Tax season is nearly over, and while it’s time for many taxpayers to collect refunds, identity theft experts say it’s also time for some to learn that they’ve fallen victim to a specialized kind of identity theft – so-called tax ID theft, which not only hijacks refund...
An old man eats dinner alone at a restaurant and when it’s time to go, tells the owner that he’s accidentally forgotten his wallet back at the hotel. He promises he’ll be back with it and, as a sign of his intentions, leaves his violin as collateral. I’m a traveling...
When we are young, we think a lot about the kinds of purchases we will someday make. We count our allowance and evaluate the value of each purchase over and over. Because money is scarce, we think more carefully about how we spend it, more carefully than most adults....
Financial experts and economists may talk in broad terms about the US real estate market, but there really is no such animal. Real estate markets abound all around the country and they’re very different in key ways that affect investing success. But the best markets...
The nation’s big banks have been paying out millions to settle a long string of lawsuits pressed by the US Department of Justice and numerous states’ attorneys general. But where do those millions come from? According to new figures cited by the Bloomberg Review, over...
There’s much talk in financial and economic circles about the “US housing market.” But in any ways, there’s really no such thing. While it’s possible to talk about general trends that characterize the behavior of the housing industry as a whole, all real estate really...
Perhaps you are familiar with the story of The Three Little Pigs—no matter the version, the story remains largely the same. Three pigs leave their mother’s home in search of their own, the first constructing a house made of straw, the second a house made of sticks,...
ANNOUNCER: Welcome to Creating Wealth with Jason Hartman! During this program Jason is going to tell you some really exciting things that you probably haven’t thought of before, and a new slant on investing: fresh new approaches to America’s best investment that will...
Many of us have images of a classic American childhood—playing hockey in the street, dripping watermelon and popsicles, watching baseball. Perhaps they’re based in memory or perhaps television. Chances are, there’s a neighbor on the other side of a too-tall fence, his...
Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity keeps us grounded on Planet Earth – but Jason Hartman’s theory of real estate relativity can get cash flowing from rental property. Keeping your investment eggs scattered in diverse market baskets not only helps an investor keep...
