Rising rents and a widening pool of ready tenants are making 2013 the year of the landlord in many areas of the US housing market. As the economy continues its crawl out of a recent slump, more people are choosing – or are forced by circumstance – to rent dwellings...
Can you be passive and active at the same time? In the world of real estate tax law, you certainly can – and it may save you money. Key tax deductions for income property investors stopped short of a plunge over last year’s fiscal cliff. Now, with tax season in...
Mobile home parks. Self-storage lots. Residential housing. Commercial housing. These are just some of the ways investors can approach income property investing. But there’s one strategy we haven’t spent much time discussing and, truth be told, it’s a pretty big...
Enron. WorldCom. Bernie Madoff. These are just a few of the names written on the Wall Street Wall of Shame. Cheaters and Ponzi schemers to the last. In light of the stock market’s tendency towards sliminess, it should be no surprise to anyone that the middle class is...
Financial and housing industry experts point to tighter lending standards in the mortgage industry as a major reason the housing recovery is progressing in fits and starts. But according to a recent article in The Fiscal Times, another factor could have a more...
Just as more foreign investors are taking an interest in US real estate, Americans are looking toward investment properties abroad. The struggling economies of many countries are creating appealing conditions for investors both small and large. But while investing...
Ask any cow. It’s bound to happen. Call it the “grass is greener on the other side of the fence syndrome.” Investors with their entire portfolio vested in U.S. equities and real estate can’t help but wonder if they’re missing out on exceptional deals in another...
Recent signs such as an upsurge in new home construction and rising home prices have appeared to point toward the recovery of the housing market after the great subprime mortgage collapse of 2008 or so. But according to a recent CNBC article, the sudden spike in...
Both the financial media and numerous discussions here at JasonHartman.com have been devoted to the topic of the 2002 to 2006 housing bubble, which was followed by an all out price collapse, caused by the foreclosure crisis and other factors. The natural reaction is...
The current low interest rates have pushed a number of major US companies into shoring up their corporate pension plans with large infusions of cash in order to keep their pension programs afloat. Since the funds used for bailing out troubled pension plans come...
