Tag: income property investing
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Investing Abroad Brings Risks
Foreign real estate lures American investors with visions of low cost properties in sunny lands. But while investing abroad can be a smooth and profitable experience, putting those investing dollars into tried and true US housing markets can be the most prudent course for investors who want to build long term wealth. It’s no secret…
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Low-Tech Real Estate Scams Still Thrive
King Solomon tells us it’s prudent to avoid deceitful and lying types – and there’s no shortage of those people around with a seemingly endless stream of scams to trap the unwary. And these scammers are making big money with a few old real estate scams in slightly new clothing. Case in point: a very…
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New Regulations May Crush Small Banks
King Solomon has harsh words about those who deceive and lie – and judging from the recent spate of lawsuits, the nation’s big banks certainly fit that description. But the sweeping reforms enacted in an effort to restore accountability in the finance industry may be having the unintended consequences of destroying many of the country’s…
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Time Is On the Side of Smart Investors
When the movie Star Wars came out, France was still using the Guillotine for executions – a curious factoid that points up that what seems like a long time really may not be. King Solomon tells us in his Proverbs that wisdom offers “length of days,” (Proverbs3:5) along with riches ad prosperity, and it’s that…
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Bitcoin Trades Trigger Online Scams
King Solomon has two important pieces of advice for a prosperous life: seek wisdom and avoid deceivers. That’s especially important in the brave new world of digital currencies, which have been struggling lately with credibility issues and a bit of an identity crisis. Now, a series of online scams targeting Bitcoin trading on major online…
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Make Room for Prosperous Thinking
Belief and trust in wisdom can guide us to a more prosperous life, says King Solomon. And letting go of the limiting beliefs that put up barriers to new ways of seeing things can be the first step toward making room for the wisdom that leads to prosperity. And for today’s investors, shifting from a…
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Smart Investors Look to Improvements
In King Solomon’s day, land meant prosperity. That’s still true, which is why real estate remains one of the most stable and secure investments. But Solomon also built a great temple, with fine materials from far away – an improvement on that land that surely increased its value. Today, that land to improvement ratio is…
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Weather Puts a Chill on House Hunting
Did the polar vortex freeze US housing sales this year? King Solomon’s Proverbs frequently use the natural world to illustrate lessons for humans, so it shouldn’t be too surprising that this winter’s harsh weather could have a cooling effect on housing in the hard hit East Coast and Midwest. Although other factors contributed to an…
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Prudent Investors Look Ahead
King Solomon always tells us in his Proverbs that wisdom and prudence are the keys to a successful life – and that’s a sentiment that’s reflected in Jason Hartman’s Next 10 Commandments for Investors, a new set of investing recommendations that follow the key points made in the original set of 10 Commandments for Successful…
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Don’t Let Stress Hurt Investing Success
“To know wisdom and instruction; to understand the worlds of prudence.” That’s how King Solomon’s Book of Proverbs begins, and being able to do these things is key to creating a successful and prosperous life. But in the modern world of investing and finance, stress can compromise an investor’s ability to think clearly and make…