Commentary on real estate related news to help you read between the lines and find the hidden opportunities.
A lot of folks have been asking lately … where are we at in “the cycle”? Of course, the question presumes cycles exist (they do). But with so many new people getting into real estate investing … including many who’ve never invested through a “correction” (geek speak for a downturn) … … it’s amazing there’s anyone […]
Boom or bubble … where are we in the cycle? Read More »
As we often say, real estate is NOT an asset class. There are MANY different niches you can invest in to earn big profits … both capital gains and cash flow. And we’ve been watching an exciting niche which is starting to attract the attention of alert investors … “Value-add investors are finding this sector
This niche is VERY inviting … Read More »
If you’ve been around awhile, you know there are optimists, pessimists, and realists. Optimists see the upside and sunshine in everything. They’re chargers and they’re not afraid to take bold … even impulsive action. Of course, optimists sometimes run full-speed into a brick wall they COULD have seen, but chose not to … because it
A reality check you can cash … Read More »
We’re just winding up a multi-part real estate investing video training series we’re doing for our friends Chris Martenson and Adam Taggart at Peak Prosperity. The video training series is called Real Estate Investing for Profit and Safety. The first episode, The Case for Real Estate, is nearly two hours long and free of charge.
Finding stability in an unstable world … Read More »
When you trade in highly liquid, lightning fast, electronically enabled casino markets … you watch the news like a ten-foot tailgater at 100 miles per hour. And that’s who most of the mainstream financial media cater to. The more fear, uncertainty, drama, and doubt … the better (for ratings). So they pour fuel on the fire.
Keeping it real in the face of tariffs and trade wars … Read More »
Investors and their money are attracted to opportunities. They purchase assets, including properties and businesses, in the pursuit of profits. That’s probably why YOU are reading this. It’s why we perpetually peruse the news … looking for clues about where investors, businesses, jobs and money might be going and growing. After all, where people and
Getting in the flow of money on the move … Read More »
You probably know The Avengers Endgame is the culmination of a 22-film decade-long extravaganza of EPIC story-telling. What you may not know is how many great real estate investing lessons surround The Avengers Endgame. Here are just a few … and don’t worry, there are no spoilers! Lesson 1: Businesses and their jobs will move to
The Avengers Endgame and YOUR real estate investing … Read More »
What do pro investors do when the market show signs of peaking? They start looking for trouble … in a good way. Industrial Property Owners Increasingly Go After Value-Add Projects – NREI, 4/19/19 “With prices for stabilized properties rising … industrial owners invest in value-add and redevelopment.” In this case, the trouble is … “The
Looking for trouble? You should be … Read More »
It may sound like a medical condition, but an aphorism is actually a concise, memorable expression of a general principle or truth. We learned one of our favorites from a carpenter … (no, not THAT carpenter, though He had some good ones too) who advised … “Measure twice, cut once.” That’s a LOT of wisdom
Powerful lessons from a simple saying … Read More »
Old dudes like us have fond memories of beer-belly laughing out loud at the hysterical antics of Peter Sellers’ Inspector Clouseau in the original Pink Panther movies. If you’ve never seen them, check them out. Two of the best are Return of the Pink Panther (1975) and Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978). Clouseau is
The Pink Panther strikes again … Read More »