Author Archives: Brandon

Rental Price Averages: Annual Increases and How this effects your investment

In  2010, rental prices increased by 11.6%, moving the national average from $1181 to $1319 per month.  This increase is a direct reflection of the rise in foreclosure averages nationwide forcing families into rented single family homes or apartments. And, … Continue reading

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The Lost Decade of Retirement Investing

Confusion abounds for retirement investors.  World economies are on the verge of falling into the abyss.  Dark clouds are on the horizon.  And, at home in the U.S., the stock market gyrates wildly. In early October, an incident on Wall … Continue reading

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Student Loan Bubble: How It Impacts The Real Estate Market

A recent article appeared on FoxNews.com focusing on America’s next bubble…Student Debt! Since 1999, according to the article, “outstanding loan debt has grown by more than… 500 percent.” To put this debt growth in context, “during this same period, all … Continue reading

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Economic Volatility Equals Opportunity For Real Estate Investors

At the moment global stock exchanges and economies are…VOLATILE. Anyone who is paying attention would be able to see that everything around us is unstable and unpredictable. No one likes to be off-balance and unsure of who or what to … Continue reading

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Stock Market Decline 2011

Have the stock market declines caught you off guard? They shouldn’t have. After all the only thing that has kept the market going up in the last year is government stimulus money and the “herd mentality” that I talked about … Continue reading

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Retirement Investing: Complex or Simple. It’s Your Choice.

We all crave simple solutions to life’s vexing problems. Would you rather choose from only 6 kinds of toothpaste or 120. Or, how about an insurance policy? Choosing from say 4 different types would be nice, but 350 different variations? … Continue reading

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Real Estate Investing – 2011 Mid-Year Update

Investors are now finally starting to see the opportunity in the distressed housing market. According to the Cogent Research “Investors in Action” report, of the 25% of Americans who have assets sitting in former employers’ retirement plans, about half (42%) … Continue reading

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