Mass consumers of financial news and commentary get fed a steady diet of hope, hype, doom, and gloom. That’s because fear and greed are the two primary investor emotions. So anyone selling anything to investors, from media to money management, are working overtime to stoke one or both of those primary emotions. And if you’re […]
359 reasons why this is NOT the end … Read More »
In our last edition, we discussed what gold might be revealing that the Fed isn’t … while waiting to see what Fed Chair Jerome Powell would say to Congress. But now the great and powerful Powell has spoken … and there are a couple of notable nuggets worthy of an inquisitive real estate investor’s attention.
Jerome Powell has spoken … now what? Read More »
The real estate story behind Walt Disney World in Florida has a valuable lesson for investors today … and it’s not what you think. If you’re unfamiliar, Walt Disney decided to create a new and improved East Coast version of his epic California Disneyland. But he needed land … LOTS of it. So he went
From Disney World to Bizarro World … Read More »
As the United States celebrates its independence this week, it’s a good time to consider something of utmost importance to real estate investors … Property rights. After all, if you can’t safely, securely own private property … then there’s no hope of accumulating wealth and personal prosperity. Private property ownership is the foundation of personal
The foundation of liberty … Read More »
Buying an income producing property is an investment in the underlying economy. That’s REALLY where the income originates. That’s why we put so much emphasis on market analysis. Investors who focus exclusively on deal analysis (crunching the numbers on the property) but fail to underwrite the market sometimes end up in a mess. The context of a deal is
Market analysis for dummies … Read More »
In our last edition we took a look at this chart for clues to where we’re at in “the cycle” … Housing Price Index to Production Wage Index SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE ECONOMIC DATA HTTPS://FRED.STLOUISFED.ORG (The data came from the Fed, but the chart was put together by The Heritage Foundation here) You can see a tight
A divergence in the farce … Read More »
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 »