As new housing policy plans circulating in Washington plot the demise of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two mortgage lending giants are posting record profits. But according to a new report by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which owns the two firms, those...
In a move reminiscent of feudal days, a California city is making a novel move on struggling homeowners that could affect the mortgage lending industry all over the country. In an effort to reduce the number of foreclosures in town, Richmond, CA is using its right of...
The “American Dream” of retirement – hang up the working clothes at 65 and hit the golf course – is becoming an impossible dream for many Americans who keep on working because they can’t afford to retire. But still others are choosing to delay or skip retirement...
Investing in income property brings with it a long list of tax deductions – benefits for homeowners that include repairs, maintenance and even travel. One of the most important deductions relating to investment property is the home office – yet it’s a write-off many...
The pool of people choosing to rent rather than buy a home is growing, driven by changes in some key demographic groups such as retirees and millennials. But there’s another kind of renter, seen both at home and in expatriate communities abroad: people - frequently...
Do you have what it takes to be a successful investor? There’s no shortage of guides attempting to define those key characteristics and behaviors that separate successful investors – those who build the financial future of their dreams – from those who never quite get...
It’s been nearly five years since the housing market suffered its catastrophic collapse, and new mortgage fraud charges are still being filed against the big banks responsible for most of the disastrous subprime mortgages and the widespread foreclosure abuses that...
A good lease or rental agreement is a landlord/investor’s friend. But although property owners invest time and resources in getting properties ready for occupancy and screening tenants carefully, when the time comes to seal the deal, they resort to a lease agreement...
You’ve worked hard to start building wealth with rental income property. You’ve followed Jason Hartman’s recommendations to educate yourself, diversify and take out a fixed rate mortgage, and now you’re ready to get rent-paying tenants into your new investment. But...
It’s not been the best of weeks for Russian President Vladimir Putin. First, he received a public snub from Barack Obama when the latter canceled a planned one-on-one meeting between the two world leaders at the upcoming G-20 summit in St. Petersburg. Each side rushed...
