You can’t blame them. People who have been recently creamed in the stock market to the tune of $7 trillion are desperately looking for some way to recoup their nest egg. Understandably, many are leery about re-entering stocks when their scorched pants are still...
The cacophony of advice about where to put your money coming at you from all sides can sometimes be deafening. We know that. That’s why we try to be the Joe Friday of investing. Remember the character from Dragnet? “Just the facts, ma’am.” At Empowered Investor, we’re...
There was a major change to US economic policy relating to the dollar in 1971 under President Nixon. Actually, the trouble began in 1970, as the Vietnam war continued to grind along and the US was running a trade deficit for the first time that century. The idea that...
Federal monetary policy over the last eight decades has been a model on how to destroy a currency. From a high in 1933, the purchasing power of the American dollar has dropped by 94% in the past 76 years. Accidental? Let’s just say that this was the only ending...
In our daily pursuit of real estate investing excellence, let’s take a short detour through the concept of Tenant In Common (TIC). As you might guess, a TIC scenario is when more than one investor owns a single property. There are so many problems that can arise in...
The options are endless and sometimes tempting. A REIT is one of them, an acronym that stands for Real Estate Investment Trust. Hey, it’s real estate. That’s a good thing, right? Not so fast. In the case of the REIT, you might as well be buying a stock and everyone...
Torey, in Atlanta, just might be your new best friend if you’re looking to get into a property deal with almost no risk to you and at a very low cost. Why? As a local market specialist in a scorching hot city for income property investing, Torey convinced Empowered...
Not THAT kind of diversity. Today, we’re continuing our recent discussion about how young adults can get started in real estate investing. True, the younger generation might not have had the same amount of time to build up equity to use as down payment, but there is...
In a word…heck, yes! Well, that’s actually two words but, trust us, it’s never too soon to start thinking about building an income property portfolio. Doesn’t matter if you’re in college or just out of college, just putting a family together or showing up at your...
We wouldn’t go so far as to say the US government is the worst credit risk on the planet. The world is a big place and there are a lot of truly screwy things going on hither and yon. But if you do stop and think for a moment – step back and look at the thing from a...
