Will the real Atlanta please stand up?

Torey, in Atlanta, just might be your new best friend if you’re looking to get into a property deal with almost no risk to you and at a very low cost. Why? As a local market specialist in a scorching hot city for income property investing, Torey convinced Platinum Properties Investor Network to partner with [...]

Diversity on a shoestring.

No THAT kind of diversity. Today we’re continuing our recent discussion about how young adults can get started in real estate investing. True, the younger generation might not have had the same amount of time to build up equity to use as down payment but there is still a way to get there from here.
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Should young adults be thinking about real estate?

In a word…heck, yes! Well, that’s actually two words but, trust us, it’s never too soon to start thinking about building an income property portfolio. Doesn’t matter if you’re in college or just out of college, just putting a family together or showing up at your first real job.
If you can internalize and put into [...]

Is the US government the worst credit risk of all?

We wouldn’t go so far as to say the US government is the worst credit risk on the planet. The world is a big place and there are a lot of truly screwy things going on hither and yon. But if you do stop and think for a moment – step back and look at [...]

Financial coup d’etat in America – part 2.

According to Catherine Austin Fitts, the shadow trading economy comprises a larger and larger slice of the pie. Shadow trading? This is the term Ms. Fitts used to describe the growing amount of money being traded off the exchange – which simply means outside the normal, regulated ebb and flow of Wall Street machinations. Remember, [...]

Financial coup d’etat in America – part 1.

If you like reading about conspiracy theories and viewpoints of that sort, you’re really going to like Jason’s interview with Catherine Austin Fitts in The Creating Wealth Show #96. Ms. Fitts name pops up from time to time on the syndicated late night radio show Coast to Coast AM but, lest you dismiss her views [...]

Is Wall Street under-regulated, over-regulated, or just right?

Stratospheric CEO bonuses. Landmark meltdowns (Enron). Immense blowups (Bernie Madoff). The stock market landscape is like walking through a mine field blindfolded these days. The cries of “More regulation!” or “Less regulation!” echo from every quarter. Maybe the problem is not that Wall Street is regulated by miscreants or mental midgets. Perhaps the problem is [...]

When is a guru really a guru?

Jason’s recent talk with Eric Tyson on The Creating Wealth Show #95 revealed this best-selling author’s thoughts on the topic of market gurus and their prognostications. Is it conspiracy, idiocy, or basic opportunism? Tyson targets the Johnny-come-latelies who have piled onto the recent stock market decline and floated around devilish Dow predictions like 3900 or [...]

Don’t panic!

Don’t panic. Two of our favorite words in the entire English lexicon. Also very good advice from comedic sci-fi writer, Douglas Adams, in his very funny Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. But that’s not the point at all right now. We’re here to remind you not to lose your investing mind when it comes to [...]

Recession or depression? Perspective from Eric Tyson.

If you’re looking for a glimmer of silver lining in the doom clouds on the horizon, take a listen to The Creating Wealth Show #95, where Jason talks it over with bestselling personal finance author of several Dummies books, Eric Tyson. Tyson reflects on his opinion that recent comparisons of our current economic climate and [...]

Surprises about the Rule of 72.

We recently mentioned the Rule of 72. Remember how we said it wasn’t etched in stone regarding accuracy? Here’s the tricky part. This rule is accurate primarily for interest rates between 6% and 10%. Here at Platinum Properties, we wholeheartedly expect our rate of return to fall far outside that range to the high side, [...]

Do you understand the Rule of 72?

The Rule of 72 is a common calculation used by investors to determine how long it will take their investment to double in value given a certain rate of return. Obviously, this is not a mathematical theory set in stone which can never fail and always is correct to the third decimal place. Having said [...]

Pay less than the market rate to modify your loan.

We’ve been telling you it was in the pipeline and now it’s actually here. Do you need (or want) to learn how to do a loan modification yourself? We call it a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Loan Modification and our professionally created but far below market cost program is now available to show you how to accomplish [...]

Are builders becoming courageous again?

Builder confidence for single-family homes jumped two points in May. This followed a five point increase in April, which left the Wells Fargo NAHB Housing Market Index at its highest point since September 2008. The index surveys builders and asks them to rate sales expectations for the next six months as “good”, “fair”, or “poor.”
In [...]

Number 100 is alive!

We’ve been talking about it. We’ve been teasing you. Now it’s time to unveil what all the uproar is about – episode #100 of The Creating Wealth Show is live for listening on our website at http://www.JasonHartman.com. The whole team is proud of the entire body of work and the 99 episodes that led to [...]

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