When the mortgage-backed securities (MBS) market collapsed in 2008, real estate owners – both homeowners and investors (and radio talk show hosts) – got hit hard. Banks failed, loans became scarce, buyers disappeared, and people everywhere (including tenants) lost their jobs. Very ugly. Lesson: pay attention to macro (big picture) economics. So now we do. …
6/3/12: Schiff Happens – Is The Real Crash Yet To Come? Read More »
As Halloween approaches, we wanted to pick a spooky topic to kick off the week. We’ll follow it up next with our annual edition of Halloween Horror Stories, so stay tuned! For this episode, our topic is The Creature from Jekyll Island. For the uninitiated, this is the title of the epic and iconic expose …
10/23/11: The Creature from Jekyll Island – A Conversation with G. Edward Griffin Read More »
Whew. Here we are at our fourth and final installment of the August and the Economy series. How are you holding up? Our brains are swollen. But, to keep the rally going, we’ve called on some very smart and outspoken money managers. As we’ve said before (and will say again), too many real estate investors …
8/28/11: August and the Economy Part 4 – Can a Bad Economy Create Great Investments? Read More »
In case you’ve been living under a rock the last several years, here’s a news flash: China’s booming economy is having a big impact on the world, and the U.S. in particular. And whether you like it or not, or agree or disagree with U.S. policy toward China, it doesn’t really matter. China matters. So, …
With all the news about the debt ceiling crisis, it’s hard not to think about policy making. And while we think there are some great lessons available for real estate investors, we also think the politicians would benefit from looking at the situation like a real estate investor. Since we recently interviewed two presidential candidates …
Five Lessons Washington Could Learn From Real Estate Investors Read More »
This is the fifth and final part of our five part series on the “great debt ceiling debate” written as an accompaniment to our radio show broadcast and podcast, “Raising the Roof – How the Great Debt Ceiling Debate Impacts You”. You can download the episode on iTunes or find it on our Listen page. …
This is part 4 of a multi-part series on the “great debt ceiling debate” written as an accompaniment to our radio show broadcast and podcast, “Raising the Roof – How the Great Debt Ceiling Debate Impacts You”. You can download the episode on iTunes or find it on our Listen page. We’re excited you’re here. …
This is part 2 of a multi-part series on the “great debt ceiling debate” written as an accompaniment to our radio show broadcast and podcast, “Raising the Roof – How the Great Debt Ceiling Debate Impacts You”. You can download the episode on iTunes or find it on our Listen page. How does the Fed …
Central banks around the world have been pumping “liquidity” into their respective economies since 2008. In the USA, the Fed has gone through two rounds of “Quantitative Easing” (QE1 and QE2) and has been talking about a third. Meanwhile, the government is piling up debt at a record pace. What does it all mean? And …
2/20/11: The Coming Wave of Inflation – Profiting When the Levee Breaks Read More »
As we’re guiding our real estate sailing ship through the choppy economic seas of the past few years, we’ve learned the wisdom of having a lookout watching the horizon for threats and opportunities. We also like to compare notes with other sailors – especially those whose lookout platforms are higher up than ours. They can …