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Education vs hard sell.

Education vs hard sell.

You’ve seen them screaming on late night television as they guarantee unimaginable riches for any sucker who buys their program. Unfortunately, the real estate industry is rife with hucksters. At Empowered Investor we are NOT like that in any way, shape, manner or...

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Here’s why we’re not gold bugs.

Here’s why we’re not gold bugs.

Questions about gold arise frequently from new listeners of the podcast. Is it a good investment? Is it better than income properties? As podcast veterans know, Jason is not a gold bug, though he does consider it to be a safer bet than the U.S. dollar. So, if you have...

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Don’t let analysis paralysis get in the way of investing.

Don’t let analysis paralysis get in the way of investing.

Have you worked yourself into a state of analysis paralysis trying to decide if your real estate investing venture should be a corporation, and LLC, or something else entirely? Do you spend hours worrying about asset protection before you have any to protect? This, my...

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Why we say real estate is the worst bank.

Why we say real estate is the worst bank.

Here’s a tidbit that you might be interested in. The average Empowered Investor client comes to us with $300,000 in unused equity sitting in their home. This money is not FDIC insured. This money is earning zero percent interest. It’s sleepy, lazy money that is losing...

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A lesson in portfolio makeovers.

A lesson in portfolio makeovers.

Is all your investment money tied up in a single property (maybe your residence) and you can’t figure out what to do with it, if anything at all? Here’s a real life lesson on how to take money that is not working for you and get it busy earning great investment...

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Look! Our money is where our mouth is.

Look! Our money is where our mouth is.

Lest any of our readers out there get the impression we’re sitting up here in the big chair dispensing investment advice out one side of our mouth while ignoring it with the other – here’s food for thought. Our fearless leader, Jason, recently disclosed details about...

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Are you a serial seminarist?

Are you a serial seminarist?

What is a serial seminarist? Maybe you are. A serial seminarist is a person who is in love with educating themselves about property investment. They’ve been going to seminars for years. They’ve read all the books. They can talk the talk like old pros but have yet to...

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Killing the Dow for years to come

Killing the Dow for years to come

At Empowered Investor Network (PPIN), we don’t make it a habit to hold hands with the doom-and-gloomers who are perpetually prepared to hurl themselves off the nearest cliff. At the same time we have to be realists about the world around us. One of PPIN’s primary...

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Harry Dent thinks a depression is coming

Harry Dent thinks a depression is coming

According to New York Times bestselling author Harry Dent, we should be lacing up our shoes and getting ready for another Great Depression. He believes 2009 is the beginning of the next long-term depression and the end of prosperity in every market. Why is Mr. Dent...

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Raising capital for real estate investing

Raising capital for real estate investing

Most new real estate investors run into the problem. It usually occurs about 37 seconds after deciding that real estate is where they want to focus their future investment endeavors. The problem is, of course, where to find the capital necessary to get started? The...

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