ' as now I am figuring it out...;)

These will all be very normal," he told a conference in Beijing.As well as cutting interest rates on Friday, the PBOC lowered the amount of cash that banks must hold as reserves.Both moves were bids to jumpstart growth in China's slowing economy, a drag on global growth that has been of major concern in emerging markets and other leading economies.Monetary policy easing in the world's second-largest economy is at its most aggressive since the 2008/09 financial crisis, as growth looks set to slip to a 25-year-low this year of under 7 percent.Yi said China in the future would lower the reserve requirement ratio for banks, the amount of cash that major lenders need to keep on hand - at a "normal" pace."

So until your weather warms up and dries out, it doesn't matter what the price is.I'd emphasis the river a little more strongly.

There is a growing middle class due in part from the growing emphasis on education and more job opportunities.