Archive for August 2007
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It Is Not About What You Make…
It is all about what you spend.
I am still digging through the backlog of emails but one stopped me cold. It was a question entered on a website from a couple who want to invest in real estate because they see it as a way to increase their incomes. They explained in detail why they [...]
Despite all the Talk, Will the Fed Cut Rates in September?
This is a guest article from Tim Greene, he is one of the authors at The Real Estate Field Guide.
The credit liquidity crisis has pushed the political dynamics into interesting territory. The markets have been expecting, often even demanding a cut in the Fed Rate for most of this year. It wasn’t needed and the [...]
What Happens If You Cannot Work Your Investing Business?
This is a guest article from Stacy McWhorter, one of our new authors at the Real Estate Investors Field Guide. We at the Field Guide are happy to have Stacy join us and I know the members there will benefit from her wisdom, experience and sage advice.
Just about everyone who gets the real estate investing [...]
In a Way the Post Casey Serin Story is Much More Interesting
Beyond the obvious point of him having messed up royally and being a really good example of how not to be an investor, Casey Serin and the personal drama surrounding him just wasn’t all that interesting to me. Sure, he is probably a great psychological case study but at the end of the day he [...]
When Will the Housing Correction End?
Right now, there is no question I get asked more often than that one. I used to try to break it down and answer it by describing the fundamentals driving the many disconnected corrections around the country.
But, I grew tired of getting the confused hamster stare back at me. So, yesterday, I took a different [...]
This Is Going To Be Great!
The last few weeks have been crazy but, it looks like it is all working out very well.
Yesterday, I finalized agreements to bring three new authors into the Real Estate Field Guide stable. I can’t give their names yet and even if I did they are not well know or famous, but they are all [...]
July Job Numbers 92,000 Below the Expectations
This is a soft number, the expectation was about 130,000.
But, grow is stable and the overall unemployment number is still relatively stable at 4.6%.
Based on this the Fed is not likely to change the overnight rate.
Many are still calling this a Goldilocks situation. To a large degree they are right.
The jobs numbers continue to be [...]
What Value Do Real Estate Investors Bring to the Market?
My newsletter subscribers received this yesterday August 1, 2007. You can see the full newsletter article by clicking here.
I think we first need to separate investors from speculators. A speculator is more akin to a gambler or a day trader of stocks where as an investor, at least a real one, knows the fundamentals and [...]
