Big Banks Try to Beat the Clock

Sixty-six billion dollars and canting. That’s how much the nation’s big banks have spent in the last three years on litigation in cases stemming from the 2008 housing meltdown as well as charges of later misconduct. And that total is likely to climb as federal and...

Is Retirement Dead? The Rise of the Encore Career

The “American Dream” of retirement – hang up the working clothes at 65 and hit the golf course – is becoming an impossible dream for many Americans who keep on working because they can’t afford to retire. But still others are choosing to delay or skip retirement...

JP Morgan Chase Faces Criminal and Civil Investigations

It’s been nearly five years since the housing market suffered its catastrophic collapse, and new mortgage fraud charges are still being filed against the big banks responsible for most of the disastrous subprime mortgages and the widespread foreclosure abuses that...

Rental Insurance Protects Investors

You’ve worked hard to start building wealth with rental income property. You’ve followed Jason Hartman’s recommendations to educate yourself, diversify and take out a fixed rate mortgage, and now you’re ready to get rent-paying tenants into your new investment. But...

Asian Investment Boosts US Real Estate

The latest wave of foreign investment in US real estate comes from China. Chinese investors backed by government funds are pouring money into a variety of projects and properties around the country – and they’re being welcomed with open arms by many US sellers and...