Real Estate Investing in the Real World

I made a New Year's resolution recently concerning my own investment portfolio.   Two important concepts in investing are a) use leverage and appreciation to grow your portfolio and b) don't fall in love with a property.  Properties are investments and they're there to make you money; when a bett...

Today Pat Vredevoogd Combs, president of the National Association of Realtors, issued a statement in favor of H.R. 111, the Community Choice in Real Estate Act (CCR).  This was a pretty fluffy statement, even by NAR press release standards, but I guess you can't blame him for jumping in and suppo...

My wife belongs to our local businesswoman's association.  She's in the medical field.  She doesn't attend meetings religiously, but she shows up from time to time.  The makeup of the group doesn't vary much.  There are a smattering a small business owners.  There's a good dose of financial advis...