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Your own private bank.

Your own private bank.

Ahh, your own private bank. Wouldn’t it be great? Working, well, uh, banker’s hours. Plenty of cash at hand when you’re ready to begin investing. At Empowered Investor Network, we’d like to point out there is a private bank you can use for income property investing...

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Don’t believe the hype.

Don’t believe the hype.

If you’ve been interested in income property investing for any length of time, whether you’ve actually pulled the trigger and bought a property or not, you’ve likely run across the “No money down!” hucksters. They’ll show you pictures of happy couples relaxing on...

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Get ready for the homeowner shift.

Get ready for the homeowner shift.

Here at Empowered Investor Network, we’re betting a major shift is already underway that will remove millions of people from “homeowner” status and turn them into renters. The reasons are pretty simple when you look at a few economic realities. Factor #1 – the United...

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When will we shut up about inflation?

When will we shut up about inflation?

The answer to the question posed in the headline is “When hell freezes over” or, to put it more politely, “Never.” We feel pretty sure in making such a definitive statement because there is no logical way inflation will ever stop being a serious economic issue as long...

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Al Gore, super investor.

Al Gore, super investor.

For those who may have forgotten - Al Gore used to be a politician. In fact, before he became the de facto head whiner for the environmental movement, he was vice-president to Bill Clinton. When Gore left the White House after two terms in office, his personal worth...

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Drinking the green Kool-Aid.

Drinking the green Kool-Aid.

Show #115 of Creating Wealth featured Jason’s interview with Steven Milloy, author of the new book, Green Hell. The book is an expose’ of today’s environmental movement and how it’s bad for your life, bad for your health, and especially bad for your freedom. Why are...

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Gold ain’t all it’s cracked up to be.

Gold ain’t all it’s cracked up to be.

For all the recent mania regarding the over-the-moon price of gold, one little number gets lost in all the hullabaloo – the investment stinks from a historical stand point. Across 10 different asset classes, 40 years, and looking at both three, five, and ten year...

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You scratch my back…

You scratch my back…

Is the stereotype true? Is Wall Street an unassailable fortress inhabited only by greedy, rich, conservative Republicans? The greedy and rich part might be right but the numbers don’t bear it out the political party assumption. Let’s take a quick look at the most...

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The loan that can make you rich.

The loan that can make you rich.

Most of the time, we at Empowered Investor Network would tell you that taking out a loan against your 401k retirement plan would be a bad idea. The reason is that the majority of people would waste the proceeds on the trappings of wealth – boats, cars, expensive...

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San Antonio is yet another great Texas city for investors.

San Antonio is yet another great Texas city for investors.

What do you think about when you think about San Antonio? Well, of course, there was that embarrassing Alamo defeat at the hands of Mexican general Santa Anna. But OTHER than that, San Antonio is a stronghold for the military and medical industries. There are four...

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