Offering high returns and passive income is not the only reason investing in real estate is good for your portfolio, although those are pretty good reasons by themselves. Financial advisors are always telling you to diversify and I’m sure everybody who reads this blog has heard it once before. They tell you to own shares [...]
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With the imminent recession coming here in the states, I know many of our readers are looking to find some way to borrow money to pay of credit card bills or debt. Every other commercial on television which is specifically targeted to the middle class is about borrowing money online and “comparing rates”. Trust me, [...]
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As I found it necessary to find some extra side income to help pay for some extra magazine subscriptions, an upgraded internet connection, and to build a new website, I thought it would be necessary to find some extra income on the ‘net aside from my ebay sales and this blog’s income(which is nill). So I offered [...]
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So you pull up to a gas pump and have a stroke just looking at the price of a gallon of gas and think to yourself, “How can I save on gasoline?” Drive less, I say to you. But then you look to the side of the pump and see this amazingly annoying advertisement that promises [...]
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We can be so anxious to buy a special cell phone or other electronic that we become so consumed with other things that we often put the rebate form in a secret hiding place to fill out and send in at a later time. Over the past year, I have lost our on over $250 [...]
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Well now you know, I really dislike penny stocks and so should you. Roughly a year or two ago, I completly bought into the whole ethanol craze and was actively researching various Nasdaq and NYSE ethanol companies like Archer-Daniels Midland and Pacific Ethanol. As I did not have enough money on hand to purchase a [...]
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There are a couple of reasons people don’t invest in real estate, so today I would like to present some ways to help you get around those problems.
People are scared of how large the numbers are. When people look down and see they are signing for a $200,000 mortgage they get nervous, and rightly so. [...]
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Were already on to part 5. For this one I decided not to pick an indicator that people already look at such as property prices or vacancy rates. Instead we need to look at the media sentiment, this is essentially what the media thinks of the real estate market. Because people tend to believe the [...]
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I will never forget my first investing lesson, not because the effects hurt me that much, but because it is a simple mistake that a lot of people make. From that day on I vowed never to make such an avoidable obstacle a problem again.
It was in the early summer of 06, I was [...]
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Wow we’re already on Part IV if this research mini series. I hope you found the previous 3 indicators helpful. It is always important to do your research before putting your name on the dotted line and I hope this series will improve the quality of your research.So Part IV is Total Sales, total [...]
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