Jason talks with Elisabeth Embry, host of the Women Investing Network Podcast, about what’s going on in the world of real estate and inflation right now. They discuss some linear, hybrid, and cyclical markets, as well as the influence of foreign investors in the US real estate landscape.
Key Takeaways:
[1:48] What Jason learned on his 7 week vacation/trip to Europe
[5:50] The patterns of countries like Japan and the importance of demographics
[10:15] Whether “this time it’s different” is at all applicable in this cycle, or if it’s just wishful thinking before a bubble bursts
[14:25] Donald Trump is loosening the flood gates of money, and how it will effect real estate investing
[12:03] The impact that foreign investment has on US markets
[26:48] A lot of the invisible inflation can be seen is by the rise of self-service
[32:01] We’ve got to stop viewing minimum wage jobs as careers
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