Exactly what is a real estate bubble anyway?

Bubble this. Bubble that. You hear the word bubble thrown around in relation to real estate nearly every day. Some people have a general idea of what the term means but let’s drill down and explain it in a little detail so we’re all on the same page. The term “real...

The peasants are coming with pitchforks.

There are politicians, commentators, and writers. Then there’s the solidly anti-establishment and pro-America Patrick J. Buchanon. As senior advisor to Presidents’ Nixon, Ford and Reagan, Buchanon earned a political pedigree which he put to use as CNN’s original...

Why are we turtles?

We are turtles because we believe slow and steady wins the race. We’re not flippers, though some people do okay with that strategy. Our two decades of experience in all sorts of real estate climates has shown us many things. One of those things is that flippers have...

Real estate bubbles and reality.

One of the standard refrains we hear from media talking heads and potential investors is that real estate investing is fine for up markets but what’s going to happen to you when the bubble bursts? Well, what bubble are you actually talking about? California? Arizona?...

SRAP is an acronym you want to learn.

After the attack on 9/11, Congress authorized the passage of the Liberty Zone, an area designed to encourage investors to do what they do best – namely invest money to get the economy moving again. Then Hurricane Katrina hit Mississippi and, in the aftermath, Go Zones...
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