jason hartman: 5 Ways To Finance Investment Property - 11/09/11 11:54 AM
Unless you have an impeccable credit score, it is difficult to purchase an investment property using financing. Getting into real estate investment for the first time can be more than challenging, it can be down right impossible.
In this article, I take a look at 5 ways to finance a real estate investment. Don't forget to click the "continue reading" button to view the final two methods to get financing in today's economy.
1. Traditional Financing
When you hear about people using traditional means to handle the financing, they mean organizations like banks, credit unions, and other financial strongholds.  The subprime … (3 comments)

jason hartman: 5 Important Tips For Income Property Investors - 11/01/11 07:52 AM
Yes, bad news regarding real estate is all around us. It seems everywhere I turn, radio or TV news, websites, even family gatherings are full of people complaining about the recession and how real estate has taken a HUGE hit. They are right, however it is not ALL bad news. 
Now is one of the best times ever to purchase income property. Low home prices, combined with low interest rates and thousands of people looking to rent instead of own, make this a real estate investor's ultimate dream. Let's review: money is cheap to borrow, and investment properties are cheap to buy. But before you jump … (4 comments)

jason hartman: Tax Consequences of a Short Sale or Foreclosure - In only 30 minutes! - 09/20/11 06:35 AM

One of our recommedned CPA/Lawyers will be live at 11am (PST), 2pm (EST) today to reveal some tax consequences of a short sale or foreclosure.
If you, a friend, family member, or business partner has had to settle a credit card debt, modify a loan, complete a short-sale transaction, or go through a foreclosure on a property you own, this IS A MUST LISTEN SHOW!   Mark breaks down the 1099-C and HOW to get out of the Debt Forgiveness Income.  You would be suprised to learn there are several ways to get out of claiming this income and it can … (0 comments)

jason hartman: Avoid These 3 Mistakes When Seeking Cash Partners for Real Estate - 08/30/11 04:26 AM
 
 

Think about it... It costs more to buy a single family residential home than it does to plunk down the cash to buy a share of stock or an ounce of gold. This reality of investing leaves many beginner investors wondering whether or not they should find cash partners for real estate when they're ready to buy. After almost a quarter century in the property business, we can say the answer is an unqualified "yes." Except when it's "no." Or perhaps we should say "yes" but with a few caveats. Nobody wants to be left holding the bag … (2 comments)

jason hartman: Don't Fall for These 8 Scare Tactics Used On Property Investors - 08/09/11 06:48 AM
We could make this article really short and simply say, "In real estate, there are no guarantees." That's all, folks. Over and out. Laid bare to the essentials, that's what property investors should keep in mind while out combing the hinterlands for the next great deal. But for the marketing companies that are trying to get you to buy their property, no wild-eyed guarantee is too crazy to lay claim to. Without a working time machine, no one can tell the future, least of all those sketchy marketers looking to sneak a curve ball through the strike zone a new land … (3 comments)

jason hartman: 2 Huge Legal Mistakes Property Investors MUST Avoid - 07/27/11 01:16 PM
Dear Investment Property Investors,
Is it your goal to become engulfed in a nasty lawsuit that threatens to destroy the lucrative real estate portfolio you've diligently creating for years? I doubt it! Funny, it's often the small things that investors trip on, and these two items lead the list of "easy things to fix that could wipe you out if you're not paying attention."
1. One Size Fits All Forms Come on, you know you've been tempted by the cut rate prices for basic legal services provided by online companies like Legal Zoom. Reassured by the fact that it was … (3 comments)

jason hartman: This Real Estate Investing Strategy Doesn't Require Picking Bottoms - 07/26/11 07:41 AM
While executing your investment property strategy, picking an exact market bottom isn't as critical as you might think. It only has to do with your property making financial sense at the moment you pull the trigger (the day you buy them). While I would never suggest you ignore the reality of local property prices, the strategy I discuss on the Creating Wealth Show doesn't mean you have to pick an absolute bottom to make a profit.
For example: Consider the Orlando market, a city whose property prices have been beaten up pretty badly in recent years. We can look at the … (2 comments)

