Tag: jason hartman
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Turn Inflation to Your Financial Advantage
“Inflation investing” or income property investing, as Jason Hartman refers to it, can be a tricky concept to understand. To budding income property investors seeking to create financial independence and accustomed to thinking of the idea that debt is bad, it’s critical to shift into a “real” vs “nominal” value frame of mind in order…
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Bulk Home Sales: Equal Opportunities
Although King Solomon ruled his kingdom as an absolute monarch, there are indications that he was a believer in the equitable division of things. When two women came to him with a baby, each claiming the child was hers, Solomon’s judgment was to cut the child in half – a decision that revealed the child’s…
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Hardship Exemptions: Help for Struggling Homeowners
King Solomon was known not only for his wisdom, but also for his administration of justice tempered with compassion for those struck by adversity – a theme that runs through many of the sayings attributed to the famous monarch in the Book of Proverbs. Now, in the wake of the housing collapse and damage from…
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Foreign Investors Choose US for Stability
King Solomon’s empire, said to be among the greatest of Israel, depended partly on his connections with other lands and rulers around him. His great temple, built for the glory of his God, was created using foreign materials and labor. And many came from outside the kingdom to live there, because of its prosperity and…
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Know Your Coverage: Property Insurance and Disaster Claims
The realm of the Biblical King Solomon wasn’t immune to natural disasters. Floods, fires and even earthquakes visited the region during the monarch’s reign as they do today. Recognizing this, Solomon advocated prudence and preparation: “If wisdom shall enter thy heart and knowledge please thy soul, counsel shall keep thee, and prudence preserve thee.’ (Proverbs…
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Investing in Retirement: The Age of Wisdom
The hallmark of King Solomon’s reign over the flourishing Kingdom of Israel was wisdom. He prayed for it, applied it in all his decisions, and valued it so highly he wrote many proverbs extolling the virtues of prudence and good counsel. Solomon lived to a ripe old age, devoted to wisdom throughout his life. Wisdom…
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Brothers in Distress: Helping Homeowners After Hurricane Sandy
Among the virtues praised by King Solomon in his many proverbs is helpfulness: “He that is a friend loveth at all times, and a brother is proved in distress.” (Proverbs 17:17) In the aftermath of the destruction left by Hurricane Sandy along the East Coast this past weekend, there was plenty pf distress, but also…
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Mortgage Fraud: Wicked Plots
According to the Proverbs of King Solomon, deceit and fraud were an affront to the Lord. “Six things there are that the Lord hateth,” he writes in Proverbs 6: 16-20. Among them: “ … a lying tongue…a heart that deviseth wicked plots [and] a deceitful witness that deviseth wicked lies.” In the hidden world of…
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Local Real Estate: What Makes a Good Market?
King Solomon’s reputation for wisdom has kept his fame alive for thousands of years. Among the many proverbs and parables credited to him are many sayings that have a direct application to the world of investing. In Proverbs 1:5, he praises those who are wise: “A wise man shall hear and shall be wiser; and…
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You’re Never Too Young (Or Old) to Invest
According to the Biblical lineage of the Kings of Israel, Solomon, the son of David, most likely ascended to the throne at around the age of 29. Though he was, by modern standards, a young man, he sought the wisdom he needed to rule and reigned for 40 years over one of the most prosperous…