Real estate investing is in Jason’s blood. His mom has been doing it a long time and recently retired with 13 properties owned free and clear (paid off). The properties are worth about $7 million and the rental income adds up to about $220,000 annually. At this point...
Let’s stop for a moment and have a little test to see if you’ve been paying attention. Remember Jason’s 10 Commandments for Investing? Have you taken them to heart? Do you know them forward, backward and upside down? Well, we’ll see about that. The following list of...
Rest in peace Zimbabwe dollar (ZD). We barely knew you. What actually happened to this practically extinct currency? According to the Cato Institute, Zimbabwe experienced the second highest rate of inflation in a single month in recorded history back in November of...
How many people out there think it’s a good idea to take your life savings to Vegas and try to implement a retirement plan? Hopefully, not many hands are waving enthusiastically in the air right now. The funny (and scary) thing is you might have a better shot at...
Can you believe we just said that out loud? One thing we will always do at Empowered Investor Network is tell you the truth about income property investing. Actually, we’ll always tell you the truth about anything we say but the topic du jour is “Today is not the best...
At times you hear people talk about the volatility of the real estate market. If you want volatility, try the Wall Street conspiracy. They’ve got volatility. Why? Because they also have liquidity. Instant liquidity. Anyone can log onto their account and buy or sell a...
Did you ever really stop and ponder how much a trillion dollars is? The media tosses it around in stories like you could find that much in pocket change under the couch cushion any given day. But how much is a trillion dollars – really? If you were to sit down with a...
Thankfully, the income property investor needs to spend a little more time understanding Return On Investment (ROI) than the average stock market Kool-Aid drinker. With stocks, you buy it and hope it goes up in value (or down if you’re shorting). The key idea is the...
The funny thing about getting rich in America the past few decades is so many people didn’t even realize exactly why it was happening. On the surface, it’s pretty easy to understand why income property investing works so well. You take out a loan, buy a rental house,...
Sure, the media enjoys trumpeting from the highest towers what a terrible state of affairs we’re in. Sometimes, even we at Empowered Investor might toot a doomsday note or two on our horn. But is it really all that bad? Can something really be done? Of course it can,...
