In this week’s episode, we lined up six fascinating thought leaders at the seventh annual Freedom Fest – including a candidate for President of the United States! Everyone at Freedom Fest has one thing in common. We’re all in pursuit of whatever “liberty” means to us, whether that’s private property or private thoughts. In […]
Liberty, Free Markets, Gold, Agriculture and More from Freedom Fest Read More »
Nobody wants to get stuck with a problem property. You know what I mean … buying a house that turns out to be uninhabitable or a commercial building that ends up exploding your rehab budget. How do you avoid these kinds of mistakes? While there is no guarantee to preventing all surprises, when you’re in-the-know
ENCORE: Inspecting Property Before You Invest Read More »
It’s been said, “The devil’s in the details.” This is certainly true when it comes to buying real estate…even unimproved real estate. After all, there’s so much that the naked and untrained eye just can’t see, which is why property inspections are so important. In this episode, we take a look at some of the
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Best-selling author James Rickards (Currency Wars and The Death of Money) recommends land as a place to store and protect wealth from the dangers of paper currencies. In spite of the recent blip up, the dollar has a 100 year history of going DOWN, so it probably makes sense to “sell” dollars when they’re “high”
1/11/15: Dirt to Dollars – Investing in Raw Land that Cash Flows Read More »
When it comes to cash flow from real estate, we LOVE “sustainable”. There’s nothing worse than vacancy and turnover to ruin your income stream. Of course, your income comes from tenants. And if the cost of living (food, gas, healthcare) is going up faster than their wages, it puts pressure on your tenants’ ability to pay
9/14/14: Sustainable Income Through Sustainable Offshore Agriculture Read More »
Robert Kiyosaki says, “Savers are losers”. Does this mean you should consume more than you produce, or that saving is bad? Of course not. There are multiple meanings to the Savers are Losers concept. In addition to drawing a distinction between working for money (saving) versus having money work for you (investing), there’s the problem
12/29/13: Thinking Outside the Buck – How Savers Can Avoid Being Losers Read More »
Whether times are good, bad, uncertain or chaotic, it always makes sense to focus on fundamentals. And there’s nothing more fundamental than food. In this episode, we visit with the CEO of an international investment company. He shares the path of discovery his firm and their clients explored in the wake of the 2008 financial