It’s been a busy week of alarming financial news! Of course, events that rattle financial markets sometimes barely register to real estate investors. That’s because rents and property values aren’t directly involved in the high-frequency trading casinos of Wall Street. So while paper traders frantically scramble to avoid losses or skim profits from currency flowing […]
The Fed pumps $200 billion into system in THREE days … Read More »
When you’re an investor … the state of the financial system is always on your mind. The Fed shocked the world when it pushed an emergency infusion of cash into a distressed financial system. In 2008 … it took $85 billion per month to stabilize the U.S. financial system. Today, the Fed is injecting $75
Clues in the News — The Fed, the Repo Market, and Real Estate Investing Read More »
As the political cycle ramps up, housing affordability might get some attention. And it’s more complex than you might think. Obviously, housing policies have the potential to affect YOUR real estate investing … so it’s smart to pay attention. Of course, there’s always risk in talking politics. Everyone has heroes and talking points. Sometimes it’s
Hidden costs that hike housing prices … Read More »
In case you missed it, silver exploded nearly five percent higher … in a single day … which takes its impressive year-to-date gain to nearly twenty percent. Of course, we’re not into using precious metals as trading vehicles to churn out short-term dollar-denominated capital gains. We think real investing is about acquiring streams of passive
Cashing in on the silver BOOM … Read More »
Real estate investing is largely the business of using debt to acquire streams of income and build oceans of equity. In the hands of a professional real estate investor, mortgages are like a super-charged power tool … making the job of wealth building easier, faster, and more profitable. Of course, powerful tools in the hands
Something weird is happening with mortgages … Read More »
If you follow the financial news, you’ve probably noticed some talk about “the everything bubble”. Basically, it’s rising asset value prices for … everything. We know that sounds great. At least as long as YOU own the assets BEFORE they inflate. When you do, equity happens to you and it’s awesome. But until you sell,
Goldman Sachs says it’s time for cash flow … Read More »
The ghosts of the Great Financial Crisis of 2008 still linger (as they should) in the minds and hearts of seasoned real estate investors … … even though it’s been a an equity party for the last 10 years. Of course, no one wants to hear it might be ending. Then again, every new beginning
The system is dead. Long live the system! Read More »
If you’re wondering which way the financial winds are blowing … look to the news! From the rollercoaster ride of the stock market, to negative interest rates on mortgages, to big moves in gold and oil … it appears the winds are changing. Something is coming. Savvy real estate investors are reading the signs and
Clues in the News – Stocks, Negative Rates, Oil, Gold and You Read More »
A long, long time ago in a world without video games, we played a boardgame called Mousetrap. Since a picture’s worth a thousand words … As you can see, Mousetrap is a pretty elaborate set up where an initial action sets off a chain reaction of subsequent actions … … until finally the unsuspecting mouse
Avoid getting caught in this trap … Read More »
As of this writing, we’re not sure what the Fed will do with interest rates, though it’s widely expected they’ll cut. So as much as we’d like to talk about what it means to real estate investors, we’ll wait to see what happens. And even though mainstream financial media are finally paying attention to gold
Easy money is both a symptom and a sickness … Read More »