Tag: Biblical investing
-
Internet Tools Let Buyers Take Charge
Last year, a majority of homebuyers surveyed said they’d used social media and online tools to buy a home – an increase of a third over the previous year. As more and more real estate transactions are moving to cyberspace, buyers and sellers are using online marketplaces, listing services and review sites to take control…
-
Flip Houses, Get Rich? Not Necessarily
King Solomon advocated a slow and steady approach to crating prosperity. “Go to the ant, o sluggard,” he advises in Proverbs 6:6, because the ant works hard and regularly throughout the seasons to store up needed food. Building wealth in real estate works the same way. House flipping doesn’t build long-term wealth, as a family…
-
Justice for Tenants, but What About Landlords?
Justice and fairness lie at the heart of King Solomon’s proverbs about living a righteous and prosperous life. “Treasures of wickedness shall profit nothing; but justice shall deliver from death,” he says in Proverbs 10:2, and as he shows in his own judgments, the powerful must deal justly with the powerless. Now, as consumer advocates…
-
5 Signs of a Lying Lender
In his Proverbs, King Solomon tells us that prudence, caution and good advice can keep good people out of the clutches of the wicked. “If wisdom shall enter thy heart, and knowledge please thy soul,” he says in Proverbs 3:10-14. “Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee, that thou mayst be delivered from…
-
Justice and Judgment: Another Bank Fraud Case Hits the Courts
At the very beginning of his wise Proverbs, King Solomon establishes the values that lead to a blessed and prosperous life. “To know wisdom, and instruction; to understand the words of prudence, and to receive the instruction of doctrine, and justice, and judgment, and equity,” he says in the first three verses. For investors in…
-
Cash for Quick Home Sales: A Wise Harvest?
In King Solomon’s day, credit wasn’t much of an issue. But the wise king’s advice to manage money responsibly and save up resources applies across the ages. “Go to the ant, O sluggard,” he say s in Proverbs 6_ 6-8,” Which, although she hath no guide, nor master, nor captain, provideth her meat for herself…
-
Seeking Justice? Landlord-Tenant Disputes Clog the Courts
One of the most famous stories about the fabled King Solomon’s wisdom involves two women who come before him in dispute over who is the true mother of an infant. As all followers of the great King’s wisdom know, Solomon proposed to solve the dispute by chopping the child in two, a strategy that exposed…
-
Tapping IRAs to Fund Investments: A Prudent Choice?
“Old age is a crown of dignity, when it is found in the ways of justice,” says King Solomon in Proverbs 16:31 – one of his many proverbs about reaping the rewards of a wise and careful life. But many Americans nearing retirement age haven’t saved enough to retire and enjoy the rewards of that…
-
Millennial Job Seekers: A New Lost Generation?
Although the words of wisdom in King Solomon’s proverbs offer good advice for everybody, it’s also clear that the monarch also meant them specifically for the young. ”The parables of Solomon,’ he begins the book of Proverbs, “To know wisdom and instruction. to give subtilty to little ones, to the young man knowledge and understanding.”…
-
The High Cost of Knowledge: Private Student Loans on the Rise
King Solomon’s views on the importance of knowledge and wisdom, and the wise counsel that provides those things, weave throughout the entire Book of Proverbs – and his words hold truth for every generation. But as we’ve noted before in this space, the escalating costs of wisdom are creating an economic crisis, as new college…