Tag: King Solomon
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Interest Rates: What’s in Store for 2015?
Interest rates are an indicator of a country’s economic health. And as we head into a new year, financial experts worry that rising rates could stall growth and choke the recovery from the massive housing crash of a few years ago. But is a significant rise in rates likely in 2015? Some surprising factors may…
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The Young And The Old Drive Rental Demand
The future of rental real estate may be shaped by two fast growing groups of tenants: the young ad the old. And as the rental market continues to heat up, long-term returns await those investors willing to accommodate the surprisingly similar expectations of millennials and seniors. Millennials, those young adults born between roughly the years…
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Successful Investors Maintain Control
It’s an old but true saying: if you want something done well, do it yourself. Those are words worth remembering in the world of income property investing, where putting your investments in the hands of others leaves you vulnerable to fraud, bad decisions and an empty wallet. For Christian investors who know that in all…
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Smart Financial Advice – For All of Us
As King Solomon tells us, wisdom leads to good decisions about everything in life, including finances. And wise financial decisions create a firm foundation for the kind of prosperous life blessed by God that the great King describes in Proverbs 3:2: “length of days, and years of life, and peace.” And those wise financial decisions…
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Wise Landlords Think Like King Solomon
King Solomon’s reputation for wisdom has endured for thousands of years – and thinking like Solomon can help investors manage the headaches and hassles that come with being a hands on landlord for investment properties. Remember the story in which the great King was presented with two women claiming to be the mother of the…
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Income Property Creates a Legacy
According to 2013 statistics, the cost of raising a child in the US averages a cool $245,340. Though the outlay for nurturing a little human from birth to age 18 or so might run higher or lower, that’s still an impressive amount. But as Jason Hartman points out, parents and hopeful parents-to-be might get a…
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Set Investing Goals Solomon’s Way
The Book of Kings tells us that King Solomon was one of the wisest (and richest) people ever to have lived. That’s why his timeless words from the books of Ecclesiastes and Proverbs continues to guide the money management and investing decisions of thousands even today. The great King’s recommendations can help new investors master…
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Abundance: Forecast For the Future?
King Solomon’s advice on money management and life in general hinges on wisdom, and wisdom’s tool, discernment. It takes a hefty dose of discernment to see through the blizzard of negative news about the dire state of today’s world to the bigger picture beyond. That’s the job of a new book that shows that, put…
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Should Bitcoins Buy Real Estate?
King Solomon never saw a Bitcoin, but his timeless words of wisdom on money and prosperous living apply even in this digital world. And as the upstart digital currency hits the world of real estate, it’s time to remember his advice from Proverbs 2:3-4: “Incline thy heart to prudence,” he says, and “seek her as…
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Objective Decisions Create Investing Success
Sometimes the best decisions come from the heart, not the head. But wise investing and money management usually come not from those subjective, emotion driven decisions, but from objective thinking of the kind King Solomon calls wisdom and prudence. “I, wisdom, dwell in counsel, and am present in learned thoughts, “ he tells us in…