Tag: financial investing
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Can 3% Down Boost Lending?
Where have all the homebuyers gone? In spite of gains since the housing crash of 2008, fewer mortgage applications are being approved – and the percentage of Americans who own homes has shrunk to its lowest levels in over two decades. That’s why federal entities including mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are making…
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Real Estate Scams: 4 Warning Signs
A recent real estate scam bilked hundreds of American and Canadian investors of over $1 million dollars. Some of the perpetrators are in custody, others are still on the run – and the story demonstrates key warning signs of a fly by night fraud. According the a recent post in The Bryan Ellis Investing Letter,…
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The Young And The Old Drive Rental Demand
The future of rental real estate may be shaped by two fast growing groups of tenants: the young ad the old. And as the rental market continues to heat up, long-term returns await those investors willing to accommodate the surprisingly similar expectations of millennials and seniors. Millennials, those young adults born between roughly the years…
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Length of Years Can Mean Loss of Money
Will your money live as long as you do? King Solomon tells us that a life spent living according to God’s will will be a long and prosperous one: “Hear, O my son, and receive my words, that years of life may be multiplied to thee.” (Proverbs 4:10) But according to a recent Newser article,…
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Homeownership Drops: Who’s Not Buying Houses?
King Solomon advises wisdom at any age – and for an increasing number of Americans, the wise choice seems to be to skip buying a home. Owning a home was once a cherished part of the largely mythical American Dream – a sign that a person had “made it” as a secure, stable adult. But…
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Smart Financial Advice – For All of Us
As King Solomon tells us, wisdom leads to good decisions about everything in life, including finances. And wise financial decisions create a firm foundation for the kind of prosperous life blessed by God that the great King describes in Proverbs 3:2: “length of days, and years of life, and peace.” And those wise financial decisions…
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Stewardship Guides Christian Investing
What makes Christian investing different from investing in general? Like many other investors of different faiths – or none at all – Christian investors buy stocks, bonds, precious metals and real estate. But even though these investing ventures all work the same way, they’re driven by very different perspectives. Unlike their secular counterparts, Christian investors…
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Real Estate Trumps Silver and Gold
Gold and silver have their own mystique: beautiful, highly prized and sometimes hard to get. But, as King Solomon says, there are other things with more value. “Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom and is rich in prudence,” he tells us in Proverbs 3:13-14. “The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver,…
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How Does Prayer Help Investors?
Prayer helps and heals in all kinds of situations – so why not investing too? “Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart and lean not upon thine own prudence,” says King Solomon in Proverbs 3:5, and that advice can build a strong foundation for income property investors to create wealth that lasts a…
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Launch Your Investing Career in Little Rock
Spend a weekend in Little Rock this September, and launch an investing career that can last a lifetime. Jason Hartman’s Little Rock Investment Property Tour, kicking off this September 27-28 in Arkansas’ scenic capital, shows you how. Why Invest In Real Estate? There’s plenty of gloom and doom to go around about the US housing…