Despite the lawsuits and regulation that followed the housing collapse in 2008, some of the nation’s biggest mortgage lenders – and even some smaller ones – are still using a variety of fraudulent practices to put more money into their corporate pockets. Now,...
One of the economic forebodings that are beginning to gain some momentum is the notion of deflation. The exact definition of ‘inflation’ or ‘deflation’ can be subjective in nature, but they are generally understood to be an over-arching increase or decrease in prices...
CW 316 – Trulia’s Jed Kolko Explores Real Estate Markets Jason Hartman talks with Jed Kolko, chief economist of Trulia, about current trends in buying, selling, and new construction in real estate markets around the country. “We’re seeing the biggest increase in...
Ever since it was created back in 2008 to help homeowners avoid foreclosures, the government’s Home Affordable Mortgage Program, or HAMP, has fallen far short of its goals. Because that’s so, large numbers of preventable foreclosures have hit the market in some areas,...
Jason Hartman maintains that investing in income properties is not a difficult process. Where too many people go wrong is messing up the simple stuff. Today we’d like to point out a few common ways investors accidentally lay waste to their property portfolio and how...
