by Rick Tobin | Jan 8, 2014 | Miscellaneous
With the Federal Reserve’s ongoing statements that they may eventually “taper off” their Quantitative Easing (QE) investments in early 2014, mortgage rates have increased. QE is the financial policy of creating money out of thin air by way of our “fiat money”...
by Mike Johnson | Jan 6, 2014 | Apartments, Miscellaneous, Real Estate Investing Strategies
It galls me to watch television business “experts” share the same old ineffective retirement advice – save up a big nest egg and live off the interest. This bad advice is ruining people’s lives, as millions of seniors who have followed this advice for decades are...
by Rick Tobin | Dec 4, 2013 | Miscellaneous, Real Estate Investing Strategies
As the famous cowboy, actor, and American humorist, Will Rogers, once said: “Buy land. They ain’t making any more of the stuff.” Finding and buying distressed land deals at significant price discounts is one of the most promising ways to help real...
by William Bronchick, J.D. | Nov 12, 2013 | Creative Real Estate Investing, Miscellaneous, Real Estate Investing Strategies
One of the biggest problems real estate investors face is getting the seller to sign the contract. Real estate investor and attorney, Bill Bronchick, says stop talking so much and start listening more. When the seller says, I need to think about it or I’m not...
by Al Aiello, CPA, MS Taxation | Nov 4, 2013 | Asset Protection, Miscellaneous
A trust is a legal arrangement or entity to hold, manage, control, privatize, protect, or take care of property in certain special ways. Trusts are not publicly created by a state corporate bureau, but by private written contracts between two parties – the...
by Rick Tobin | Oct 23, 2013 | Miscellaneous
Many homeowners find out their existing mortgage is listed as “inactive.” An inactive status can refer to the transfer of their mortgage to another loan servicer, or to a few other factors as noted below. The difference between having an inactive or an...