jason hartman: 10 Reasons Why the Economic Recovery is Still Out of Sight - 07/22/11 10:31 AM
I believe the very survival of our American way of life is at stake. I recently noted a post at EndTimeInfo.com elucidating 10 coherent reasons that the "recovery" trumpeted in our faces over the past year and a half has been the very definition of a fraud.
Take it away Endtimers. We couldn't have said it better ourselves...
1) In 2009, when the media claimed the economic “recovery” had begun, oil prices averaged $54 dollars a barrel. In the 24 months since, the cost has doubled. Americans are paying more and more to fill up at the pump with Goldman Sachs … (5 comments)

jason hartman: Banks Planning Strategic Default As Well? What's This Nation Coming To? - 07/21/11 06:21 AM
I noticed a recent entry at the You Walk Away blog describing the rising incidence of banks walking away from properties prior to completing the entire foreclosure process. Banks are defaulting as well? Should I be surprised. I can't say that I didn't see this coming.  We know that more and more individual borrowers with massive negative equity in their home are choosing to do this, but banks? What's the deal? According to an article quoted from the Chicago Tribune, the deal is this:
"Abandoned foreclosures are increasing as mortgage investors determine that, at sale, they can’t recoup the costs of … (2 comments)

jason hartman: Foreclosure Reversal - Sweet Justice? - 07/07/11 06:17 AM
As I sit here in my office reading all these great stories/articles, I can't help but share some with my loyal Active Rain family... such as the recent case in Naples, Florida, where a couple who were wrongfully foreclosed upon managed to legally turn the tables on a Bank of America branch and foreclose on them instead. As an eternal symbol of the stunning level of incompetence and criminal behavior to which corporate America can stoop, Bank of America found itself splashed across websites and newspapers from coast to coast for all the wrong reasons - again.
I have written more … (4 comments)

jason hartman: Investment Properties Best Bought Without Emotion - 04/20/11 04:40 AM
According to a recent study on investor timing when it comes to buying and selling assets, we suggest you open a can of Mr. Spock on your strategy. Remember Mr. Spock? The half-human, half-vulcan first officer aboard the original Star Trek television series starring that guy in the Priceline ads before he became a caricature and national treasure? According to the New York Times, Philip Z. Maymin, of the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, studied call records at an investment boutique over the course of 17 years.
His finding was that, left to their own devices, most investors can pinpoint … (0 comments)

jason hartman: Wall Street vs. Real Estate Investing - Quit Playing An Insider's Game From The Outside - 04/15/11 06:29 AM
Over the years we've provided what we feel is a pretty clear cut case, based on an overwhelming preponderance of evidence, that Wall Street is an ineffective place to invest your money. To sum up exactly what's wrong with it - buying stock is like playing an insider's game from the outside. Are you an insider? If so, congratulations on making a very nice living screwing your fellow man out of his retirement. Enjoy your money quickly because you never know when the SEC or FBI will come a'knocking with a long list of questions.
There are two main reasons we … (0 comments)

jason hartman: Don't "Charlie Sheen" Your Real Estate Investment Portfolio - 04/01/11 10:13 AM
You know you've made an indelible mark on the American culture when your name can be used as a verb and everyone understands the meaning perfectly. Has anyone besides us noticed that Mr. Sheen has gone a bit off his rocker lately? To be perfectly honest, his manic, incoherent behavior leads us to believe he might have been the victim of an unfortunate self-administered lobotomy performed with a pencil under the effect of cocaine. We're just saying, "Dude, we'd have to think long and hard to come up with a better example of a public implosion." Actually, maybe not that long … (2 comments)

