Don’t invest – Create Long-Term Wealth Instead - 08/30/10 02:43 PM
Sometimes our reality is based on assumption drilled into us by those with a personal agenda. So it is with investing. For the first half of the last century, the stock market wasn’t a bad way to create wealth. Then came the devaluation of the dollar and the rise of the financial pimping industry with their continual call to “invest” on Wall Street. Sort of like tithing, they want you to give them your money at regular intervals and maybe they’ll be a reward for you at the end.
Then again, maybe not.
Today’s reality is that “investing” in the stock … (1 comments)

Invest Now For A Better Tomorrow - 08/25/10 05:33 PM
 
Working for an hourly wage is not the way to get ahead in this life. That strategy allows you to pay the bills, take a vacation every now and then, and not much else. Before you know it, retirement age arrives but your portfolio is too anemic to quit working entirely, or worse, maybe you won’t be able to quit working at all – ever. The problem is that most people never learned how to invest properly. Here’s the short version: the stock market is bad; property investing is good.
This nightmare scenario of a working retirement has become a … (2 comments)

The Ugly Truth: 10 years of losing for stock market investors - 08/24/10 03:34 PM
 
Yes, the truth is ugly, very ugly. Your stock broker can’t tell you what he doesn’t understand and his ignorance is costing stock investors big time. Here’s the ugly truth behind your portfolio – even if you’re marking down a 10% return on investment (ROI) as profit each year on Wall Street, it’s a paper tiger. In reality, you’re not making a penny because inflation is eating you alive.
If you always dismissed inflation as nothing more than an irritant, something that existed but didn’t make much difference on ROI to an investor, you better sit up and pay attention … (0 comments)

I discuss personal and organizational development with expert David Allen - 08/23/10 03:12 PM
In episode number 160 of the Creating Wealth Show, Jason Hartman (that's me!) interviews David Allen, author of Getting Things Done and Making It All Work. David is an expert in personal and organizational productivity and highly recognized in the corporate environment due to his executive coaching efforts and book publications. In this episode, David lends his expertise on ways people can get their lives under control and how to decide what to do, which include the five steps to getting a situation under control and six steps to deciding how to achieve the ending goal. In today’s atmosphere, David finds … (0 comments)

Wealth Strategies for Christian Investors - 08/20/10 06:28 PM
Think diversification is only for heathens? Christian investors should take a look at Ecclesiastes 11:2, where King Solomon wrote to “Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on earth.” This basic market truth should be ignored at your own peril. It wasn’t by accident that the Queen of Sheba noted that everything Solomon’s hands touched turned to gold, or that the Lord told Solomon he would endow him with riches, honor, and wisdom.
In basic terms, Solomon’s wisdom tells Christian investors to spread their investment around and not sink it … (3 comments)

There are Non-conventional Ways to Finance Non-owner Occupied Real Estate - 08/20/10 01:05 PM
 
Founder of the Creating Wealth Show and Platinum Properties Investor Network, Jason Hartman (that's me!), speaks on the difficulties of obtaining traditional financing now that banks are overcorrecting their past lending mistakes. In episode number 148, Jason invites Atlanta-based investment property rehabilitators Eric and Jim, along with Sara Liskey, who is part of the Platinum team, to speak on available financing and property investment opportunities available throughout the country.
Over the last few years, financing has become increasingly difficult and currently will take many more hoops to jump through. Typically, investors should expect to need six months cash reserves, less … (0 comments)

When You’re Serious About Investing – Real Estate - 08/17/10 01:45 PM
 
Sometimes you hear someone refer to “playing the stock market.” They may not even realize how true that statement is. Money you toss that direction is “at play” to such a degree that it should scare away the serious investor who wants to change his financial future. You play the stock market like you play in Las Vegas, and with about the same chances for success, except Vegas is more fun.
Real estate has historically been the path to wealth. Never has that been more true than in today’s economy. We can bandy about the reasons all day long: prices … (4 comments)

A Tour Of The Global Real Estate Markets - 08/16/10 03:41 PM
In episode 166 of his Creating Wealth podcast series, host Jason Hartman (that's me!) is joined by Matthew Montagu-Pollock. Matthew heads up Global Property Guide, a crucial online tool in a market rocked by speculation, providing data to formulate smart investment strategies. Australia and New Zealand Real Estate
Matthew launches this guided investment tour in Australia and New Zealand where favorable lending rates have helped markets buck the latest downward trend. Unfortunately, rates suppressed in the interest of economic recovery inevitably rise, and prices haven’t fallen far enough to warrant “a happy investor strategy.” As with much of the world’s property … (1 comments)

How to Spot a Blogging Scam a Mile Away - 08/13/10 07:15 PM
If you’ve spent more than ten seconds online in the past five years, you’ve probably noticed an internet marketing strategy we’ll call the “blogging scam.” It’s basically a translation of direct marketing tactics to the internet, where the hard copy sales letter is replaced by a one page website with the sole purpose of getting you to buy an electronic product, often an ebook, or sign up for a mailing list, where you can be marketed to over and over.
Nothing illegal or heinous about it except that there are so many people out there pushing information of dubious quality. If … (1 comments)

Deflationists underestimate government stupidity - 08/12/10 01:56 PM
 
Economists love to smack the inflation badminton around, constantly trying to figure out if the trend is inflationary or deflationary. In our estimation, this is an easy one. Inflation has been a sometimes slow and sometimes fast force in the American market since President Nixon unpinned the dollar from gold in the early 1970s.
Certainly, like any market that can be charted on a graph, inflation has – at times – retracted slightly before surging ahead again, but looking at the long term general trend, the course is inevitably onward and upward.
Deflationists sometimes deploy the argument that the government … (1 comments)

