It’s your questions and our answers. That’s right. It’s time for another segment of Ask The Guys … when we hear about the real-world challenges investors like YOU face every day. We have another great collection of questions from our loyal listeners … covering everything from infinite returns to gold, proper reserves, compressed cap rates, […]
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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 »
Energy is the key input for all economic activity. And as populations and economies grow worldwide, there’s an increasing demand for energy. So listen in as we chat with an experienced oil man and discuss the nitty-gritty of investing in oil and gas for profits and tax breaks. In this episode of The Real Estate
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We’re concerned about interest rates … and you should be too. Consistently rising interest rates affect your ability to borrow money for investments. In this episode of The Real Estate Guys™ show, we dig into how the Federal Reserve and central banks affect interest rates. We talk about the future of the dollar. And we
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“You can’t handle the truth!” – Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men Neither optimists or pessimists can handle the truth.Optimists refuse to acknowledge the part of reality that’s negative … … while pessimists can’t see the ever-present opportunities hidden behind the problems. While we’d rather be optimistic than pessimistic, maybe it’s better to be BOTH.“The
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Regular followers know we’re news hawks. We scour the headlines for clues about opportunities and threats facing real estate investors. We look at the good, the bad, the ugly … and consider things at the micro, macro, geo-political, and systemic level. Even though we watch a broad range of real estate niches … we tend
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A common adage is “treat your investing as a business”. Good advice! And at first blush, you might think it means … Figuring out your mission, vision, values … Establishing clearly defined goals and objectives … Developing strategies, tactics, processes, policies and procedures … Recruiting, training, and leading a team … Setting up communication and
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One of the primary purposes of easy money (“quantitative easing” or QE) is to inflate asset prices, bloat balance sheets, and create a wealth effect. The formula is simple. Print gobs of money, buy bonds to drop interest rates, and flood the markets with liquidity. Corporations borrow cheap money to buyback stocks … pushing stock
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Ohhhh … there’s SO many directions we could go with that subject line … but let’s pick something both potentially polarizing and unifying … Income inequality. It’s a political cause and an economic reality. But we’re not here to talk politics. Because it doesn’t matter if we think it’s fair or not. We’ll leave that
Capitalizing on the American dumbbell … Read More »
We know a guy who bought a property with NO foundation. He didn’t know it because he paid cash … and with no lender forcing an inspection, he skipped it. Oops. He figured since the property had been in use for decades, everything was fine. But just because a building is standing, it doesn’t make
Better check that foundation … Read More »