If I have learned anything over the past few years with regard to real estate investing, it is that the market is ever-changing and, in order to be successful, you must be willing to adapt and change in line with the market fluctuations.That said, what types of strategies are effective for investing in today’s market?…
Many investors are considering buying RV parks as not only an investment, but as a lifestyle choice. With millions of Americans approaching retirement, a very fundamental concept is combining one’s retirement years with one’s investment objectives – and this often points to an RV park as the best of both worlds.RV parks not only offer…
With single-family homes, a legitimate zero down deal is about as likely as sleet in San Diego. However, with mobile home parks, they are as common as rain. Of the 25 mobile home parks I’ve bought, about five of them — or 20% — were zero down.So how do you get a zero down mobile…
There are over 8,000,000 RV owners in the U.S., and they all have to stay somewhere. But that’s no excuse for not treating every single one as though they are the most important customer in the world. That kind of attitude will propel you to the top of the pile in RV park owners –…
People spend a huge amount of their time reading and studying stock market research and financial newsletters on how to invest their retirement funds. If you have $200,000 in savings, at the prevailing CD rate of 3%, that’s $6,000 per year. And even if you are the best stock picker since Warren Buffet, you are…
Equities find positive territoryMost G20 bourses closed up in positive territory at the end of Q3. The FTSE 100 went up 21 percent. Between July and September 2009 it rose a number of times, particularly during August when it was reported to have climbed by 8.4 percent over the course of the year, having rallied…
It’s amazing what a difference a couple of dots can make to a bank’s image. As today’s post-meltdown banks rush to remind nervous clients of their stability, one of the global banking giants has gone back to its heritage to do so. Having taken a long look at what customers really want in a bank,…
An investment banker associate of mine recently shared an interesting statistic. He said his business, a veteran establishment, currently spends around 80 percent of its time with buyers. This time is spent reassuring them that they’re getting a good deal when buying a company. Now that’s a sign of the times. Rewind two years, and…
For at least a quarter-century, the financial sector has grown far more rapidly than the economy as a whole, both in developed and in most developing countries. The ratio of total financial assets (stocks, bonds, and bank deposits) to GDP in the UK was about 100 percent in 1980, while by 2006 it had risen…
If banks provide the fuel for modern economies, then corporates are its engines. Without them, we would earn and consume nothing, trade would evaporate, savings would be wiped out, banks would fail and tax receipts would plunge. Care then is needed when drafting rules and protocols to ensure they do not drive corporates off the…
