We’re just back from another incredible Investor Summit at Sea™ … and it was EPIC! With 234 people, 2018 was our biggest ever … and many have already reserved their place for next year. Click here to get YOUR name on the Advance Notice List. We kicked off the 2018 Summit with a two-day land conference […]
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Interest rates are a big deal for real estate investors … for many reasons. The first and most obvious reason is because interest rates are the price of the money you borrow to invest with. Higher rates mean higher payments and less cash flow. Of course, even when you pay cash for your properties, your tenants
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The world economic order is under-going massive change right now. We’re literally watching it unfold in the daily news. Yet few investors really understand what’s happening and why … or what they can do to both grow and protect wealth during these historic times. “Those who can’t remember the past are doomed to repeat
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For Valentine’s Day we thought we’d muse on why the right real estate is easy to love. Of course, the operative word is “right” … as in Mr. or Miss “Right” … … because anyone who’s been in a bad relationship knows it’s hard to have the right relationship with the wrong person. And the same
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Listen in to hear part two of our 2018 Predictions Panel! In this episode of The Real Estate Guys™ show, we sit down with three expert economists. Our guests hail from Fannie Mae, the international finance sector, and the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). Together, we’ll look back on the economic trends of 2017 …
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If you’re old enough, you may remember the old Pee Wee Herman movies … where Pee Wee falls off his bike and with brash bravado claims, “I meant to do that!” Well to no one’s surprise, the Fed inched up their “target” Federal funds rates by 25 basis points. So now, instead of just one-quarter of one
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Well, that didn’t take long… We recently alluded to the possibility of rising rates…whether the Fed raised them or not. Then lo and behold, this headline popped up in our news feed: Treasury Yields, Mortgage Rates Rising at Record Pace Of course, rates are still crazy low. But the move is noteworthy… beyond the obvious
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Here are some thoughts for real estate investors in the wake of Donald Trump’s “stunning upset” in the U.S. Presidential election… The 2016 election has obviously been very polarizing. We’re just a couple of real estate guys trying to figure out how policies, economics and the mood of the market create challenges and opportunities for
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Trump and Sanders and a Bigger Economic Picture In the recent New Hampshire primary vote, Trump and Sanders brought home big wins. Donald Trump summed it up in his New Hampshire victory speech… “If we had 5 percent unemployment, do you really think we’d have these gatherings?” He could be right. In spite of “glowing” employment reports
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Will the Fed raise interest rates? Will gold go up? Will stocks crash? Inquiring minds want to know! And so do real estate investors. So we sit down to chat with three of the smartest guys we know…a Bull, a Bear and a Bug (gold that is). And then we discuss what it all means to
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