The concept of geopolitics sounds academic and tough to comprehend, but actually it’s not. Put simply, geopolitics is the study of how international relations between countries are influenced by geographical factors. For years, ever since the decline of Soviet Union...
While you may have heard the old adage that you should put your money into your house (income property or otherwise) Jason Hartman advises that you keep your money where it belongs—in the bank. By putting a minimal amount of money into the property you use more...
Many of us have images of a classic American childhood—playing hockey in the street, dripping watermelon and popsicles, watching baseball. Perhaps they’re based in memory or perhaps television. Chances are, there’s a neighbor on the other side of a too-tall fence, his...
It’s the kind of publicity Bank of America doesn’t need right now: a German –born intern at one of the bank’s London branches died after a long stretch of workdays without a break. So BofA, like other scandal-plagued US megabanks – is mounting new efforts to clean up...
The ups and downs of a volatile housing market create fertile ground for opportunists trying to make buck –or several – from all sides of a real estate transaction. Though not actually illegal, practices like the “pocket listing” end up putting more money into the...
