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Tax Lien Sales: Another Kind of Foreclosure

Tax Lien Sales: Another Kind of Foreclosure

Outdated property tax laws in several states allow investors to pick up properties for next to nothing, as municipalities sell liens placed on houses owing back property taxes or even municipal bills such as water and sewer charges. Although this practice has been...

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The Clock is Ticking on Mortgage Tax Breaks

The Clock is Ticking on Mortgage Tax Breaks

A recent report by CNN states that a key tax break designed to help struggling homeowners forced into a short sale or, failing that, foreclosure, may expire at the end of 2012 unless extended by Congress. The possible end of the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of...

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The Wisdom of Mark Twain: Frogs for Breakfast

The Wisdom of Mark Twain: Frogs for Breakfast

Habits have the power to make or break your financial success. Good habits. Bad habits. Habits are a powerful thing and most of us have a bushel full of bad ones holding us back from being all we can be (thank you U.S. Marine Corps). After more than two decades using...

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After the Election: What’s Ahead for Housing?

After the Election: What’s Ahead for Housing?

As the dust settles from the Presidential election, trend watchers in all areas of the economy are assessing current conditions and looking to what lies ahead. For the still-struggling housing markets, this means turning attention to factors that may contribute to...

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Where Have All the Foreclosures Gone?

Where Have All the Foreclosures Gone?

Four years after the start of the housing meltdown that sent millions of homeowners into crisis, the flood of foreclosed homes hitting the market has –temporarily at least – slowed to a trickle. A ready source of relatively low-cost income properties, foreclosures...

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Why Investing in Inflation Works

Why Investing in Inflation Works

“Inflation investing” or income property investing, as Jason Hartman refers to it, can be a tricky concept to understand. To budding income property investors seeking to create financial independence and accustomed to thinking of the idea that debt is bad, it’s...

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Tulip Mania – The World’s First Bubble

Tulip Mania – The World’s First Bubble

Tulip mania was a period in the 17th century during which Dutch contract prices for bulbs of the recently introduced tulip reached extraordinarily high levels and then suddenly collapsed. At the peak of tulip mania, in February 1637, some single tulip bulbs sold for...

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Bulk Home Sales Favor Big Investment Groups

Bulk Home Sales Favor Big Investment Groups

Although the flood of foreclosed homes hitting housing markets around the country has slowed since the mortgage crisis of a few years ago, many foreclosures are still being held by banks, real estate groups and federal lenders such as Fannie Mae. Now, as these groups...

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The Changing Face of the Mortgage Market

The Changing Face of the Mortgage Market

Recent news that the number of US mortgage delinquencies continues to fall indicates good news for the beleaguered US housing market as a whole. With better employment conditions and a willingness on the part of some lenders to assist struggling homeowners, fewer...

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1983 FBF: Doing Business with Bitcoin & Central Banks vs Crypto-Currencies with Patrick Byrne CEO & Chairman of Overstock.com

Today’s Flashback Friday is from episode 372 published last April 14, 2014.

Patrick Byrne is the Chairman & CEO of Overstock.com. He joins the show to discuss why he made the decision to add Bitcoin as a payment form for Overstock.com. 

This interview is action-packed with Bitcoin content. Byrne explains how and when he first heard about Bitcoin and what his reaction was. He shares his thoughts on the currency nature of Bitcoin as well as the transaction part. 

1982: Trump Arrest, Wagging the Dog, Inflation Induced Debt Destruction, Fractional investing, Empowered Investor Pro, FHA Mortgage Insurance Premium, Tobias Peter

In unprecedented news- a former US president has been arrested on criminal charges. So today, Jason talks about how the powers that be are “wagging the dog,” how we as investors could benefit from the fear of the attack on the US dollar as the reserved currency of the world through his patented Inflation Induced Debt Destruction and seize the tremendous opportunities available in the housing market!

1981: Housing Market Indicators, Home Price Appreciation, FHA Mortgage Insurance Premium Risks, Housing Shortage Proposed Solution, American Enterprise Institute, Tobias Peter

For all who joined the 100% Free Financing Webinar, thank you! And for those interested in the Empowered Mentoring program, reach out to us today! Next webinar is coming soon!

Today Jason has a fascinating conversation with Tobias Peter, a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Housing Center. Jason discovers that the housing shortage could be worse. Plus, Tobias talks about the one solution to the country’s shortage problem- the federal government’s non-participation in the housing sector. Because all throughout history of the government’s involvement, it does so towards unintended negative consequences.

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