That was true long before COVID-19.Now imagine a world where layoffs and business closures are rampant, and where unemployment claims exceed 26 million in just 5 weeks.

Present world events have left me with a lot of free time on my hands!  

I live in California and we’ve been ordered to Shelter In Place state wide, so things have changed so much in my area as I’m sure they have around the world...Weeks before the Shelter In Place order, it was pretty much a sellers market and competition was steep!

What does the future of our business, our country, and our world look like?

We see lots of people on here bragging about how they are the greatest in the world.

You can hear real-world examples of how others have built their investment portfolio and (hopefully) learn to avoid their mistakes.4.

COVID created a mess in the lending world.

While this agreement was focused first on Canada, the US, and Mexico, so many trade agreements have realized that "Giant Sucking Sound" Ross Perot warned us about.Not that I am working for a political discussion, but facts are, because of our vast trade agreements, we no longer manufacture or grow so much that once made the US the most productive economy in the world.

I think its important to also realize these are small business's in essence and investments wrapped into one.. so you have the business risk of government intervention ( we deal with this big time in the development world and on the investment side there is always risk when investing in anything that is to generate a return on your investment..  

I know, I know there maybe some negative connotations for it, but man... how beautiful is our world?