Tragedies are a terrible but predictable and commonplace part of living and investing. You don’t always know when or how tragedy will strike, but you can be certain it will. It’s inevitable. Of course, tragedy and suffering aren’t primarily intellectual experiences. You FEEL them … and they HURT. It’s intensely emotional. The Real Estate Guys™ […]
Tragedy strikes again … Read More »
The person who chases two rabbits catches neither … Another week and a thousand sub-plots and angles to the COVID-19 story and how all this might affect real estate investors. In a run-of-the-mill market gyration, those are usually fun and relevant rabbit-trails to go down. But there will be plenty of time for that later.
Which rabbit to chase? Read More »
Although there may be some debate about the true origin, cause, and date of the COVID-19 virus … there’s no doubt about its presence and impact today. And just as the health crisis began quietly, before exploding onto the scene, so it may be with the subsequent financial crisis. After all, if you’re not both an epidemiologist and paying
And now the REAL contagion begins Read More »
Here’s another installment in the continuing saga of Crisis Watch 2020 … Last time, we discussed the scope and sequence for the mutation of the current health crisis into a potential dollar crisis. If you haven’t read it, try to fit it into your hectic sheltering-in-place schedule. We think it’s important to have context for the deluge of data,
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US home construction drops 30.2% in April as virus rages Read More »
Even as building slows, the Fed is pumping purchasing power into housing. Short supply plus increased purchasing power could put upward pressure on prices. Of course, it all hinges on demand … will buyers be willing to take on a mortgage in such an uncertain jobs market? After all, even a zero percent mortgage payment
Grim warnings from Powell and the Fed push rates on home loans to new low Read More »
If you’re tired of hearing about the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis … get over it. We’re on the front end of a series of cascading crises that will likely affect every investor on the planet … including YOU. Pretending it’s not happening … or blindly trusting the great and powerful wizards behind the curtains … or pulling the
The next stop in the coronavirus cascading crisis tour … Read More »
Another not-so-subtle clue in the news … Fed chair Powell warns that commerical real estate values could plummet because of crisis … if “financial system strain’s re-emerge”. Notice Powell makes a distinction between the economy and the financial system. Health crisis > Economic Crisis > Financial System Crisis (credit markets and banks). The economy needs
Fed Warns of Significant Hit to Asset Prices If Crisis Grows Read More »
The Fed seems committed to propping up housing with nearly free money. It’s probably a good idea to grab all you can and lock it in long term while you have still have equity. Always nice to borrow cheap and long … to continue reading, click here >>
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Personal development guru Tony Robbins reminds people … “Success leaves clues.” The idea is that success isn’t purely a product of blind luck or extreme innate ability. For guys like us, that’s REALLY good news. Success is much more a matter of developing the knowledge and discipline to take aggressive action based on proven patterns and
Crossbreeding billionaire brilliance … Read More »