May 2020

Pandemic, Civil Unrest, Job Losses and Other Good News for Investors

This year has seen its highs and lows … and the hits just keep on coming.  Coronavirus, civil unrest, unemployment … an endless parade of bad news. If it’s all starting to wear you thin … listen in! We’ve seen our fair share of calamity and catastrophe. While what is happening right now is unprecedented, …

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Real estate and the economic pandemic ahead

Here’s another installment in the continuing saga of Crisis Watch 2020 … Last time, we discussed the scope and sequence for the mutation of the current health crisis into a potential dollar crisis. If you haven’t read it, try to fit it into your hectic sheltering-in-place schedule. We think it’s important to have context for the deluge of data, …

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Podcast: Ask The Guys – Scaling Up, Credit Lines, and Pandemic Prepping

Another exhilarating edition of Ask The Guys … your great questions and our questionable answers. This time, we tackle topics about going from tiny to mighty … how to use credit lines strategically BEFORE they disappear …. how to prepare NOW for the investment problems and opportunities likely to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic … …

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Grim warnings from Powell and the Fed push rates on home loans to new low

Even as building slows, the Fed is pumping purchasing power into housing. Short supply plus increased purchasing power could put upward pressure on prices. Of course, it all hinges on demand … will buyers be willing to take on a mortgage in such an uncertain jobs market? After all, even a zero percent mortgage payment …

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The next stop in the coronavirus cascading crisis tour …

If you’re tired of hearing about the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis … get over it. We’re on the front end of a series of cascading crises that will likely affect every investor on the planet … including YOU. Pretending it’s not happening … or blindly trusting the great and powerful wizards behind the curtains … or pulling the …

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Fed Warns of Significant Hit to Asset Prices If Crisis Grows

Another not-so-subtle clue in the news … Fed chair Powell warns that commerical real estate values could plummet because of crisis … if “financial system strain’s re-emerge”. Notice Powell makes a distinction between the economy and the financial system. Health crisis > Economic Crisis > Financial System Crisis (credit markets and banks). The economy needs …

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Ask The Guys: Scaling Up, Credit Lines, and Pandemic Prepping

It’s time for Ask The Guys … the episode where you ask and we answer! This edition we are tackling topics from how to use credit lines strategically BEFORE they disappear to how to prepare NOW for the investment problems … and opportunities likely to emerge from COVID-19 … and more! But remember … we …

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