When you purchase a property, there are two component parts. There is the improvement and there is the land. It is important to understand what influences the cost of improvement (the structure) sitting on the land. Environmentalism and building restrictions certainly...
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...
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....
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 Hartman has previously mentioned that gold bugs have the right idea but draw the wrong conclusions—and here are five reasons why. First, gold has no financing. Real estate does, which makes it the superior asset. Second, gold offers no tax benefits, which is a...
