In our daily pursuit of real estate investing excellence, let’s take a short detour through the concept of Tenant In Common (TIC). As you might guess, a TIC scenario is when more than one investor owns a single property. There are so many problems that can arise in...
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Why buying a REIT is a bad idea.
The options are endless and sometimes tempting. A REIT is one of them, an acronym that stands for Real Estate Investment Trust. Hey, it’s real estate. That’s a good thing, right? Not so fast. In the case of the REIT, you might as well be buying a stock and everyone...
Will the real Atlanta please stand up?
Torey, in Atlanta, just might be your new best friend if you’re looking to get into a property deal with almost no risk to you and at a very low cost. Why? As a local market specialist in a scorching hot city for income property investing, Torey convinced Empowered...
Diversity on a shoestring.
Not THAT kind of diversity. Today, we’re continuing our recent discussion about how young adults can get started in real estate investing. True, the younger generation might not have had the same amount of time to build up equity to use as down payment, but there is...
Should young adults be thinking about real estate?
In a word…heck, yes! Well, that’s actually two words but, trust us, it’s never too soon to start thinking about building an income property portfolio. Doesn’t matter if you’re in college or just out of college, just putting a family together or showing up at your...
Is the US government the worst credit risk of all?
We wouldn’t go so far as to say the US government is the worst credit risk on the planet. The world is a big place and there are a lot of truly screwy things going on hither and yon. But if you do stop and think for a moment – step back and look at the thing from a...
Financial coup d’etat in America – part 2.
According to Catherine Austin Fitts, the shadow trading economy comprises a larger and larger slice of the pie. Shadow trading? This is the term Ms. Fitts used to describe the growing amount of money being traded off the exchange – which simply means outside the...
Financial coup d’etat in America – part 1.
If you like reading about conspiracy theories and viewpoints of that sort, you’re really going to like Jason’s interview with Catherine Austin Fitts in The Creating Wealth Show #96. Ms. Fitts name pops up from time to time on the syndicated late night radio show Coast...
Is Wall Street under-regulated, over-regulated, or just right?
Stratospheric CEO bonuses. Landmark meltdowns (Enron). Immense blowups (Bernie Madoff). The stock market landscape is like walking through a mine field blindfolded these days. The cries of “More regulation!” or “Less regulation!” echo from every quarter. Maybe the...
When is a guru really a guru?
Jason’s recent talk with Eric Tyson on The Creating Wealth Show #95 revealed this best-selling author’s thoughts on the topic of market gurus and their prognostications. Is it conspiracy, idiocy, or basic opportunism? Tyson targets the Johnny-come-latelies who have...