If you follow the financial news, you’ve probably noticed some talk about “the everything bubble”. Basically, it’s rising asset value prices for … everything. We know that sounds great. At least as long as YOU own the assets BEFORE they inflate. When you do, equity happens to you and it’s awesome. But until you sell, […]
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The ghosts of the Great Financial Crisis of 2008 still linger (as they should) in the minds and hearts of seasoned real estate investors … … even though it’s been a an equity party for the last 10 years. Of course, no one wants to hear it might be ending. Then again, every new beginning
The system is dead. Long live the system! Read More »
We’re just back from yet another EPIC Investor Summit at Sea™. If you missed it, be sure to get on the advance notice list for 2020. It’s hard to describe how transforming and powerful the Summit experience is. So we won’t. Instead, today’s focus is on the flip side of the Fed’s flop on interest
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“You can’t handle the truth!” – Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men Neither optimists or pessimists can handle the truth.Optimists refuse to acknowledge the part of reality that’s negative … … while pessimists can’t see the ever-present opportunities hidden behind the problems. While we’d rather be optimistic than pessimistic, maybe it’s better to be BOTH.“The
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Let’s take off our blue, red, and orange team colors … hold hands … and take a real-world look at trade tariffs in action. Most nose-to-the-grindstone real estate investors may not pay attention to, or understand, trade tariffs … or how they could affect real estate investors. But, like many things we obsess about after
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Maybe it’s just us … But as we’re preparing for our Future of Money and Wealth conference … (our way of sharing our epic Investor Summit at Sea™ faculty with more people) … … we keep seeing headlines that make us think there’s more happening in the financial world than just a little stock market volatility … From Bloomberg on February 7th: Dollar
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The key to successful real estate investing is your understanding of financing and lending. You MUST be able to leverage the money you own (or borrow) so you can put your capital to work. There’s a lot of money churning around out there. Many different sources provide loans. The government and big banks are two
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Financial planning 101 says create equity first, then invest it for cash flow later. Of course, real estate investors know cash-flow creates equity … but that’s a different discussion. With paper assets, the basic formula is to buy stocks young to grow equity, then sell them later to buy bonds in retirement that will produce
Low rates and huge opportunity … Read More »
Last week’s U.S. jobs report has been largely reported as positive. Of course, real estate investors prefer their tenants actually have jobs, so we agree … any economy creating jobs is preferable to one which isn’t. Here’s a few of the headlines and some notable excerpts … June U.S. jobs report beats expectations – Yahoo Finance, July
The TRUTH about the June jobs report … Read More »
Well, there’s sure been some interesting headlines recently! WAY more fun than just trying to reverse engineer the logic behind the Fed’s rate increase. With that said, we watch gold because we think it provides valuable insight into the dollar, bonds, and the financial system. For more on all that, read James Rickards’ trilogy about
Digging for gold in a pile of bull … Read More »