Retirement Plan Facts

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• Regular Folk and Their Retirement Plan Status – Einstein and Insanity July 30, 2010
  “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” Albert Einstein Gonna throw some reality, some empirical truth, and some food for thought about your retirement. This goes for all ages. By the time the average American celebrates their 58th birthday, their retirement plan, in whatever form it [...] […]
• Your #1 Job As A Real Estate Investor — Along With Sleepin’ Well July 29, 2010
  Everybody wants a retirement with more than ‘enough’ income, stability, more than a little tax shelter — all while knowing their capital is relatively safe. That’s a huge order for one reason — great return, heck any return on your capital, is a distant second to the preservation of that capital. The assessment of risk is [...] […]
• The Real Estate Investor’s Ceaseless Search For Ever Higher Returns July 28, 2010
  So much of what concerns you as an investor (Captain Obvious alert!) is return on your capital. Everyone’s lookin’ for THE property. You know the one — double digit cap rate, highest quality tenants, location to die for, yadda yadda. What happens next is the learning curve? Right, we all found out where the extra [...] […]
• 401K or EIUL? July 26, 2010
  Written By — David Shafer History has pointed out that those who sell mutual funds [and stocks in general] tend toward an idealized view of the future that can be rightly called Pollyannaism [having an overly positive view]. While those selling Life Insurance tend to be exactly the opposite, perhaps alarmist in viewpoint. [...] […]
• Friday’s Real Estate Investment Mortgage Recap July 23, 2010
  Written By — Chad Emerson As I mentioned last week, eventually there was going to be some profit-taking going on at The Wall, and that’s what we saw Thursday. Looks like the Dow has made some recovery, up another 200 today as I write this. Interest rates had a slight tick upwards of 1/8th [...] […]