Perhaps more than any subset of American society, real estate investors have the strongest tie to the very first Thanksgiving. Depending on where and how you learned early American history, you may have only a cursory awareness of the Plymouth Plantation “experiment.” That’s where America’s Thanksgiving tradition came from. But the first Thanksgiving set the table […]
Thanksgiving and your private property rights … Read More »
As of this writing, the U.S. presidential election has yet to be formally certified. Both sides are claiming victory. There’s obviously a lot of disagreement. As investors trying to make long-term strategic decisions, the situation is challenging. After all, policy decisions affect the economic landscape we’re navigating. So knowing who has their hands on the levers is
Biden to continue Trump plan … Read More »
Politicians and bureaucrats are duking it out in the wake of the most controversial election since Bush v Gore in 2000 … … which was almost as bad as the election of 1876. Yes, as disconcerting as all this current controversy is, this isn’t the first time Americans have anguished through a contested election. And if you’re outraged at the arguably
Battle lines are being drawn … Read More »
As of this writing, we’re not sure how the U.S. election turns out. But we’re guessing the cheering, fearing, wailing, and gnashing of teeth will go on for quite a while. But although there’s a LOT of clues in the news, investment strategy, or personal development philosophy topics we could yammer about … … we
The election and your investing … Read More »
There’s a lot of doom, gloom, and uncertainty out there. MANY of the super-smart people we hang out with are preparing for a really ROCKY road ahead. Of course, we’re big fans of being prepared. As we often say … “Better to be prepared and not have a crisis, than to have a crisis and not
Is real estate doomed? Read More »
We’re nearing the end of a marathon of back-to-back-to-back conferences. The world is different … but life goes on … both online and now back on the road. When we started this year at our Create Your Future™ goal setting workshop, little did we know how BIZARRE and DISCONCERTING 2020 would become. Yet here we are … still
Pandemic, policies, preferences, prejudices, and YOUR portfolio … Read More »
As political pundits debate debating, financial pundits are watching the 3D tennis match between President Trump, Speaker Pelosi and Chairman Powell. As discussed last time, this trio has been volleying stimulus demands back and forth for quite a while … even though the last round of stimulus ran out. Despite all this political pandemic pandering … so far, it’s not
To stimulate or not to stimulate … that is the question Read More »
What a difference a week makes! Last time we commented on the big news about the world’s most famous real estate guy potentially using the tax laws to reduce his federal income taxes to virtually zero. Since then, as you probably know, the news has been dominated by President Trump’s illness, hospitalization, treatment, and return to the White House.
In search of stability in an unstable world … Read More »
Taxes, politics, and real estate investing might not be as salacious as sex, lies and videotape … but it’s arguably just as intriguing. By now we’re sure you’ve heard all the “outrage” about allegations the United States’ Real Estate Investor-in-Chief paid nearly no federal income tax. This shocks no one who understands real estate or the tax code, but
Taxes, politics, and real estate investing … Read More »
In an age of macro-economic turmoil and stress, the risk of the tide going OUT is far greater than the odds of a rising tide lifting all boats. So as Warren Buffett famously quipped … “Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.” And of course, if that happens to be you
Markets matter more than ever … Read More »