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All Hands on Deck

All Hands on Deck

When a ship is headed for a storm, the captain will promptly announce “All Hands on Deck” to tell the crew that maximum effort is necessary to survive. The global financial storm is culminating into a situation that will require each of us to call the entirety of our...

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Why Condos Are a Bad Investment

Why Condos Are a Bad Investment

As the housing market in many parts of the United States struggles to rebound, it’s clear that renting is hot. The rental market continues to expand with new types of renters joining the pool of tenants for all kinds of rental properties: single-family homes,...

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Too Late to Start Investing?

Too Late to Start Investing?

A sobering report by Forbes online recently reminded today’s fiftysomethings that planning for retirement isn’t what it used to be. Since pension funds in some states are collapsing and the future of Social Security is questionable, these “pre-retirees” who haven’t...

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Land or Property? Getting the Best Return

Land or Property? Getting the Best Return

Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2012, a report produced by the Urban Land Institute, states that in most categories, land purchases are trending upward, with hope for a recovery in the housing construction industry. But Jason Hartman maintains that land purchases don’t...

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Knowing When to Hold  ‘Em for Long Term Income

Knowing When to Hold ‘Em for Long Term Income

In the feeding frenzy following the US real estate collapse of 2008 – 2011, house flipping made headlines around the country, as buyers seized on distressed properties being sold for rock bottom prices, repaired them and sold them quickly for higher prices. This...

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Inflation’s Silver Lining

Inflation’s Silver Lining

Inflation. That dreaded word, feared by consumers all over the country as a messenger of higher prices, less buying power, and a struggle to keep up with the usual standard of living, rears its head nearly every year. Statistics for the third quarter of 2012 indicate...

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What’s Next in the Free-Falling Eurozone?

What’s Next in the Free-Falling Eurozone?

Welcome to Creating Wealth with Jason Hartman. During this program, Jason is going to tell you some really exciting things that you probably haven't thought of before and a new slant on investing. Fresh new approaches to America's best investment that will enable you...

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Rental Real Estate: Land and Improvements

Rental Real Estate: Land and Improvements

Over the next three decades, the earth’s population is predicted to increase by an additional 1 million people. And they’ll all need a place to live. Jason Hartman recommends investing in income property for just that reason – housing is a universal need, essential to...

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Understanding the Real Estate ROI

Understanding the Real Estate ROI

Not all property deals are created equal. When considering whether a real estate investment in a particular market is likely to yield a significant profit, it’s important to calculate the property’s return on investment, or ROI. According to Jason Hartman, income...

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The 21st Century Renter

The 21st Century Renter

It’s not your father’s real estate market any more. Time was, the people who rented housing, be it apartments, houses or units in a duplex or triplex were usually people in transition, renting housing for the short term until they could save up enough money to buy a...

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Recent Blog Posts

1975: Oren Klaff, Pitch Anything, Quantitative Easing, CNN Reports Massive Housing Shortage, Bank Collapse, Living in a Bail-out Culture

Today Jason talks about the zeitgeist of our time and living in a BAILOUT culture in our society, with all the quantitative easing during the COVID era and the current banking collapse debacle. He talks about how the elites, governments and central banks are vividly demonstrating the ‘Cantillion Effect’ right before our eyes and the implications it has in today’s massive housing shortage!

1974 FBF: 30 Mistakes Investors Make Preventing Financial Independence

Today’s Flashback Friday is from episode 141 published last December 28, 2009.

During turbulent economic times, people can become their own worst enemy.  The uncertainty of the stock market creates massive insecurity about our investment portfolios. These doubts are quite reasonable and it is time to stop trusting Wall Street and start being a direct investor by purchasing hard assets which are not subject to the greed, graft and manipulation of CEOs, investment bankers, fund managers and the government. Prudent investing is a prerequisite to The American Dream of financial freedom.

1973: Housing Inventory Falls, Silicon Valley Bank Collapse, Moral Hazard, Mismanaged Portfolio, Improper Risk Management, Alfonso Peccatiello

Alf is Italian but is coming today from the Netherlands. He and Jason talk about some of the factors that contributed to the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank, the largest bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis. They discuss the moral hazard involved, mismanaged portfolios and the lack of proper risk management- factors that culminated on the banks demise, making investors question whether this will spark a broader banking meltdown.

1972: Silicon Valley Bank Run, Runaway Inflation, Banking System Collapse, Protect Your Assets, Inflation Induced Debt Destruction

Listen in as Jason explains the debacle that is the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, the ripple effects it’s having in the banking community, the poison pill the FED has placed in the housing market and how it has painted itself in a corner. He also talks about what the government can do, how you can use his patented Inflation Induced Debt Destruction strategy to come out on top in these uncertain times and how you can protect your assets. Just go to https://www.jasonhartman.com/Protect for more details.

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