Jason explores some ways to get out of a bad property then he interviews author/attorney Mark Kohler about his book “Lawyers Are Liars: The Truth About Protecting Our Assets.” Listen at: http://www.jasonhartman.com/radioshows. Mark is an attorney, CPA and entrepreneur who has owned numerous businesses...
Jason talks with real estate "artist" and 5-time international best-selling author, philanthropist, risk-taker and visionary, Frank McKinney, who sees opportunities and creates markets where none existed before. Listen at: http://www.jasonhartman.com/radioshows/. McKinney's first job earned him $180...
Jason talks with Sara, Eric and Jim about the nitty-gritty details of non-owner occupied financing with conventional loans, construction and low-down rehab financing. In a challenging lending environment you need all the help you can get, you need the real story, you need the facts rather than the...
The “Barbell” strategy of investing
In the marketplace of ideas, there is no shortage of strategies for investing to produce superior returns. These range from the ‘crackpot’ infomercials schemes that infest early morning television to people that are afraid of the stock market altogether,...
Re-Inflating the Debt Bubble
Reading the news has never been the best way to inspire optimism. This phenomenon has never been more true than it is today for financially astute people that are aware of causes and consequences. In a recent press conference, the US President was touting a new blitz...
Packaging your Commodities: Commodity Investing through Residential Real Estate
For most people, it is difficult to read through a financial newspaper or watch late night television without seeing repeated (possibly obnoxious) exhortations to invest in commodities such as gold or silver. The logic...
During turbulent economic times, people can become their own worst enemy. The uncertainty of the stock market creates massive insecurity about our investment portfolios. These doubts are quite reasonable and it is time to stop trusting Wall Street and start being a direct investor by purchasing hard...
Income Property Investment Myths
Why aren’t more people investing in income properties when it’s the most lucrative, safest choice in history? Good question. Probably because people would rather watch television than improve their financial condition. Sure, everybody says they want to get rich...
Fiscally Fit: A check-up for your financial fitness
What happens to home values when the replacement costs increase?
The go up like a rocket
They go down because nobody can afford to build
They are pulled toward the cost of new construction
They don’t change . . . construction...
Double Dip Recession
The recent financial news has been abuzz with exhortations over the anticipation of an end to the recent financial calamity. The stock market has already discounted this optimism into its valuation, as current market values represent a multiple of forecasted earnings per share well...