Student Loan Debt Hits Housing Hard

Students aren’t the only ones hit hard by the cost of a college education. The staggering burden of student loan debt affects just about every area of the economy – with troubling implications for the still struggling housing market – and investors building...

Real Estate Stigma: Myth or Reality?

In early August 2014 the St. Louis-area town of Ferguson erupted in violence. Protests over the shooting of Ferguson resident Michael Brown by local police put the community in the news and the spotlight on a little discussed concern for real estate investors: real...

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,...

Real Estate Meets a Universal Need

Don’t wait to buy real estate, buy real estate and wait, as the saying goes. And while it’s true that now is a pretty good time to make that first investment in rental real estate, it’s always a good time to buy investment property – and hold on to it. Real...

In-Migration: One Key To Investing Success

Migration isn’t just for birds and beasts making their annual trek to better feeding spots and warmer winters. Humans migrate too, and in real estate-speak, the patterns of human migration – into or out of a particular area – can be pretty good indicator of investing...