Jason Hartman starts this 317th episode along with Steve as they discuss real estate market conditions and economic factors creating investor urgency. Then it's a discussion of "Crowd Funding" - a potentially hot new opportunity that came out of the 'Jumpstart Our...
The two bubbles that have inflated and burst over the past fifteen years are making it painfully apparent that the stock market is entering an era of volatility that will be defined by terminally repeating boom and bust cycles. The fundamental driver of these cycles...
Most people who seek employment with limited experience or limited skills have gone through the ordeal of ‘knocking on doors’ looking for an opportunity. This situation frequently yields the classic dilemma of an inability to get a job without experience, and an...
“You got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ;em,” sang Kenny Rogers in the hit song “The Gambler.” That’s good advice in real estate as well as in poker. And in real estate, as Jason Hartman says, it’s the best advice most of the time. House flipping doesn’t...
Conventional real estate wisdom has it that most home purchases require a down payment of a least 20 percent of the purchase price. That’s a number that may be keeping some potential homebuyers out of the market while they scrape together the required amount. What’s...
After months of maybe yes, maybe no, the Federal Reserve has made it official: its large-scale buyup of mortgage backed securities and other commodities is coming to an end. And while that won’t happen until 2014, the news has sent shock waves through markets around...
Can a vacant property be worth more than one that’s rented? Although the “income” in income property investing typically comes from rents paid consistently by tenants, landlord/investors frustrated by tenant problems may find that it’s a smarter strategy to leave a...
Sometimes we come across an income property deal so good we can’t keep it to ourselves. With the common client refrain, “But there aren’t any good properties left,” ringing in our ears, we offer the following positive cash flow deal in the Atlanta area. It’s available...
Despite the lawsuits and regulation that followed the housing collapse in 2008, some of the nation's biggest mortgage lenders – and even some smaller ones – are still using a variety of fraudulent practices to put more money into their corporate pockets. Now, yet...
One of the economic forebodings that are beginning to gain some momentum is the notion of deflation. The exact definition of ‘inflation’ or ‘deflation’ can be subjective in nature, but they are generally understood to be an over-arching increase or decrease in prices...
