You probably know The Avengers Endgame is the culmination of a 22-film decade-long extravaganza of EPIC story-telling. What you may not know is how many great real estate investing lessons surround The Avengers Endgame. Here are just a few … and don’t worry, there are no spoilers! Lesson 1: Businesses and their jobs will move to […]
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The Q1 numbers are in and the U.S. GDP came in at a robust 3.2% … MUCH better than expected. While it can be argued there’s some fluff hiding under the hood … with growing inventories masking lackluster consumer spending … … the financial media are describing 3.2% growth as a “big upside surprise,” “upbeat,” and a “blowout.” That’s a lot of
GDP blowout pales compared to THIS market’s growth … Read More »
Markets are always in motion. Population, economic growth, demographics … these factors and more affect the supply and demand for every property you own. Without understanding market metrics, investing is like reaching into a lake and hoping you pull out a fish. But WITH market metrics … the savvy investor can spot trends and opportunities
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What do pro investors do when the market show signs of peaking? They start looking for trouble … in a good way. Industrial Property Owners Increasingly Go After Value-Add Projects – NREI, 4/19/19 “With prices for stabilized properties rising … industrial owners invest in value-add and redevelopment.” In this case, the trouble is … “The
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It may sound like a medical condition, but an aphorism is actually a concise, memorable expression of a general principle or truth. We learned one of our favorites from a carpenter … (no, not THAT carpenter, though He had some good ones too) who advised … “Measure twice, cut once.” That’s a LOT of wisdom
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It’s your questions and our answers. That’s right. It’s time for another segment of Ask The Guys … when we hear about the real-world challenges investors like YOU face every day. We have another great collection of questions from our loyal listeners … covering everything from infinite returns to gold, proper reserves, compressed cap rates,
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Old dudes like us have fond memories of beer-belly laughing out loud at the hysterical antics of Peter Sellers’ Inspector Clouseau in the original Pink Panther movies. If you’ve never seen them, check them out. Two of the best are Return of the Pink Panther (1975) and Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978). Clouseau is
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Everyone needs a place to live … and everyone needs to eat. Food is the original wealth. The world’s population is growing … and there are more mouths to feed every day! Investors don’t have to limit themselves to properties with assets like houses, commercial buildings, or shopping malls. You can harvest dollars from land
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We’re still just a little more than a week removed from a mind-blowing 9-day mind-meld with brilliant thought leaders, niche experts, and seasoned investors and entrepreneurs … … so we’ve been busy catching up on the news and looking at the world through our freshly expanded paradigms. There are two things bouncing around our brains we think are important,
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Ten amazing days … over 200 people … studying, sharing, learning, growing, and partying … that’s the Investor Summit at Sea! For 17 years, the Summit at Sea has been the highlight of our year … and we’re excited to share a piece of it with YOU. We’ve gathered some of real estate’s most successful
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