Tag: real estate
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House Flipping: Sound Investing?
Flipping houses puts money in a seller’s pocket, but how does it stand up as a strategy for building long term wealth? King Solomon’s advice for wise money management tells us to make prudent decisions with an eye to long term success – and while quick buys and even faster sales make short term cash,…
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Tenants With Disabilities: What Landlords Need to Know
King Solomon’s words on prosperity end living a life blessed by God also stress the importance of justice and fair dealing with others. For investors building wealth from income property, dealing fairly with tenants involves a thorough knowledge of the laws and ordinances governing fair and equal access to housing – especially where disabilities are…
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Natural Disasters Create Challenges for Landlords
“The house of the just is very much strength,” King Solomon tells us in Proverbs 15:6. But when natural disasters hit, even those strong houses may fall. And picking up the pieces after a flood, fire or other catastrophic event can create new problems for owners of rental income property. If a mudslide sweeps away…
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Financial Independence Doesn’t Start Here
You can’t sleep. Before you know it, you’re sprawled on the couch in front of the television, clicking randomly through the channels. Say, who’s that guy on a yacht surrounded by bikini-clad babes suggesting I come to his real estate seminar? Well, heck, why not? It worked for him! Your fingers begin to twitch and…
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Financial Independence – a Conservative (and Effective) Approach
Jason Hartman is understandably proud of the growing popularity of his income property investing weekend training. The only problem is it tends to sell out early, Case in point – seats next month’s event are already gone. You know what that means? It’s time to make your plans for 2014. We’re only bragging a little…
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Diversification – Was Solomon Talking About Real Estate?
We’re not going to try and ascertain the exact thoughts of perhaps the wisest man who ever lived, but we can take King Solomon’s instructions from Ecclesiastes 11:2, where he writes, “Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on earth.” Was Solomon the original…
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Jason Hartman’s Plan to Get Rich Slow and Safe
As founder of Solomon Success, Jason Hartman knows that readers of the blog occupy a spectrum of positions when it comes to level of investment knowledge. Most everyone agrees they need to be investing but too many put it off until “tomorrow,” that mythical day that hardly ever (okay NEVER) arrives. Even worse is to…
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Defense Wins Championships
In the world of sports metaphors, there is a very popular cliché that states: “Defense wins championships.” The upshot of this statement is that a high-powered offense may be fun to watch, but it is a stout, consistent defense that creates the stability necessary to win the championship.