Educational Podcasts
Cypress Ponders and Rejects EU Confiscation Plan
The fiscal mess infecting certain nations of the European Union (EU) continues to astound those of us on the outside looking in. This time it’s Cypress that finds itself in dire financial straits and the EU knew they needed a bailout plan. Unfortunately for those...
People Are Moving to Our Property Markets
We don’t like to brag - well, sometimes we do just a little bit - but it seems that America is beginning to figure out that the markets we’ve been recommending to income property investors for years are being discovered by the public at large as pretty nice places to...
The Billion Dollar Industry Called Corporate Housing
Mobile home parks. Self-storage lots. Residential housing. Commercial housing. These are just some of the ways investors can approach income property investing. But there’s one strategy we haven’t spent much time discussing and, truth be told, it’s a pretty big...
Death of the Middle Class Stockholder
As goes the middle class, so goes the American economy. That's been the conventional wisdom, at least, ever since the second world war ended and gave rise to a newfound prosperity for that large group of people who weren't quite rich and weren't quite poor. These days...
Should You Talk Clients Out of Overseas Investing?
One of the perceived advantages to overseas investing is that the foreign markets move in opposition to domestic markets. In essence, they would act like a hedge of sorts, gaining in value when US markets are dropping. The reality is that the hidden drawbacks present...
28% ROI Should Get Their Attention
Anyone can make any kind of crazy claim they want about an insanely high rate of return. When you can actually prove the return by showing numbers – then you’ve got something. At AIPIS we teach our agents to educate their clients that they don’t have to settle for...
How to NOT Catch the Flu
There’s a lot of paranoia out there about the advisability of getting a flu vaccine. That’s a personal decision but regardless of where you fall on the spectrum of government trust, there’s no denying that the flu is out in force this time of year. Since it never...
Deals That Sell Themselves
Have you ever noticed that real estate professionals sometimes try too hard and start to resemble the shrill shrieking of the worst used car salesman you can imagine? We’d like to take this opportunity to remind you that the best sales person is the one who lets an...
Always Know Your Credit Score
Here's the official word from the FTC: The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) requires each of the nationwide consumer reporting companies — Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion — to provide you with a free copy of your credit report, at your request, once every 12 months....
10 Year Cycle – 5 Year Memory
It’s been said that real estate runs in ten year cycles, while investors’ memory stretches to fill only about half that time. Right away, there’s an obvious potential for a problem, especially once we get about five years from the end of the most recent cycle. In...