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Financial Freedom in 5 Years and Making $300K on ONE Property

By Richard | Oct 26, 2023

If Lindsey Duguet can reach financial freedom, you can too. She was hundreds of thousands in debt from student loans, trying to raise a family with almost zero free time, working eighty-hour weeks, and failing to find financial footing. Now, just five years later, she’s financially free, owns over five hundred rentals, and works not […]

High mortgage rates could boost GSE reform, says Cowen’s Jaret Seiberg

By Richard | Oct 26, 2023

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Jaret Seiberg, housing policy analyst at TD Cowen Washington Research Group, joins ‘The Exchange’ to discuss Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reform, lowering home borrowing costs, and more. 03:23 Wed, Oct 25 20232:29 PM EDT Source link

Panera Founder, Ron Shaich, Unveils 7 Insights To Craft A Lean Unicorn

By Richard | Oct 25, 2023

STUDIO CITY, CA – AUGUST 30: Kaley Cuoco joins Panera Bread to launch new Craft Beverage Station. … [+] (Photo by Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic) FilmMagic Ron Shaich built two unicorns in the food industry – Panera and Au Bon Pain. His life and new book, Know What Matters, offers 7 lessons that can help entrepreneurs develop […]

A New Way to Speculate? How Home Equity Sharing Agreements Are Going Mainstream

By Richard | Oct 25, 2023

In this article Home equity sharing agreements, which allow property owners to get a lump sum of cash in exchange for a portion of their home’s future appreciation or value, are moving from a niche product to a more popular option for funding a variety of needs.  In July, DBRS Morningstar, the fourth-biggest credit ratings […]

China’s 1 trillion yuan debt plan isn’t necessarily such a big deal

By Richard | Oct 25, 2023

A clerk of ICBC bank counts Chinese 100 yuan at its branch in Beijing. Kim Kyung-Hoon | Reuters BEIJING — Chinese authorities late Tuesday announced one of the biggest changes to the national budget in years, along with the issuance of 1 trillion yuan in ($137 billion) in government bonds. But state media made it […]

Seed co-founder Ara Katz On Gut Health, Tech Bros And Mike Ovitz

By Richard | Oct 24, 2023

What’s got 38 trillion microorganisms and almost as many products to tame it? The microbiome. It’s boom time for gut health. Or products aimed at the gut anyway, which is said to affect the immune system, inflammation and even our moods. If some of the claims these products make seem dubious, well, that’s by design […]

How Hosts Are Making More Money Even As Demand Drops

By Richard | Oct 24, 2023

Earlier this year, many Airbnb hosts expected the short-term rental market to fall off a cliff. With the threat of an economic recession, travel spending was supposed to crater, and with it, a slew of Airbnb failures. But that never happened. While demand did drop, supply increased, and daily rate growth eventually fell flat, there […]

Influx of multi-family properties could slow down rent acceleration, says Redfin's Daryl Fairweather

By Richard | Oct 24, 2023

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What Brazil’s Community Banks Can Teach Us About Local Investment

By Richard | Oct 23, 2023

In many democracies, growing wealth inequality is showing up as a destabilizing force. What happens when we shift a sole focus on individual prosperity and broaden our lens to community wealth? To walk us through what this shift looks like, Ashoka’s Asier Ansorena spoke with Ashoka Fellow Joaquim de Melo, founder of Banco Palmas, Brazil’s […]