After a tumultuous week of violent lurches higher (but mostly lower), the S&P 500 has ended April with its worst start to a year since the start of World War 2…
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Both incomes and spending were expected to rise MoM in March and they did with spending rising 1.1% MoM (almost double the 0.6% rise expected) and outpacing the 0.5% MoM rise in incomes.
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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
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High housing prices continue to be a concern in many major markets. While there are varying opinions on how to solve the problem, history says … and recent headlines concur … that adding fuel to the fire will be the likely “solution.” Here’s how it works and why it’s likely to create a lot of equity right up until it doesn’t … First, it’s important
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While the rest of the world fixates on the Fed’s latest interest rate bloviation, we’re taking a mini-vacation from Fed watching to focus on something a lot more fun. Jones Lang LaSalle recently released their Global Resort Report for 2019 and it’s got some investing intelligence we think you’ll find interesting and useful. As our long-time audience
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Value-add real estate investing accelerates equity growth … often by increasing income. By making a property more appealing to a tenant or buyer, you make the property more valuable … without needing to wait for inflation. Value-add investing reduces some of the price risk when acquiring properties near the top of a market cycle. But
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Most real estate investors focus on the structure on top of the dirt. Others profit by trading in the land itself. Still, others find opportunity in what grows on top of the land. Today’s show is about what comes from UNDER the dirt … oil and gas. And there’s a LOT more to the story
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Last week the Fed pumped over $200 billion of freshly printed cash into the repo market. Since then, the Fed’s upped the ante to $400 billion … and counting. For those young or asleep during the 2008 financial crisis … … back then, the Fed provided an infusion of $85 billion per month to keep
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Building your passive income and equity through real estate is a process of growth, plateaus, and breakthroughs. In this edifying episode, we discuss getting started, getting stuck, and what it takes to get to the next level … whatever that is for you. So tune in and find out what it takes to take your
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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 »