Some people think housing is a driver of economic growth. But that doesn’t make sense to us. Sure, a robust housing market creates a lot of jobs from construction all the way back through the supply chain. But housing itself is a by-product of prosperity, not a creator of it. After all, who buys a house first … and then […]
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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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No doubt you’ve heard Facebook’s stock face-planted recently. But just in case, here’s the whole gory story in just three headlines over five days … Facebook stock hits record high ahead of earnings – MarketWatch 7/25/18 “Investors … continue to shrug off … gaffes … with privacy and security … Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg …
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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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Pension Problems Piling Up … Anyone paying attention knows the world is facing a global pension crisis. And if you don’t think it will affect you … think again. Consider this report recently issued by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago … How Should the State of Illinois Pay for Its Unfunded Pension Liability? The
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Interest rates are a big deal for real estate investors … for many reasons. The first and most obvious reason is because interest rates are the price of the money you borrow to invest with. Higher rates mean higher payments and less cash flow. Of course, even when you pay cash for your properties, your tenants
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The world economic order is under-going massive change right now. We’re literally watching it unfold in the daily news. Yet few investors really understand what’s happening and why … or what they can do to both grow and protect wealth during these historic times. “Those who can’t remember the past are doomed to repeat
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We were lucky enough to spend some time at the New Orleans Investment Conference, the longest-running investment conference in the United States. In this episode, we chat with three expert guests. They share their expertise on all things investing, from cryptocurrencies to gold, the Federal Reserve to commercial real estate, the international oil market and
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Do you remember the opening scenes from the classic movie Mary Poppins? The camera focuses on a weather vane changing direction as observers comment … “Looks like the winds are changing over 17 Cherry Tree Lane” … home to one George W. Banks. But today it’s the Fed’s Janet Yellen – not Mary Poppins –
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Overview The Fed FINALLY raises rates for the first time in nearly a decade. Now what? How does a Fed rate increase impact real estate and real estate investors? In this episode, Robert and Russ discuss the short term and big picture impact of the Fed’s long awaited move…and what it might mean for real
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