Sure, the media enjoys trumpeting from the highest towers what a terrible state of affairs we’re in. Sometimes, even we at Empowered Investor might toot a doomsday note or two on our horn. But is it really all that bad? Can something really be done? Of course it can,...
We’ve mentioned before how income property is the most tax-favored asset in America. Maybe now would be a good time to use a real world example good and put hard numbers behind this powerful tool. This one comes courtesy of the mind behind the Empowered Investor...
Came across an article recently that illuminated exactly why we believe our strategy of having local property managers in various areas around the country saves Empowered Investor Network clients from similar tales of woe. It’s all about micro-targeting location...
The American Apartment Owners Association helps to make life easier for landlords and property managers. With an AAOA membership you can: • Save money on your day to day management expenses • Develop new revenue streams • Get help on all the challenges you face with...
What we do at Empowered Investor is not brain surgery. There’s nothing in here the average investor with an average head on their shoulders can’t comprehend. The real trick, and the part where most people fail miserably, is to recognize what an amazing opportunity...
Is money, as we have always known it, going out of style? Just maybe. The federal government continues to print it like we’re all playing a big game of monopoly. It no longer has any real asset underpinning it, like gold. The only reason it’s still worth anything at...
Let’s wander a bit off the beaten path of real estate investing today and ponder the topic of political lies. Not to belabor any recently successful presidential campaigns, but what exactly goes on in the mind of a politician as he swears to the sky above day after...
We couldn’t help but notice the continuing bray of gurus who point out that the smart money is shorting stocks like crazy. Hate to sound like a broken record, but shorting stocks would only qualify as smart if you were to assume that Wall Street plays a fair game and...
Remember back in the good old days (late 2008) when gas prices were in full retreat and you could buy a gallon of the stuff at your favorite convenience store without following a fill-up with a handful of Tums chaser? The nation was high on hope, short on expertise,...
One of the factors that we believe makes real estate a superior investment to stocks is you can use your hard-earned money as leverage to control an asset worth much, much more than the amount of money you actually have. We call this the down payment and, these days,...
