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real estate investing: Are Real Estate Investment Trusts a sound vessel – or a sinking ship?
- 07/09/15 10:16 AM
Are REITS (Real Estate Investment Trusts) a sound vessel – or a sinking ship?
REITs, or Real Estate Investment Trusts, have been hot product for investors the last few years, a sophisticated and risk-adverse method of leveraging a rising and rebounding real estate market. Simply put, REITs are companies or funds that own or finance income producing real estate, leveraging the benefits of the real estate sector without having to own – or manage – individual properties. But lately, cracks are appearing in the impenetrable hull of REITs, based on concerns and loss of profits amid Fed rate hikes. … (0 comments)
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real estate investing: 3 schools of thought on RE: New School, Old School, and Right School.
- 05/17/14 03:21 PM
There are three schools of thinking when it comes to real estate: the Old School, the New School, and the Right School. I’ll explain all three.
Old School:
Much of our financial advice comes from our parents, or parents’ parents, who pass down ultra-conservative, Depression era thinking when it comes to money. Real security came through getting an education and having one good job for life, as was the notion that you should pay down your mortgage and own your home outright as quickly as possible. Often, people kept the same job for life and bought a home with a large down … (1 comments)
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real estate investing: The lessons Warren Buffet wants to teach you about real estate.
- 03/27/14 01:31 AM
The world’s third richest man has something he wants to tell you. He’s practically imploring you to listen as he dispenses a parcel of the wisdom that’s made him the third-richest man in the world. We hardly need to check his resume to convince us to listen, but the billionaire Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and Svengali of investing has this message for you:
Buy real estate.
Of course it goes deeper than that, as there’s a right way to buy real estate and a lot of wrong ways. Thankfully Buffet, always generous with sharing his philosophies, has left enough breadcrumbs for us to … (2 comments)
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Are REITS (Real Estate Investment Trusts) a sound vessel – or a sinking ship? 
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