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How to Time Travel Back to 3% Rates on Your Next Buy

By Richard | Jan 30, 2023

With assumable mortgages, you can snag a three percent interest rate even in 2023’s high-interest environment. These loans exist everywhere around you—you could be sitting on an assumable loan without even knowing it! So, if there’s a way to pick up properties at all-time low-interest rates, why isn’t everyone taking advantage of assumable mortgages? We […]

Beyoncé and a $100k-a-night suite at Atlantis The Royal

By Richard | Jan 30, 2023

Beyoncé performs on stage headlining the Grand Reveal of Dubai’s newest luxury hotel, Atlantis The Royal on January 21, 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Mason Poole/parkwood Media | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — It was the talk of the town. Of the entire country, really — and then […]

Starting A DEI Consulting Firm For His Second Act

By Richard | Jan 29, 2023

After Stan Kimer retired from IBM 10 years ago, with 31 years tenure at the company, he formed a diversity training and consulting firm. Called Total Engagement Consulting by Kimer, the Raleigh, NC, business hummed along nicely for a while, until Covid hit, and demand almost totally dried up. Then came the murder of George […]

Why Interest Rates Don’t Matter As Much as You Think

By Richard | Jan 29, 2023

How important are mortgage rates to real estate investing? Should I take out as much depreciation as possible to lower my taxes? And what should I do when my DTI (debt-to-income) ratio is too high? You’ve got the questions, and David Greene has the answers! On this episode of Seeing Greene, David goes high-level, getting […]

Metro areas where U.S. rent prices have dropped the most

By Richard | Jan 29, 2023

Colorful cafe bars at the iconic Beale Street music and entertainment district of downtown Memphis, Tennessee. benedek | iStock | Getty Images Despite broad hikes in rental prices, competition is easing in some U.S. markets as inventory grows, according to a new report from national real estate brokerage HouseCanary. At the end of 2022, the […]

Is A Recession A Good Time To Start A New Business?

By Richard | Jan 28, 2023

While economic downturns are a time of hardship, they could also be a time of opportunity. Here are … [+] the major threats and opportunities for new startups during a market downturn: getty With tech layoffs making the news, it’s fairly likely that 2023 wouldn’t be a year in which it is easy to find […]

Escaping the Corporate Rat Race and Property Management Q&As

By Richard | Jan 28, 2023

Escaping the rat race at 26 isn’t easy, but Isaac Lane, Arizona-based investor and rookie landlord, is doing it through out-of-state investing! Isaac started investing only a couple of years ago, but he’s been scaling quickly as he purchased five rentals in his first year of investing alone. Now, he balances his time between working […]

What is a ‘rolling recession’ and are we in one? Experts explain

By Richard | Jan 28, 2023

By most measures, the U.S. economy is in solid shape. Although the first half of 2022 started off with negative growth, a strong labor market and resilient consumer helped turn things around and give hope for the year ahead. related investing news Gross domestic product, which tracks the overall health of the economy, rose more […]

So, You Were Ripped Off. Congratulations!

By Richard | Jan 27, 2023

If you create a product that sells, others are going to copy you. getty If you’ve created a product that is selling, congratulations are in order! That’s not easy to do. Now, because of your success, others want to copy, knockoff, and infringe. They want to take advantage of your hard work. This is the […]