In spite of continued low interest rates, mortgage applications remain slow in many areas of the US housing market. So, after the series of scandals, settlements and new regulations that marked the aftermath of the housing collapse of 2008, leading mortgage servicers...
Rising rents and a widening pool of ready tenants are making 2013 the year of the landlord in many areas of the US housing market. As the economy continues its crawl out of a recent slump, more people are choosing – or are forced by circumstance – to rent dwellings...
Can you be passive and active at the same time? In the world of real estate tax law, you certainly can – and it may save you money. Key tax deductions for income property investors stopped short of a plunge over last year’s fiscal cliff. Now, with tax season in...
Mobile home parks. Self-storage lots. Residential housing. Commercial housing. These are just some of the ways investors can approach income property investing. But there’s one strategy we haven’t spent much time discussing and, truth be told, it’s a pretty big...
Enron. WorldCom. Bernie Madoff. These are just a few of the names written on the Wall Street Wall of Shame. Cheaters and Ponzi schemers to the last. In light of the stock market’s tendency towards sliminess, it should be no surprise to anyone that the middle class is...
