Jason Hartman brings you this episode from China with Venture Alliance Member Carmen. Jason describes how his visit to China is influencing his previously held thoughts about the country and how the looming asset shortage is a...
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CW 1181 FBF: Will Newer Technologies Change the Real Estate Investment Game?
Today's Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 662, originally published in April 2016. Jason takes a break from a Social Media conference to analyze stories from the USA Today’s Money section. He shares the new tech items which will...
CW 1180: Housing Affordability & Think and Grow Rich: The Legacy by James Whittaker
Jason Hartman and Adam start off today's show talking about one of Jason's favorite things when it comes to real estate investing: the Housing Affordability Index. The two really look into how the index is created, what elements go...
CW 1179: Good & Bad of Self-Management, Inflation Impact & Federal Reserve Board Nominations
Jason Hartman starts today's show with his in-house economist Thomas to discuss the new tax law and the impact it can have on people's tax brackets. They also dive in to why the government is interested in keeping the official...
CW 1178: Landlord Friendly Markets, Tenant Retention & Self-Management App Bixby by Mark Smukler
Jason Hartman and Adam start the episode today discussing landlord friendly markets. Specifically, how you can determine whether you're investing in markets that are. Jason explains an easy (but not foolproof) way to figure out if a...
CW 1177: Self-Management, Pooled Assets, Need for Scalability & Time-Wealthy Investor by Mark Dolfini
Jason Hartman and Adam start today's episode answering a listener's question about whether it's better to invest in a single-family home or to look at larger, pooled assets like a 16+ door multifamily. Jason reminds everyone about...
1176 FBF: Wealth Creation & Asset Protection with Garrett Sutton, Attorney & ‘Rich Dad Advisor’ to Robert Kiyosaki
Today's Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 371, originally published in April 2014. A best-selling author, speaker and a member of an elite group of "Rich Dad's" advisors, hand selected by author Robert Kiyosaki, Garrett speaks to...
1175: How Inflation Works, Hedonics & Appreciation After Rehab with Mark Ferguson, InvestFourMore
Jason Hartman and in-house economist Thomas start off today's show discussing what inflation really is, and how it's measured. There are different ways inflation can be manipulated, whether it's for political gain or belief system....
1174: Falling Mortage Rates, Amazon Fulfillment Centers & a Trip to China
Jason Hartman is joined today by Kerry and Carmen as he does one of his last shows from the United States for a little while. Jason and Carmen are off to mainland China and South Korea for a few weeks and they discuss what changes...
CW 1173: S&P:GDP Ratio from Alan Greenspan, Assisted Living Investing & Zillow Home Purchases
Jason Hartman and Adam take today's show to look at several articles about today's economy and housing market. The first one is about former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan's thoughts on the economic state of our country in regards to...
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Income Property Investing: The Golden Goose of Real Estate
An article from Real Trends says the real estate industry accounted for 16.9% of the Gross Domestic Product in 2021. The National Association of REALTORS estimates that each home sale on average generated $113,000 of economic impact. Wow! What other industry, for every transaction, generates $113,000 to the bottom line?
The Advantage of Investment Properties: The Deal Is Never Done
We’ve all been there—regretting not jumping on a great investment opportunity because we talked ourselves out of it. There’s no way anyone could have guessed that a house bought in 2012 with a good debt coverage ratio of 2.5 and a fantastic price per square foot could double in value in under a decade. It could have looked decent at the time, but is nothing to get too excited over.