John Denver once sang, “Life on the road is kinda laid back.” Not for us. But thank God we’re real estate guys. For you youngsters, this is a reference to a classic John Denver tune, Thank God I’m a Country Boy. You know…John Denver? Rocky Mountain High? Blond hair, little boy haircut, high voice? No? […]
11/24/13: Follow the Money – Clues Where the Economy is Headed Read More »
The dollar has been on a steady decline since Nixon took it off the gold standard in 1971. Since then, the dollar has lost a staggering 80% of its purchasing power. Ouch. The flip side of a falling dollar is that it takes more of them to buy anything that’s real. That’s why that gallon
10/20/13: Real Asset Investing – Using Hard Assets to Hedge Against a Falling Dollar Read More »
What mysteries lurk behind the mask of this economic recovery? Is it real or is it just a big tease? Robert Helms and Russell Gray, the hosts of The Real Estate Guys™ radio show head to The New Orleans Investment Conference November 10-13, 2013 for find out! In fact, rumor has it, we’re even going
The Real Estate Guys will be at The New Orleans Investment Conference in November Read More »
The real estate we love to invest in floats in an economic sea teeming with other financial and political life forms. And each of these denizens of the dollar (after all, the greenback is the world’s reserve currency…at least for now), have an impact on the overall financial ecology. There are symbiotic relationships, predators and
7/28/13: From the Floor at Freedom Fest – Coffee, Coins and Capital Controls Read More »
The AP reports that gold hit an all time high of $1,118 per ounce today. Do you understand why? Do you REALLY understand? And what does gold have to do with real estate (besides that you dig gold out of the ground)? Great questions! Gold’s rise is a prime refection of a falling dollar. Why?
Is Gold All that Glitters? Read More »