real estate investing

With high mortgage rates resulting in slower home sales, people aren't moving around as much, which is impacting the demand for self-storage space and resulting in lower asking rates for units. Rental rates dropped 4.1% year over year in October, a slight improvement from an average being down 4.3...

Euro Pacific Asset Management CEO and Chief Global Strategist Peter Schiff is well known for his predictions of seismic global financial events.  In a podcast with Sachs Reality Founder Todd Sachs, Schiff spoke about the impact of government policies in artificially inflating real estate...

Two important measures for real estate investment trusts (REITs) are a solid dividend growth record and recent dividend increases, no matter how large or small. Dividend increases provide investors with the assurance that the REIT's management perceives itself as able to maintain or increase its...

Grant Cardone, real estate titan and founder of Cardone Capital, recently sparked controversy with his candid views on homeownership. Speaking on "The Money Mondays Podcast," he stated, "If renting doesn’t make sense at half of what it costs to pay the mortgage, how does the mortgage make...

An increase in foreign travel following the reopening of all international borders earlier this year is positively impacting the hospitality industry, with global urban markets such as London, New York and Tokyo emerging as the most appealing for hotel investment. Because of the spike in travel,...

When analysts initiate coverage on a stock, it means they will begin to provide research on it and make investment recommendations for it for the first time. It typically leads to an increase in trading volume and interest among investors. It can help shares of those stocks to move higher....

U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-California) posted on X earlier this month to gain support for his Stop Wall Street Landlords Act bill. "The last thing Americans need is a Bezos-backed investment company further consolidating single-family homes and putting homeownership out of reach for more and more...

No matter who you are or what tax bracket you're in, one thing is true: You want to take advantage of as many legally authorized tax breaks as you can. If you don't act fast, you may lose the opportunity to get a 20% cut on your investment income. Keep reading to find out how you can still take...

The average American wage earner needs to earn tens of thousands of dollars per year more than in the past to afford the average house in America.  According to the U.S. Census, the average American household income in 2022 was $74,580. The average home price is $431,000, according to the...

After a difficult October that saw many real estate investment trusts (REITs) dropping to 52-week lows, November was a positive turning point for REITs, helped largely by the Federal Reserve's second consecutive pause on interest rate hikes and a burgeoning optimism that 2024 might include a rate...

Robert Kiyosaki, renowned for his bestselling book “Rich Dad Poor Dad,” advocates a provocative approach to wealth accumulation, stating, “My rich dad always said only lazy people use their own money.”  This philosophy underpins Kiyosaki’s success in transforming...

New York and Los Angeles have long reigned as America's largest cities, but a new study reveals that their time on top may be coming to an end. Online moving platform moveBuddha, which facilitates 400,000 moves annually, conducted a population growth projection that predicts that Dallas-Fort Worth...

A new private market real estate investment trust is available to investors interested in adding real estate to their portfolios.  Fractional investments grant individual investors access to the historically resilient and appreciating real estate asset class. Investors who may otherwise have...

It's always a difficult pill for investors to swallow when analysts downgrade their stocks.  Some reasons for analyst downgrades are: The stock has risen to the point where the analyst feels the stock is no longer a good value relative to its price, or an analyst feels that a company is...

Investors love dividend increases, both for the extra income generated as well as what they convey about the company's overall health. Dividend raises signal to shareholders that the company is experiencing growth in revenue and earnings, demonstrating its ability to pay out higher returns to its...