Bottom Dwellers Waiting to Pounce
The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times both published articles in the past six weeks stating that the…
Analyze Your Market Using the MAD Method
There are many complicated ways to analyze the market conditions in your local area, enough to confuse and boggle the…
National Economic Outlook (July 2012)
Why has this economic recovery been so sluggish? In a normal recovery, job growth would be accelerating at this point,…
On the Trail of the Housing Recovery
One crisp fall Sunday afternoon under bright blue skies, my wife and I visited five homes up for sale. We…
How to Invest with a Declining US Dollar
The Federal Reserve was supposed to protect the value of the U.S. dollar – at least that’s how it was…
Real Estate Cycles: Where Are We Now?
Real estate prices, as with most financial markets, tend to follow a pattern. For the purpose of this article, we'll…
5 Tips for New Landlords
The constant fluctuations of the housing market can mean many things in terms of property investment, rental rates and the…
National Economic Outlook (June 2012)
The Wall Street Journal this week said, Grim Job Report Sinks Markets. The bold headline suggests an economy in retreat. After…
Why are Billionaires Buffett and Trump Bullish on Real Estate Right Now? (Part 2)
In Why are Billionaires Buffett and Trump Bullish on Real Estate Right Now? part 1, we stated that the Federal…