According to the National Association of Realtors, first-time home buyers have dwindled from a normal 40 percent of the market to numbers substantially below that, 28 percent in April 2012 and 34 percent in May of that year. Whoa, Nellie! What’s up? We could stand...
Trump University: Scandal or Smear?
The charges and counter-charges are flying fast and furious in the $40 million lawsuit filed against “Trump University” by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. The state’s case claims that developer and reality television star (Apprentice and Celebrity...
10 Legitimate Landlord Deductions
Here’s a question every landlord should ask himself: “Would I prefer to pay less in taxes on my rental income or more?” C’mon, who would choose to pay more? The answer is YOU do if you’re not taking advantage of these 10 perfectly legal tax deductions for landlords....
Jason Hartman’s Executive Property Tour Rolls Into Austin
Judging from the calls we receive on a daily basis, the average newbie real estate investor thinks he or she has missed out on the rock bottom housing prices that followed the latest foreclosure crisis, and that it’s too late to begin creating wealth through income...
Hard Money: Extreme Non-Traditional Financing
Even though the real estate lending environment has relaxed somewhat, banks are still skittish about doling out money to borrowers without a kidney donation and rights to their firstborn. Luckily - and sometimes not so much - there are alternative ways of procuring...
More Evidence That You Can’t Time the Market
Jason Hartman has always claimed that trying to eke out a profit on Wall Street, unless you happen to be the broker or fund manager and can cash in on administrative or transaction fees, makes about as much sense as rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. A recent...
Quit Your Day Job (Eventually): Here’s How
(Our thanks to Brandon Turner for his excellent post HERE that got us thinking about the topic) The sad reality of human existence is that most of us have to work a day job. Even more vexing is the fact that nearly two-thirds of Americans say they are not happy at...
Investors – Who Wants a 38% First Year ROI?
Sometimes we come across an income property deal so good we can’t keep it to ourselves. With the common client refrain, “But there aren’t any good properties left,” ringing in our ears, we offer the following positive cash flow deal in the Atlanta area. It’s available...
The Old-Fashioned Value of Social Media
A five-year old article posted at TwistImage.com made us here at AIPIS stop and scratch our collective heads. The author (Mitch Joel) decided to turn conventional wisdom around and look at the slow benefits of engaging in social media. The very thought of removing...
Bloated Government Creates a Tough Investment Environment
At AIPIS, we’ve always been of the opinion that a SMALL federal government is critical to building wealth in a free and open market. With the idea of a small governing body nothing but a pipe dream, we can at least hope that its size might be reduced in small...