In each real estate cycle, investors as well as home buyers wonder and speculate when is the right time to buy. Realtors and their National and State organizations are not helpful: According to them, the best time to buy is always “Now!” The argument for urgency is derived from low prices, falling prices, rising prices, ...…
(And How They Can Drive Investors Bankrupt!) There are lots of folks and companies out there who attempt to track the housing market. In fact, they almost all use the same form of Fundamental analysis – combined with Median Prices – so it’s all a wild guess on their part, cloaked under the ILLUSION of ...…
How Its The Exact Opposite Of How You Build Lasting Wealth All appreciation is NOT the same. And it’s not all equal, despite the way everyone from the experts to the financial news guys throw around the term. The truth is when it comes to real estate there are two types of appreciation: Forced ...…
(The Proof CNN Won’t Show You, Inside) My apologies in advance to CNN. I’m not trying to make them look foolish. It’s just that the facts are the facts and you need to know them. (If you like when the Big Guys look foolish, you MUST see the Live Streaming Event Now) Apologies completed, lets ...…
Why It Had NOTHING to Do With Your Investing Strategy Did you lose a lot of money in real estate over the last couple years? (You did Not have to – Click here) The answer (in all likelihood) is: Yes, you did! Now I know that’s contrary to what you typically hear. Lots of ...…
FACT OR FICTION? Now before anyone gets upset (if you like being upset, this will upset you), if you have lost significant money as an investor or personally, I know it never feels small. And I’m sorry that’s happened to you. There is something much bigger going on beneath the surface. While painting the recent ...…
Zillow, Not Just A Crazy Name, It’s A Crazy Way To Look At Home Prices Besides ‘Fundamental’ Analysis, the other major blunder is trying to use “median” home prices to forecast local real estate cycles. It’s what everyone tries to use because those numbers are readily available, and free. It was the only game ...…
This next example is going to tick off the 600 pound gorilla in my space: FiServ Lending Solutions… along with CNN-Money.com and Fortune magazine. FiServ handles all the big banks and Wall Street firms – I’m a little peon compared to them. But what the hell, you deserve to know the truth… so here goes… ...…
Last time we were looking at some rather, how should I say… ill advised forecasts that were published by Forbes. If you think that’s bad, take a look at this next published article. Here are the other “bounce back housing markets” Forbes predicted. Phoenix was to have bottomed two years ago, and be up ...…
They say its bad form to bash your ‘competition’ – so please excuse my bad form, but I think you’re being fleeced by the media and others. (If you don’t mind seeing Forbes embarrassed, THIS is for YOU <– click it now) Every time Forbes, CNN or the other big media outlets publish one ...…
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