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12/12/10: International Real Estate for Resort, Investment or Safe Haven – Pros and Cons of a Changing Landscape

12/12/10: International Real Estate for Resort, Investment or Safe Haven – Pros and Cons of a Changing Landscape

Whew!  That’s a big title.  But it’s fitting for a big topic – one that reminds us that the world is not only getting smaller, but is changing rapidly. Money, jobs and people are moving around the world like never before. And while fewer people may feel rich coming out of this recession, there are […]

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11/21/10: Real Estate Economics – Interviews with the Federal Reserve and National Association of Realtors

11/21/10: Real Estate Economics – Interviews with the Federal Reserve and National Association of Realtors

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

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10/24/10: Big Profits without Wall Street or Tenants – How Private Investors are Making Money from the Financial Crisis

10/24/10: Big Profits without Wall Street or Tenants – How Private Investors are Making Money from the Financial Crisis

When an economy burns down, the landscape is charred and the financial food chain is disrupted.  Viable businesses starve for funding, while investors hunger for return.  The normal eco-system has broken down and sources of capital and investment opportunities aren’t where they’re supposed to be.  Everything is in disarray and the ensuing uncertainty breeds fear.

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12/5/10: Best Of Replay – Career Opportunities in Real Estate

8/22/10: What is Your Risk Paradigm? A Life or Debt Decision

Protecting your money in today’s highly uncertain economy is surely very challenging. Remember when real estate equity and bank accounts were considered among the SAFEST places to keep your savings?  Today, real estate equity has disappeared – and for many people even getting access to whatever equity they still have is next to impossible.  Boy,

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5/30/10: Getting Into the Deal Flow – Wholesale Solutions for a Distressed Market

5/30/10: Getting Into the Deal Flow – Wholesale Solutions for a Distressed Market

We always say that every problems presents one or more opportunities.  That sounds really good in a seminar or on the radio, but what about in the real world? In our continuing quest to find resources to help real estate investors succeed, we came across an entrepreneur who looked at all the carnage in the

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