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...
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...
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...
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...
We recently spoke about the forces driving the rent market to try and allay fears for real estate investors worried about the demand drying up. Here are a few more thoughts on the matter. Experts say that in the next 34 years the United States will add another 100...
With all the doom and gloom being bandied about regarding the American economy, it’s natural for income property investors to fret about whether future days are going to make it harder to find renters. It’s a natural concern. Here’s what Empowered Investor thinks...
Can we blame good old Mr. Morgan for economic turmoil in the United States 90 years later? In a conspiratorial but actually simplistic way we certainly can. What’s all this got to do with the price of rent in your property portfolio? Quite a lot, in fact. There was a...
You don’t see the name splattered on the newspaper or internet headlines every day but there is a Central Bank of the United States and it’s called the Federal Reserve. For an excellent discussion of how the Federal Reserve came into existence, find Creating Wealth...
As a real estate investor, we classify it as a bad idea If you have a large amount of equity tied up in your home. That’s called using your home as a bank and a home is not a good bank. Maybe you’ve heard Jason say it and here are the reasons why. While it sits in...
We’ve talked about it before but the topic of land value versus improvement value is important enough to bring up again. It could be the difference in whether you find success or failure as a real estate investor. Let’s talk about your income property. Doesn’t matter...
