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The economy is in for a bit of a ride! The federal reserve in their last meeting changed their tone signaling two more rate increases this year as opposed to one bringing the total rate increase to four. Why is…
The Federal reserve in their recent Report on Economic Well being made two very concerning discoveries: 1) 40% of all adults if faced with an unexpected expense of $400 would not be able to cover it 2) 25% of…
No I’m not crazy and I don’t subscribe to conspiracy theories. But, as we speak the value of your commercial real estate is being “changed” by the federal government. This is not a joke; the federal government is making your…
Last week an Uber driverless/ autonomous car struck and killed a pedestrian. This is the first fatality from a fully autonomous vehicle that was using sensors and artificial intelligence to drive itself. Why is this incident so important? How…
Reagonomics, Clintonomics, Obamanomics, Bushonomics (1 and 2), Trumponomics, and the new Moronomics which has been embraced by both political parties. It seems like every party has their own economics plan whether is it trickle down or trickle up; economists continue…
A year ago, most of the world had never heard of bitcoin or cryptocurrency. All of the sudden bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are the new rage stealing the headlines. What does this mean for real estate? Should buyer/sellers/lenders/loan servicers utilize…
The map above is the most important picture for Real Estate Profitability. What does it signify? What do the dark green areas mean? A recent article in the Wall Street Journal stated 19 million jobs will be eliminated in the…
The new republican tax plan came out today. This could have sweeping consequences for the entire real estate industry. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, said the tax changes could initially cut prices by 10 percent in expensive markets…
Unfortunately, this isn’t Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory up for grabs, but Amazon’s proposed Headquarters 2. This new factory would cost about 5 billion to build and employ about 50k highly paid tech workers. Why is the new HQ for Amazon…
Will the housing crisis happen again? Are you ready to bail out the mortgage industry to the tune of $100 billion? What can you do to protect yourself from the next downturn? Can you identify the areas that are most…