When the market goes up, everyone cheers; when the market goes down, everyone panics. This year alone saw the stock market reach record highs and the bond market reach near-record lows—several times! People react to…

Term Limits

I’m not sure if you noticed, but it’s election season. And while the title of this week’s show is “Term Limits,” it fortunately has nothing to do with politics. Rather, it’s a continuation of various…

The House We Built

As much as I know about our local real estate market, I don’t know everything. So once a month, I bring into the studio a man who does know everything: Empire Title’s Bill McAfee. As…

Reading the Tea Leaves

            It’s not difficult to predict the future if you know where to look. Soothsayers used to make predictions by reading tealeaves, which isn’t a terribly effective method for real…

Time is Ticking

Concerning the economy, there’s a general sense that we’re still spinning our wheels after six years recovering. Growth has been anemic at best, punctuated with occasional quarterly contractions, and this sense of malaise has compelled…

Come With Me: Building a TEAM

I’ve been investing in real estate for so long that most of the process is second nature to me. When I aired Come With Me parts I and II last week, I didn’t stop to…

Come With Me

This week’s show picked up where last week’s left off. We covered the basics of real estate investing, discussed the different routes to acquiring rental properties, and established criteria for determining whether your finances are…