real estate investing

Our local market has followed his model exactly. Real Estate & The Business Cycle http://armstrongeconomics.com/2015/02/26/real-estate-the-business-cycle/ Real Estate – To Buy or Not To Buy – That is the Question...

Gold is portable and can be traded for currency in any country. If I had 300k today and bought gold and dug a hole in the ground and buried it, it would be better than owning my home free & clear. IMO gold has outperformed the market even at its devalued price. In 2002 the price of gold was just...

According to The Tax Foundation, 16 states and DC have Estate taxes, 7 states have Inheritance taxes. Washington has the highest Estate tax at 19%. Indiana has the highest Inheritance tax at 20% followed by Nebraska at 18%. New Jersey has an Estate tax of 16% and an Inheritance tax at 16%...

If you had a little money to invest, would you purchase property in the U.S., or somewhere overseas? We were looking to purchase a little place to rent out, but the more I think about Obamacare, the more terrified I am to do so. The Admin. is hiring countless more IRS agents for...

Bank on silver, not banks or real estate, as protector in the coming crash Silver is seen as retesting $50 as precious metals provide a continuing protection against inflation and a predicted stock market crash. Author: Nick Levis...

I saw in the news today that the housing market is on the verge of another collapse. I was in the process of looking at homes to buy a home on a large piece of land so that I can have an organic garden. Considering the current housing market would it be better to keep my money in the bank and...

I am trying to determine what will happen to the prices of real estate when hyperinflation kicks in. Will home prices rise in relation to the value of the dollar ? My sense is that once interest rates start to rise, the other shoe (a big one) will drop and property values will decline (except...

An interactive chart from Smart Money

http://libertyisnow.blogspot.com/2010/10/difference-between-gold-and-real-estate.html

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2010/10/jim-quinn-consumer-deleveraging-commercial-real-estate-collapse.html So, how do you play this? I think Joshua said it best: YouTube - WarGames - Joshua Simulations

Hello, I've been working in real estate since 2004, in the secondary market. What this means is that I deal in buying mortgages from other banks to be sold to investors or Fannie Mae. I'm not in a decision making position or anything, just giving some background. Anyway if I understand what...

Recently Peter Schiff has had some great video blogs that have dealt with the current real estate market as well as how it relates to the economy as a whole. Very well worth the watch. I compiled the series for all of you below. In the final video he reminds us of the money bomb scheduled for...

http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2009/07/so-cal-home-sales-increase-for-12th.html

I noticed the same hook for selling houses as I hear in selling timeshares. The sales pitch goes like this. 1. How much do you travel/pay rent? (Standard answer : every year, every month) 2. How much are you currently spending? (Standard answer : At least $1 a trip, at least $500 in rent) 3...

It is getting ready to get ugly, http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=avp8qF3bDuyc&refer=home http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/2009/02/07/20090207biz-commercial0208.html I talked to two owners of dining establishments. Times are getting tougher. One...

I've heard several people talk about commercial real estate being the next thing to crash. Does anyone know of a good way to short this? Is there an ETF or something?

I had this knucklehead friend (who's a realtor) dristro blast everyone he knew with a text message, basically trying to fish for a real estate deal or two.........ra ra'ing today's real estate market as having hit bottom and it's a buyer's paradise. Working in this industry, my perspective...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzw2Xhz4MKk

I need some real estate advice please (Update at end) Here's the deal. My neighbors were foreclosed on last summer, and the house has sat empty since then. They lowered the asking price about 3 months ago, and we saw maybe a total of half a dozen people look at the house. I talked to as many as...

I am currently shorting RTL, RLX and Sears. Anyone else doing the same?