Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday pledged that the U.S. central bank would ratchet interest rates as high as needed to kill a surge in inflation that he said threatened the foundation of the economy.
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Some people may be asking a very important question these days … “Is it too late to invest in real estate?” We bring in real estate superhero Ken “Multi-Man” McElroy to discuss this dilemma as we consider whether or not it’s too late to invest in real estate. Ken is a multi-state, multi-decade multifamily real
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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
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Trump and Sanders and a Bigger Economic Picture In the recent New Hampshire primary vote, Trump and Sanders brought home big wins. Donald Trump summed it up in his New Hampshire victory speech… “If we had 5 percent unemployment, do you really think we’d have these gatherings?” He could be right. In spite of “glowing” employment reports
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The presidential campaign rhetoric is kicking into high gear. Texas Governor Rick Perry says he’s a job creation whiz. His detractors say it’s just dumb luck because he happens to govern a state with oil and gas under the ground. But no one is denying there are more jobs happening in Texas than any other
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The AP headline this morning says “Stock Market Slumps as Home Construction Slows”. Oh no! We can hear the pitter patter of mutual fund investors’ feet running to their computers to check the damage to their 401k. Funny, but when we look at our computer, we see interest rates on 30 year fixed mortgages back
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