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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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1959 FBF: Exploring Jason Hartman’sTheory of Real Estate Relativity and Reverse Mortgages

Today’s Flashback Friday is from episode 364 published last March 3, 2014.

Join Jason Hartman as he discusses cash flow, real appreciation and geographic diversification as it applies to his, not Albert Einstein’s, theory of real estate relativity. You’ll hear a valuable comparison of a typical Santa Ana, California property with a Birmingham, Alabama and an Atlanta, Georgia property.

1958: Housing Inventory Shortage, Shifting Demographics, Booming Middle Class, Deglobalization of Trade, Transportation As A Service (TaaS), Neal Bawa Part 2

Jason is still in Japan with gently falling snow as his backdrop. And today, if you are expecting a housing market crash, don’t hold your breath! Jason references Mike of Altos Research showing how inventory is very low and the trend is not changing anytime soon!

Jason also finishes his interview with Neal Bawa, CEO / Founder at UGro and Grocapitus, two commercial real estate investment companies. Neal’s companies use cutting edge real estate analytics technology to source and acquire OR build large Commercial properties across the U.S., for over 800 investors. Current portfolio over 4800 units, with an AUM value (upon completion) of over $1 Billion.

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