Among the proverbs attributed to King Solomon are many expressing the importance of dealing fairly with people and helping the less fortunate. That way, says Solomon, leads to rewards: “A merciful...
Month: November 2012
Looking Ahead: Foreclosures Predict Housing Trouble?
The biblical King Solomon didn’t put much faith in predictions. But according to the words of his Proverbs, the prudent monarch did believe in wise planning for the future – looking ahead based on...
Understanding the Micro Housing Market
To profit big from income property investing, it’s critical to think small. Former Speaker of the House, Tip O’Neill, political adversary to President Reagan in the 1980s, is often credited with the...
Land Versus Property: Where Real Wealth Lies
In the days of King Solomon’s great kingdom, land represented wealth. Certainly the King himself ruled over a relatively large area of land. But it isn’t the amount of land Solomon owned that...
Real Estate Fraud: Avoiding the Deceiving Tongues
Among the virtues most praised by the wise King Solomon in his book of Proverbs is honesty and plain dealing, The Lord hateth a deceiving tongue, writes the monarch in Proverbs 6: 18. In the...
Hurricane Sandy: Creating Hardship for Homeowners
During the more than forty years of King Solomon’s reign, the monarch and his kingdom faced crises ranging from wars with other kingdoms to devastating natural disasters, prompting him to write in...
Tax Lien Sales: A Prudent Avenue for Investing?
King Solomon’s Proverbs speak again and again of the need to act with both wisdom and prudence. “”If thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence… though shalt understand the fear...
The Robosigning Settlement: Did the Just Prevail?
Among the virtues praised by King Solomon in his Proverbs is justice, and many of his pronouncements refer to the downfall of the wicked; “That which the wicked feareth shall come upon him; to the...
Do the Hard Stuff First
After more than two decades using real estate sales and income property investing as his sole source of income, it’s safe to say Jason Hartman has seen a lot happen in the industry and learned a lot...
Looking Ahead: Cautious Optimism for Housing
In the ruling of his kingdom, King Solomon advocated wisdom and prudence in all things—and he advised against empty and deceitful predictions about the future: “Boast not for tomorrow, for thou...