Real Estate Blog
5 Important Tips For Rental Property Investors
Who said an economic recession was all bad news? Not any savvy investors we know! According to most financial experts, including our very own Jason Hartman, now is one of the best times ever to invest in rental properties. Low home prices, combined with low interest rates and thousands of people looking...
10 Best Cities For Buying Investment Property
Buying real estate investment property is one of the best ways to invest your money, period. Not only can you borrow the financing required to purchase income property (leveraging debt and inflation), but you can rent it out to tenants in order to pay for your mortgage while ultimately earning the rights...
Housing Costs Leave Renters Hurting, Investors Excited
It is the best of times and the worst of times, depending upon your point of view. While 53% of renters are paying more than 30% of their income for housing, a level that the government defines as "unaffordable," rental investor conditions continue to look absolutely rosy. Unfortunately, stricter lending...
IPO Cancellations Illustrative of Wall Street's Feeble Future?
With 215 initial public offerings delayed or canceled thus far in 2011, corporate fund raising on Wall Street is seen as problematical today.
Going public, holding an IPO, and raising operating capital by selling stock shares on Wall Street used to be a rite of passage for growing private companies...
Asset Protection - Are your assets at risk?
If you're in business and have assets over $50,000, you need to make sure you adequately protect yourself because:
- One in every four small businesses has been sued or threatened with a lawsuit in the past five years.
- There is one lawsuit filed every 2.08 seconds - the equivalent of the blink...
Property Management
While real estate can make you wealthy, it should not be a passive investment. Like every creation of man, it is dust to dust - if it isn’t maintained and periodically refurbished, real estate will eventually fall into disrepair and deteriorate to the point where it can no longer be used.
One of...
Philosophy and Investment Strategies
Successful real estate investing is no different than other investing – a carefully planned and executed strategy is required to make it work. A seat-of-the-pants approach is a sure-fire route to failure or, at best, mediocre results.
There are several aspects to Platinum Properties Investor Network’s...
Obtaining Financing & Credit
For real estate investors, there is probably no more important element for success than the ability to obtain financing, and that is largely dependent on your credit history. It is extremely important to know what is in your credit reports and what your FICO® scores are (see below).
The most familiar...
Avoid These 3 Mistakes When Seeking Cash Partners for Real Estate
It costs more to buy a single-family residential home than it does to plunk down the cash to buy a share of stock or an ounce of gold. This reality of investing leaves many newbie investors wondering whether or not they should find cash partners for real estate when they're ready to buy. After almost...
The Real Estate Investing Podcast That Creates Wealth
The Creating Wealth Show is a real estate investing podcast that has stood the test of time. As host Jason Hartman closes in on 220 episodes, we decided to take a moment to reflect on where it started and where it sits now. We knew we were striking a chord with the audience a few years back when raves...