We’re just back from yet another EPIC Investor Summit at Sea™. If you missed it, be sure to get on the advance notice list for 2020. It’s hard to describe how transforming and powerful the Summit experience is. So we won’t. Instead, today’s focus is on the flip side of the Fed’s flop on interest […]
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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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With less than 7 weeks remaining in 2018, we’re taking a short break from our obsessive-compulsive perusal of the financial news. Because with an exciting New Year about to begin … full of hope, challenges, and opportunities … it’s a great time to focus on some important fundamentals. Lesson# 1: Invest in yourself first and
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We’re back … with an all-new episode of Ask The Guys! In this series, we answer YOUR questions about all things real estate. Before you click play, please remember that we are not tax advisors or legal professionals. We offer ideas, not advice … please run any investment ideas past a professional before putting them
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Job creation is up. Even better news … the jobs being created are blue-collar jobs, many in the reviving manufacturing industry. This means more wages, more workers … and more folks who can pay rent. In this episode of The Real Estate Guys™ show, we talk to an entrepreneur who has built a real estate
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Most people in the real estate investing world tend to gravitate toward a specialty … a market about which they know ALL the ins and outs. On our latest show, we’ll talk to someone who has made a particular market his bread and butter … the retail market. Wait … isn’t retail dead? No! In
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“You can’t handle the truth!” – Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men Neither optimists or pessimists can handle the truth.Optimists refuse to acknowledge the part of reality that’s negative … … while pessimists can’t see the ever-present opportunities hidden behind the problems. While we’d rather be optimistic than pessimistic, maybe it’s better to be BOTH.“The
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We’re back again to tackle the questions we missed in our last Ask The Guys episode. We love these episodes and the opportunity we get to talk through some of YOUR real-world investing opportunities and challenges. We hear from listeners dealing with tenant damage and security deposits, 1031 tax-deferred exchanges, nontraditional lending ideas and TONS
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Hard to believe it’s nearly 10 years since Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac collapsed and were taken over by Uncle Sam. Time flies when you’re getting rich. It’s been a GREAT run for residential real estate investors … especially apartment investors. Free money in the punch bowl can really juice up a profit party. But
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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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