Commentary on real estate related news to help you read between the lines and find the hidden opportunities.
In case you haven’t noticed, there’s a LOT going on in the world as we sail into a brand new investing decade … In addition to wars and rumors of wars, a growing number of notable people are publicly expressing concerns … … not just about the economy and financial markets, but the system itself. […]
The world has gone MAD … Read More »
Even if you’re a die-hard cash flow investor … more intent on collecting properties than flipping them … it’s still important to pay attention to market cycles. After all, though you might not plan to “sell high”, it’s sure nice to “buy low”. Besides, “buy and hold” doesn’t mean you’re not harvesting equity when conditions are
Lessons from a legendary billionaire real estate investor … Read More »
The mother of all private equity firms just issued a warning … Blackstone Group Warns of the Mother of All Bubbles Investopedia via Yahoo Finance – 11/11/19 According to the article, Blackstone’s “… biggest concern is negative yields on sovereign debt worth $13 trillion …”. Remember, the 2008 financial crisis was detonated in bond markets … and the bomb
It might be time to start worrying … Read More »
High housing prices continue to be a concern in many major markets. While there are varying opinions on how to solve the problem, history says … and recent headlines concur … that adding fuel to the fire will be the likely “solution.” Here’s how it works and why it’s likely to create a lot of equity right up until it doesn’t … First, it’s important
Adding fuel to the high housing price fire … Read More »
While the rest of the world fixates on the Fed’s latest interest rate bloviation, we’re taking a mini-vacation from Fed watching to focus on something a lot more fun. Jones Lang LaSalle recently released their Global Resort Report for 2019 and it’s got some investing intelligence we think you’ll find interesting and useful. As our long-time audience
Renting to the rich is finding fans among professional investors … Read More »
In August 1971, President Richard Nixon went on national television and shocked the world by defaulting on the gold-backed dollar system created at Bretton Woods in 1945. Up to that point, dollars were essentially coupons for real money … gold. Foreign dollar holders could turn in their dollars and walk away with gold at $35 per ounce.
California screaming … Read More »
In this week’s perusal of the news, this headline caught our attention … Bank of America declares the “end of the 60/40” standard portfolio Market Watch 10/15/19 We know it SEEMS like a pretty benign article … irrelevant to real estate investors. But au contraire mon frère … There’s actually quite a bit of useful intelligence packed
Bank of America just made the case for real estate … Read More »
Late filers in the U.S. just got finished assessing last year’s tax damages. For some, it was a pre-Halloween shocker. Fortunately, there’s still some time left in the current year to make some smart moves and take advantage of some of the most generous tax breaks available to investors … First, consider setting up a Qualified
Trick, treat or terrific tax break … Read More »
In a complex financial eco-system, there are MANY components, dependencies, and inter-dependencies … … any of which can be the catalyst for a seismic economic earthquake. The flip side and basis of real estate’s stability is real estate’s relative lack of liquidity as compared to publicly traded securities. After all, you can’t hit a buy or
Pension problems percolating … Read More »
Lending is a big part of real estate investing … but sometimes your situation doesn’t fit the traditional lending mold. If you … or your deals … require out-of-the-box funding … have no fear! There is a great, big, wide world of alternative funding solutions just waiting to be discovered. And the payoff can be
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