The real estate investing world is full of self proclaimed gurus and advisers – people claiming to have the secret to getting rich quick. There’s no shortage of schemes and scams and deals that...
Proverbs of Solomon
What Does Your Online Profile Say About You?
If you can’t be found in a Google search, do you even exist? And if you are found, what will that search reveal about who you are? King Solomon’s Proverbs remind us again and again how important it...
Is the End Near for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?
Throughout the proverbs of King Solomon, the keys to living a Godly life are described in terms of a house, with its pillars and foundation of wisdom, prudence and justice. Today, legislative...
New Bills Target Housing Policy Reform
King Solomon was famous for finding equitable solutions to thorny problems – witness the story of his strategy to discover the true identity of a mother disputing wt another woman over custody of an...
Housing Finance Reform Targets the Government’s Role
Along with wisdom and prudence, equity is a major theme in the Proverbs of King Solomon. The purpose of those proverbs, says the King in chapter 1: 3, is “to understand the words of prudence: and to...
Justice and Judgment: Another Bank Fraud Case Hits the Courts
At the very beginning of his wise Proverbs, King Solomon establishes the values that lead to a blessed and prosperous life. “To know wisdom, and instruction; to understand the words of prudence, and...
No “Choice Silver”: More Apologies to Mortgage Fraud Victims
One of the hallmarks of leading a virtuous life blessed by God is dealing equitably and fairly with others, according to King Solomon. “The tongue of the just is as choice silver,” he says in...
Woman: A Force in the Rental Market
For King Solomon, woman represented wisdom and prudence – a metaphor often repeated in his Proverbs. “Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom,” he says in Proverb 3:13. And the idea of wisdom as...
Are Retirees Facing the Next Housing Crisis?
For King Solomon, the crowning glory of a life spent in seeking wisdom and acting with prudence and justice in the world is a serene old age surrounded by family. But that may not be a reality for...
House Names Can Make or Break a Sale
As readers of King Solomon’s proverbs know, several verses refer to houses as more than just structures. In these verses, a house is a metaphor for stability and prosperity – and wisdom. But the...