Positive thinking works! - 08/12/10 01:48 PM
 
Thinking positive is not just a load of New Age malarkey. Your present circumstances in life are a direct result of how your brain thinks. Jason Hartman (that's me) discussed this topic with Dr. Jim Wendling on episode #170 of the Creating Wealth Show. Think about it – how many negative thinkers do you know who have become wildly successful?
Our guess is not many.
Wealth building seems to have a strange correlation to one’s optimistic belief that all things are possible. Defeatist, self-limiting outlooks is an epidemic these days, and people who fall prey to that trap can expect … (11 comments)

Duke University’s Michael Munger on Creating Wealth in a Down Economy - 08/11/10 01:34 PM
Michael Munger, Duke University’s political science chair and former candidate for Governor in the state of North Carolina,  joins Jason Hartman (that's me!) on  the Creating Wealth Show to talk about the government’s role in the current economy and how to become wealthy while others attempt to find their path to financial freedom. Michael states during podcast  number 134, “our own government created a trap,” while he refers to the recent tumble of the economy, “our government provided a variety of subsidies for home ownership which disguises the fact that people who couldn’t own homes would actually be put into them.” … (0 comments)

(Book) information marketing that works - 08/11/10 12:43 PM
 
If you’re one of the few people on this planet who not only had a book inside you but managed to spill it out onto actual pages and now have a product to sell – congratulations – now forget everything you ever heard about marketing. Unless your name is Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, or Tom Clancy, chances are the following activities will cost you money and waste your time:
1.book signings 2.marketing to libraries 3.marketing to other retailers 4.marketing to other distributors
The preceding list might stroke your ego a little but do you seriously expect to sell more than … (0 comments)

This is my favorite saying - 08/10/10 02:51 PM
 
If you haven’t noticed it on my (Jason Hartman) website yet, my favorite saying goes like this: “Don’t wait to buy real estate. Buy real estate…then wait.” I can hear the groans out there already. No one likes the idea of twiddling their thumbs forever when it comes time to begin wealth building. Sorry if you’re impatient but that’s the way it goes. I'm talking real life here. Not the hyperactive, get-rich-quick pitches on late night television that promise thousands of dollars a day will soon be flowing into your account.

The neat little part about buying and holding … (5 comments)

Immediate Results with Social Media - 08/04/10 07:14 PM
 
It’s hard to talk about internet marketing strategies today without running into the concept of social media (SM). You know the usual suspects – Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkdIn, etc. But simply opening a half dozen SM accounts and throwing content at it is not the way to go. Social media can be very effective – WHEN USED PROPERLY!
Sorry to shout. It’s just that there are so many poor examples of social media in action. Make your effort one of the good ones.
1. Make it easy and safe for your audience to participate. Yes, content matters but so does … (8 comments)

Mobile Home Park Investment Advice From Expert Dave Reynolds - 08/04/10 02:35 PM
In a downsized economy where only service industry jobs seem to be booming, the trend is away from upscale properties while demand is growing in the rental sector. Meanwhile, the window of opportunity is narrowing to take advantage of a market that has been both maligned and neglected – mobile home parks. In episode #168 of The Creating Wealth Show guest Dave Reynolds shares his expertise on the subject. Reynolds was born into the business, but he wasn’t infatuated with it until he viewed his dad’s profitable park management with the perspective of a recent accounting graduate. His own entry into … (2 comments)

Like Junk Bonds, Only Better - 08/03/10 01:48 PM
 
The great part about junk bonds is you can make an incredible return on your investment. The rest of the story is there is a high risk of default. Is it possible to earn junk bond level returns without the accompanying risk?

We thought you’d never ask. Of course there is! It’s called income property and if you are serious about achieving financial independence, we’ve never seen anything like it. Here’s another example from the eternally robust (for investors) Indianapolis real estate market.
We’re talking about an 1,800 square foot property built in 2000. Yes, it needs some rehab … (0 comments)

Twitter Business Center is coming! - 08/03/10 01:13 PM
 
Twitter. Facebook. MySpace. The rub with the powers-that-be in charge of each of these social media titans is how to make them profitable. From a business perspective, what good is it to have 70 trillion thousand participants but not make a single red cent in profit?

The soon-to-be-launched Twitter Business Center (TBC), now available to small, hand-picked group of users, proves at least one of the Big Three is on the case. What exactly will the TBC do that anyone cares about? The answer to that question is still to be determined but here’s the plan.
The TBC is … (2 comments)

Rich Dad, Poor Dad Author, Robert Kiyosaki, Shares Investing Strategies on the Creating Wealth Show - 08/02/10 06:03 PM
 
Have you all listend to my interview with Robert Kiyosaki? See recent press release below regarding this episode...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Creator of the Rich Dad series and New York Times best selling author, Robert Kiyosaki, suggests the idea of increasing financial education as the right way to protect oneself in a down economy versus investing in a “well diversified portfolio of stocks, bonds and mutual funds.” During the 111th episode of The Creating Wealth Show, which spotlights an interview with Robert Kiyosaki, host, Jason Hartman, asks Robert why the middle-class is currently being wiped out, and what can possibly be … (0 comments)

 
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While running my successful real estate and media businesses, I (Jason Hartman) believe that giving back to the community plays an important role in building strong personal relationships. In addition to my real estate investing company (Platinum Properties Investor Network - www.JasonHartman.com), I established The Jason Hartman Foundation in 2005 with $200,000 of my own money to provide financial literacy education to young adults so they can utilize the all important real world skills not taught in school which are the key to the financial stability and success of future generations. We’re in a global monetary crisis caused by decades of misguided policies and the cycle of financial dependence has to be broken, literacy and self-reliance are a good start. I am here to help!


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