Real Estate
Median Home Prices Inflation Adjusted
I recently dispelled the myth that the stock market always goes up, and in fact showed that adjusted for inflation, if provides a return of between 1% to 2% per year. Some people think that real estate has been a good investment. This is not so; we still have a bit of ways to decline [...]
LLC Estate Planning Features
LLC (limited liability company) can provide a vehicle for passing wealth to younger family members without having to re-title the real estate. Once real estate is transferred into an LLC, the members’ interest is converted to personal proerty, which is represented by their LLC “shares.” These shares can be transferred incrementally to children [...]
Is Real Estate a Great Investment?
There are many types of investment opportunities, including real estate. However, real estate as your primary residence may not be all that appealing.
Historically, residential real estate has appreciated at a little over 6 percent a year. But rising prices are only part of the story. Appreciation figures don’t capture the vast [...]
Money Merge Account Scam and Utah Fraud
Yes, Utah is the hotbed for scams and fraudulent activity. One of the recent ones I have heard about is the Money Merge Account created by United First Financial (located in Bluffdale, Utah). They charge you $3,500 to basically tell you to use your discretionay money to pre-pay the principle on your home [...]
Paying Off Your Mortgage Early
Some financial “experts” say that you should have the biggest mortgage you can get, and for the longest time period you can get, and never pay any additional principle. The reason, because of the low interest rate in comparison to the yield that you could get by investing in the stock market. Are they [...]
Stupid Banks in the Housing Market
When you read an article like the following where a foreclosed home sold for only $1, you no longer have to wonder why banks are losing money.
In what might be considered a new low for the housing market, a home in Detroit sold for $1.
The home, located at 8111 Traverse Street, close to the Detroit [...]
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