If you’re in the investment game, you’ve probably Googled “inflation calculator”. You probably know that 4 percent inflation over ten years is$66,000. So you purchase two four-plexes in two cities, $500,000 each. You’ve spent $1 million, but you got a deal—they’re...
Jason Hartman says that real estate is always local—each market is operating according to its own particular set of rules. So where do you invest? It all depends, really. While the specific markets Jason Hartman recommends vary over time, there are a few consistent...
Don't wait to buy real estate, buy real estate and wait, as the saying goes. And while it’s true that now is a pretty good time to make that first investment in rental real estate, it’s always a good time to buy investment property – and hold on to it. Real estate is...
New statistics show that homeownership is falling to the lowest levels in years. At the same time, rental housing is surging. Thanks to a complex interplay of factors including income, mortgage lending standards and the changing demographics of American society, it’s...
It’s not just the United States that’s been watching its economy swirling around the toilet bowl like a giant turd. Since mid-2007, global debt has skyrocketed more than 40 percent and now stands at about $100 trillion. That’s a lot of freakin’ zeros. Let’s look at it...
As inflation hits, you may have noticed that mortgages are following a similar trend. To understand this, we must first break down the idea of a mortgage. First, they consist of two things—the monthly payment you’re making and your remaining mortgage balance....
Migration isn’t just for birds and beasts making their annual trek to better feeding spots and warmer winters. Humans migrate too, and in real estate-speak, the patterns of human migration – into or out of a particular area – can be pretty good indicator of investing...
Ever since World War II men and women have scrimped, saved, and finally allowed themselves the ultimate luxury of buying a home. It was the American Dream, sold to the public as the defining characteristic of a life well-lived. But a funny thing happened on the way to...
We’ve always been told that appearances can be deceiving. And that’s true in real estate investing as n most other areas of life. That’s where tools like Jason Hartman’s Rent to Value Ratio come in, with a way to sort the good from the bad and the ugly in income...
You might have noticed that we’re in an interesting time, financially. We’ve got asset deflation and monetary inflation—assets decreasing in value and dollars that offer temporary strength. This, as Jason Hartman has said before, are great times for the investor. Now...
Jason is in the Hot Seat today as Joe Brown of Heresy Financial asks him about his contrarian views on the housing market’s supposed impending crash. They also discuss single versus multifamily investments, identify the different facets and causes of the housing shortages across the America. Jason also shares a few slides from his Hartman Comparison Index (HCI) which shows that houses are not as expensive as one might think!
Today, Jason talks about the population, it’s demographics, its problems, and the effects it has with regards to rental housing opportunities of which you can definitely take advantage! He is also inviting to join the Empowered Mentoring via Zoom this week!
Todays Flashback Friday is from episode 376 published last April 24, 2014.
Chris Mayer is the Managing Editor of Agora Financial and Editor of the Capital and Crisis publication.
Mayer breaks down the unemployment numbers for us and whether it is actually getting better.
Greetings from the Land of the Rising Sun: Japan. But due to demographic issues, Japan might not be a country for long. This is one of Jason’s morbid fascinations… countries in a demographic “cliff” like many countries in Europe, Russia and China!
In today’s 10th episode show, Jason talks to Michael Wilkerson, author of the book “Why America Matters- The Case for a New Exceptionalism” by Michael Wilkerson.
Why America Matters confronts the most challenging questions facing the nation today…and points the way towards an American Renaissance.
