Mass consumers of financial news and commentary get fed a steady diet of hope, hype, doom, and gloom. That’s because fear and greed are the two primary investor emotions. So anyone selling anything to investors, from media to money management, are working overtime to stoke one or both of those primary emotions. And if you’re […]
359 reasons why this is NOT the end … Read More »
A lot of folks have been asking lately … where are we at in “the cycle”? Of course, the question presumes cycles exist (they do). But with so many new people getting into real estate investing … including many who’ve never invested through a “correction” (geek speak for a downturn) … … it’s amazing there’s anyone
Boom or bubble … where are we in the cycle? Read More »
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
The Pink Panther strikes again … 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
Is THIS the next crisis? Read More »
When the 2008 financial crisis hit, the mortgage industry was at the epicenter … and the disruption of funding feeding real estate crushed housing values. But it’s important to remember, the problem was NOT real estate. After all, people still needed and wanted places to live. So the demand for housing remained stable. It was
Main Street needs Main Street investors … Read More »
Some people think housing is a driver of economic growth. But that doesn’t make sense to us. Sure, a robust housing market creates a lot of jobs from construction all the way back through the supply chain. But housing itself is a by-product of prosperity, not a creator of it. After all, who buys a house first … and then
The role of housing in economic growth … Read More »
We’re concerned about interest rates … and you should be too. Consistently rising interest rates affect your ability to borrow money for investments. In this episode of The Real Estate Guys™ show, we dig into how the Federal Reserve and central banks affect interest rates. We talk about the future of the dollar. And we
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If you’re an American, unless you’ve been in a coma or living under a rock, you know the United States just had one of the most energetic mid-term elections in quite some time. The day after, both sides are disappointed … and both sides are claiming victory. One of the advantages of being older is
The mid-term morning after … Read More »
It’s easy to figure out where tax incentives lie in wait. Just study the tax code. The latest version of the tax code introduces a new tax shelter … opportunity zones. But … what are opportunity zones? In this episode of The Real Estate Guys™ show, we dive into what we know about opportunity zones
Opportunity Zones – Reduce Taxes by Investing in Main Street Read More »
In the swirling sea of capital that makes up the global economic ocean we all invest in … … big fund managers are pay close attention to a variety of factors for clues about the ebb, flow, and over-flow of people, business, and money. Right now … it seems like a BIG wave of money
There’s MORE money headed into real estate … Read More »