The path of a micropreneur is one with unique attributes and challenges. With a business that you operate yourself, it may seem that resources for accomplishing your goals are severely limited. However, it is quite possible to leverage business relationships so that...
\One of the most frequent objections that people pose in response to information about investment or entrepreneurship is the scars of past failures. Sometimes there is dreadful credit history, or a past rental property experience with a particularly bad tenant. In...
The Masters of Income Property Investing live educational event, presented by Empowered Investor Network, took place this past weekend at the Hyatt Regency in Irvine. A broad selection of speakers from around the country presented on a variety of topics impressive in...
Employment is one of the fundamental factors of economic growth that represent the most frequently used yardstick for measuring recoveries. In discussion of employment, there are two distinctly different categories of unemployment that must be understood. The first is...
Austin experienced a moderate value contraction after the financial collapse, but is now regressing back toward its long-term trend of modest single digit appreciation. The economic fundamentals of Austin continue to be strong as it moves into 2011. Currently,...
One of the things that people frequently puzzle over is how the US can ever satisfy its massive national debt. The figures frequently seem so large that they are beyond the comprehension of most people. Most analysts predict tax increases or spending decreases as a...
Most of traditional financial literature is dedicated toward methods of investing that can be used to preserve wealth and generate returns on your investment. In most cases, these are laudable goals that command the attention of both new and veteran investors....
Most of us are familiar with the notion of income and expenses, gross and net, profit and loss. These terms frequently work themselves into conversations about our financial well-being when we describe our income as X or our "take home" as Y. However, there is a...
Oil prices have been going through a period of very significant volatility over the last few years. In the months preceding the financial crisis, global demand for energy was perceived to be on a permanent upward trajectory. This drove a large degree of speculation on...
Gold and oil are very different in their investment characteristics since gold is purchased principally to hold as an inflation hedge and oil is purchased primarily for refinement into gasoline and other petroleum products. Typically, this makes oil much more subject...
