Rental Trends: What’s Hot in 2015

You don’t need a crystal ball to know that the US rental market is still hot. But as 2014 winds down, housing industry watchers are turning their gaze toward the future and making predictions about where rental property – and rental property investing – might be...

Student Loan Debt Spans Generations

Think student loan debt is only a problem for new grads – and maybe their families? Think again. The ballooning student loan debt crisis has hit generations ranging from those new graduates to midlife professionals to retirees. And it’s those “senior citizens’...

Are We Living in Abundant Times?

It seems that the headlines of the day are always filled with relentless drumbeat of sad news: the economy’s slow, jobs are stagnant, crisis and chaos grip the world. But a new book that takes a look at the big picture of economic and cultural trends over the last...

Interest Rates Stay Low: What’s Up with That?

A year ago this time, interest rates, particularly for mortgages, were expected to take a major leap, thanks to the Federal Reserve’s announcement that it would begin to taper down its debt buying stimulus plan around the start of 2014. But, surprisingly, those rates...

The US: The Once and Future Superpower?

A devalued dollar, a struggling economy and allegations of spying at home and abroad . . .is the US on the ropes, beaten in the struggle for superpowerdom by booming upstarts like China and India? Not likely, according to a recently updated article from The Futurist,...