If you intend to buy real estate in this lifetime, and don't do it soon, there's a good chance you might be kicking yourself in the coming years. Seriously. There are at least three factors in the current property market pointing towards the sweet uptick after a long,...
It's become an increasingly common scenario that the American home owner will be expected to pay Home Owner Association (HOA) fees ranging from ten or twenty bucks a month up to several hundred or more. In some cases, especially in certain ritzy neighborhoods, you...
According to an article recently passed around the office at Empowered Investor Network, the recovery-that-wasn't in the housing industry has been confirmed as dead-on-arrival. Cheerleaders in the Obama administration got a little giddy when they thought that slight...
One of the reasons that the American economy seemed to leap ahead in economic might (in years gone by obviously) was that we eventually created a system by which those looking to transact their daily business or choose investments in the pursuit of creating wealth...
There are a lot of companies in America but, thanks to Consumerist.com, we no longer need fret over which is the absolute worst company in America for this past year. The verdict is in on the deathmatch showdown between Bank of America and BP. And the loser is...drum...
Some might think we've been unnecessarily harsh on Wall Street over the years when it comes to investing advice. We don't think so, but sometimes feel like a lone voice in the wilderness warning investors against what seems obvious to us. The following excerpt comes...
According to a recent study on investor timing when it comes to buying and selling assets, we suggest you open a can of Mr. Spock on your strategy. Remember Mr. Spock? The half-human, half-Vulcan first officer aboard the original Star Trek television series starring...
Over the years we've provided what we feel is a pretty clear-cut case, based on an overwhelming preponderance of evidence, that Wall Street is an ineffective place to invest your money. To sum up exactly what's wrong with it - buying stock is like playing an insider's...
We hope the recent attendees of Jason Hartman's Meet the Masters of Income Property Investing educational event went home from our swanky conference room at the Hyatt Regency in Irvine and immediately began planning how to move a portion of their portfolio out of...
You know you've made an indelible mark on the American culture when your name can be used as a verb and everyone understands the meaning perfectly. Has anyone besides us noticed that Mr. Sheen has gone a bit off his rocker lately? To be perfectly honest, his manic,...
