Tag: income property
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New Home Construction: Slowing the Housing Recovery?
As the wise King Solomon knew, building homes and other dwellings connotes prosperity and stability. “Wisdom hath build herself a house, she hath hewn her out seven pillars” he says in Proverbs 9:1, and the construction of his great temple is lavishly detailed in the Book of Kings. In both Solomon’s day and our own,…
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Investing Abroad: Opportunities Bring Challenges
King Solomon was no stranger to investing outside the boundaries of his kingdom. The Books of Kings and Ecclesiastes tell us that he sought materials for his great temple from many neighboring kingdoms and countries, and he entertained rulers of these lands in royal style, building connections through investment, trade and marriage. Foreign investment has…
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Do Rising Home Prices Mean Trouble?
Although King Solomon spoke frequently of the wisdom for which he’s best known, the wise king also had much to say about wealth, prosperity and the prudent management of money and other assets – observations that are equally relevant today. In Proverbs 13: 11, the monarch says, “Substance got in haste shall be diminished, but…
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Is It Time for Mortgage Rates to Rise?
A well-known passage from the Book of Ecclesiastes tells us that there is a time and season for everything under heaven. This reminder about the continued cycles of life and the inevitability of change also applies to today’s investing climate, where trends and processes also operate on cycles large and small. One such cycle involves…
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Investing for Retirement: Making A Crown of Old Age
For King Solomon, who reigned for forty years, old age yields the rewards of a life well lived. “Old age is a crown of dignity, which is found in the ways of justice,” he says in Proverbs 16:1. The King’s words suggest the importance of preparing early to enjoy those serene, comfortable years after retirement.…
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The House That Wisdom Built: Women in Investing
In the proverbs of Solomon as well as in many other literary works, virtues such as wisdom and justice are personified as women. “Wisdom hath built herself a house,” says the great King in Proverbs 9:1, among many other references. In the days of Solomon and after, most women didn’t own houses, though, or other…
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Seller Financing: Exploiting Vulnerable Homebuyers
For King Solomon, who prized wisdom, prudence and just dealing above all other virtues, behaving honorably in dealing with others was important, creating a good reputation and earning the grace of God. These qualities create the foundation for a modern-day investing career, too. But unscrupulous and manipulative practices still thrive, and the prudent investor is…
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Wisdom Hath Built Herself a House – and Prices are Rising
Throughout the proverbs of King Solomon, and the Bible as a whole, a house is a metaphor for prosperity and stability. “Wisdom hath built herself a house,“ says the monarch in Proverbs 9:1. “She hath hewn her out seven pillars.” With “pillars” the metaphor goes even further, implying permanence and solidity. For our world today,…
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The Courts: Last Word In Foreclosures?
In many of the Proverbs of King Solomon, a house stands for many things: prosperity, stability and even qualities such as wisdom, or prudence. For Solomon, a house represents stability prosperity and positive values –keys to living a godly, comfortable life. Today, housing still carries those qualities – and one indicator of stability in the…
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Making a Difference With Foreclosures?
The wise King Solomon had much praise for the just – people who deal fairly with others, speak truth and deal equitably in business. Among his many proverbs in praise of the just, he says in Proverbs 10:16: “The work of the just is unto life, but the fruit of the wicked unto death.” As…