jason hartman: Unemployment Predictions for 2011 and What They Mean for Real Estate Investors - 03/08/11 08:35 AM
Employment is one of the fundamental factors of economic growth that represent the most frequently used yardstick for measuring recoveries. In discussion of employment, there are two distinctly different categories of unemployment that must be understood. The first is the ‘narrow’ definition that compares the people who are unemployed and looking for work against the total labor force who is employed or looking. The alternative or ‘broad’ definition includes discouraged workers who have stopped looking for work and incorporates the number of people who are working part time, but would like to be employed full time.
Some strange nuances can influence … (1 comments)

jason hartman: Double-Dip Recession - What this means for real estate investors - 02/15/11 10:43 AM
The recent financial news has been abuzz with exhortations over the anticipation of an end to the recent financial calamity. The stock market has already discounted this optimism into its valuation, as current market values represent a multiple of forecasted earnings per share well in excess of historical trends. The conventional wisdom is that the economy will get “back on track” in the next few months and resume its previous trajectory of long term growth. The factor that nobody seems to be considering is the fact that the previous ‘track’ the economy had been traveling down is the express route to … (4 comments)

jason hartman: 3 Self Storage Investing Myths Revealed - 02/09/11 04:47 AM
Have you heard of the dangers involved in self storage investing? Too much competition. You have to build a new facility to make money. Financing is difficult to find. While one should never enter a serious investment on a whim, we suspect that much of this type of propaganda is circulated by people already making nice money in the industry, and who would say anything to keep others from taking a slice of the quite lucrative pie. We know real estate investing is history’s best bet. The numbers prove that fact. Self storage investing, though, might be the best of the … (6 comments)

jason hartman: Tracking Inflation in the Coming Year - Important for Real Estate Investors - 02/09/11 04:22 AM
The general price level in 2010 relative to 2009 shows average price levels that are nearly flat. The reason for this trend is significant commodity price increases in 2007 and 2008 that collapsed after the global financial crisis. Much of the reason for the price volatility in commodities is leveraged buying and selling through hedge funds that drove prices up during the bubble and precipitated a price crash after the bubble collapsed as many entities were simultaneously deleveraging their positions. To demonstrate this phenomenon, we have graphed the Consumer Price Index for Urban residents (CPI-U), Producer Price Index for Finished Goods … (0 comments)

jason hartman: Phoenix, AZ - 19.4% Return On Investment Property for 2011 - 02/07/11 06:34 AM
Market values in Phoenix are currently at approximately the same level as in the year 2000. The market area experienced a tremendous run-up during the real estate bubble and a spectacular during the financial crisis. During 2010, the regression back to fundamentals continued in Phoenix. For people who bought at the wrong time, this value contraction leverages out to a rather substantial loss. However, the current low interest rates allow buyers to generate cash flows that will help them to sustain the investment through value fluctuations until a path of growth is resumed.
By focusing on investment in deals that produce … (0 comments)

jason hartman: Why the News Media is Dead Wrong About Inflation and the Economy - 01/26/11 11:01 AM
Recent news cycles have been peppered with reports of looming inflation from economists and business leaders, along with the expected denials and excuses from politicians and their propaganda outlets in the news media. Chief among the distortions being advanced is the notion that inflation cannot persist in a down economy.The basis for this fallacious claim is a relic of Keynsian economics known as the “Phillips Curve.” This diagram represents a perceived trade-off between inflation and unemployment within a market economy, which was based on experiential observation during the mid-twentieth century. The narrative that is used to sell this line of reasoning … (2 comments)

jason hartman: Why the Stock Market Can Be Dangerous in the Current Environment - 01/13/11 06:02 AM
 
Conventional wisdom has long held that the way to become wealthy over the long-term is by compounded investment in the stock market. The reason for this was quite clear when one looked at the chart of historical returns. By making very modest investments at regular intervals over a long period of time, small investors could create very large amounts of wealth. This line of thinking is what has prompted most employers to source their 401k retirement plans with mutual funds that invest in the stock market.
Unfortunately, the movement of stock market investment into the ‘main stream’ of America has … (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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