Author: joshuab
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CI 148 – Interest Rates Impact on Cap Rates with Mike Zlotnik
Jason Hartman talks with Venture Alliance member Mike Zlotnik about cap rates in today’s interest rate environment. Mike explains what happens to cap rates (and commercial real estate investing as a whole) when interest rates start rising. After years of artificially low interest rates, we’re starting to see rates finally rise, so strap in and…
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AIPIS 251 – Insure Your Equity with Value Insured’s Joe Melendez
Jason Hartman talks with Joe Melendez, Founder & CEO of Value Insured, which features a new product that can reimburse homeowners up to their full down payment if the market went down when they sold their house. The two discuss the lack of inventory in the entry level home market, the hazards of regulation on…
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AMA 244 – Inflation’s Impact on the Economy and Consumers with Thomas Young
Jason Hartman takes today’s episode to look at inflation, the trade war, and how the economy lags behind things like these. To help him with that dissection he brings in one of the new additions to his team, in house economist Thomas. Thomas helps Jason decipher his charts that show how the home sales change…
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HS 433 FBF – Fortified Homes & Hardened Structures with Brian Camden
Today’s Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 126, originally published in February 2013. Economic tensions, nuclear and EMP threats, and acts of terrorism, both domestic and abroad, have people concerned about their safety and survival. During the Cold War, bomb shelters or fallout shelters became very popular. Today, your own home can provide the protection…
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SW 374 FBF – Organic SEO with Adam Dince
Today’s Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 126, originally published in December 2013. Adam Dince is the Head of Organic Search (SEO) at Deluxe Corp. He joins the show to discuss what small online businesses can offer that big businesses can’t and how to better optimize keyword search. He also explains what teenagers can teach…