One of King Solomon’s key pieces of advice for prosperous living was to seek knowledge from the wise and experienced – a recommendation that’s just as valid today. And this September, participants...
Month: September 2013
Home Equity Isn’t Always Home Security
Even in King Solomon’s day, houses meant security, and also represent wisdom in the great King’s proverbs. But home ownership is more complicated today ---and as a recent Washington Post story on...
Silver: More Precious Than Gold in the Metals Markets?
Gold was a measure of wealth even in King Solomon’s day, and many of his Proverbs use gold as a yardstick for the value of wisdom. Even now, gold has a powerful hold on the imagination and the...
Housing Lobbyists Force Changes in Mortgage Lending
Along with prudence and wisdom, King Solomon’s proverbs show that the great king also prized justice and equity. In the tangled aftermath of 2008’s housing collapse, a series of lawsuits and...
Stay Focused — Fight Information Overload
This is the age of information – too much information, some say. With unlimited, round the clock access to news, facts and advice, it’s easy to lose sight of goals and plans and get lost in the...
Rising Rents Reflect the Reality of Inflation and Demand
The trick to raising rents is to get past the notion that you’re no better than the moneychangers Jesus threw out of the temple. Your rental unit is an asset you paid honest money to acquire and...
5 Investing Apps for Smartphones and Tablets
King Solomon never had a smartphone, but he’d most likely applaud the technology as an efficient way to make prudent financial moves. Though managing investments and financial transactions on mobile...
SS 34 – Patriots for Christ with Craig Bergman
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3 Keys to Making Safe Mobile Transactions
King Solomon’s watchwords, prudence and wisdom, are just as relevant to today’s technology filled world as they were in the days of the great King. And as new devices make it easier to manage your...
Does the Housing Rebound Signal a Coming Crash?
King Solomon’s famous recommendation to see the industrious ant as a role model for prosperous living points out the need to look to the future while tending to the realities of the present. “Look...