Commentary on real estate related news to help you read between the lines and find the hidden opportunities.
We’re still just a little more than a week removed from a mind-blowing 9-day mind-meld with brilliant thought leaders, niche experts, and seasoned investors and entrepreneurs … … so we’ve been busy catching up on the news and looking at the world through our freshly expanded paradigms. There are two things bouncing around our brains we think are important, […]
Are these two commodities trying to tell you something? Read More »
We’re just back from yet another EPIC Investor Summit at Sea™. If you missed it, be sure to get on the advance notice list for 2020. It’s hard to describe how transforming and powerful the Summit experience is. So we won’t. Instead, today’s focus is on the flip side of the Fed’s flop on interest
Is THIS the next crisis? Read More »
You’ve probably heard the expression … “There’s more than one way to skin a cat.” We’re not sure why anyone would want to skin a cat… that sounds gross and cruel. But the idea is there’s often more than one way to get something done. In this case, we’re talking about wealth re-distribution. We realize
Wealth redistribution by hook or by crook … Read More »
Real estate investors tend to like low interest rates. After all, low rates mean lower payments for the same size mortgage … or a bigger mortgage for the same payments. Nice. The current Wizard of Rates is Fed chair Jerome Powell. And he just showed up on 60 Minutes and told everyone … “‘We don’t
At this rate, something’s gotta give … Read More »
A very big real estate story splashed across mainstream news recently, but got buried underneath (insert the sensational political headline you’re sick of) … Oregon Okays First Statewide Mandatory Rent Control Law Associated Press, 2/28/19 Okay, we admit this is a government policy … so it’s political. But politics is easy to laugh at when
Rent control … a sign of the times? Read More »
When the 2008 financial crisis hit, the mortgage industry was at the epicenter … and the disruption of funding feeding real estate crushed housing values. But it’s important to remember, the problem was NOT real estate. After all, people still needed and wanted places to live. So the demand for housing remained stable. It was
Main Street needs Main Street investors … Read More »
The blessing and curse of real estate is that trends develop slowly. This makes them easy to catch, but also easy to miss … unless you make it a priority to pay consistent attention. We scour the news daily. We’re always looking for opportunities, lessons, and trends. But they’re not always obvious. In fact, they
Put all your eggs in one basket … then diversify Read More »
When the talking heads on mainstream financial media talk about real estate, they often refer to it as an “asset class.” And lately, they say real estate is “in a bubble.” No wonder so many of them are mystified about how the real estate guy in the White House goes about his business. But that’s
Real estate is NOT an asset class … Read More »
The winds of change are swirling like a tornado … even if they’re outside your personal horizon at the moment. That’s why we stay up on the lookout perch … watching for clues in the news and shouting out what we see … so you have time to make smart moves. A couple of things
Tracking trends and making smart moves … Read More »
Debt is a lot like religion and politics. People have strong opinions … so it’s risky to talk about it in a group setting. But we’re going to do it anyway … because there’s more debt in the world than ever before. And it has big potential ramifications for real estate investors. Most real estate
Out of control debt is a problem … and an opportunity Read More »