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Wall Street’s Lost Decade

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A Decade of Negative Returns Last week, the S&P 500 Index made news by hitting a 4 year high. While Wall Street shamelessly hyped this grand achievement, here is the reality: At a time when tens of millions of Americans are nearing retirement, their portfolios have seen no real gains in the last four years. [...]

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Investor Intelligence – The Housing Market Paradox

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March 5th, 2012 Welcome to the latest edition of Investor Intelligence. This week, we look at the latest reports from the housing market, changing attittudes about renting vs. buying, and a broad look at the multifamily market. Your feedback is important. If there are any topics you would like us to cover please let us [...]

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New Kids on the Block

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The Other Side of the Coin If we had a nickel for every article written about the Baby Boomer generation, we would most likely be living in the Caribbean sipping umbrella drinks and thinking about an afternoon nap. The ubiquitous Boomers have influenced modern America like no other generation and continue to do so as they move [...]

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Texas Triangle Presents a Historic Opportunity

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Not All Lists are Created Equal If you want to be successful apartment investor, selecting the right market is one of the most crucial decisions you will make as you manage your portfolio. Each year, we see just about every major publication release it’s version of the 10 best cities for.. .(fill in the blank) [...]

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Investor Profile: Mary Anne Magnaghi

Honest and Trustworthy I met Ed Barriskill in the late 1990s when a friend was selling her condo, and we have had an excellent working relationship since that time–both in the residential and commercial real estate markets. When we met, Ed had an outstanding record in real estate. But more importantly, I found Ed to [...]

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The 3 Most Crucial Investment Diversification Tests

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Apartment investing diversification Diversification and the goal of having a diversified portfolio in general is an overly abused concept.  It is an ideal made popular through a strong push by the equity investment, investment publishing, and journalism communities. Diversification isn’t inherently bad either. It’s just the wrong focus. What we advise our clients to do [...]

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3 Critically Important Demographic Trends Apartment Investors Need to Know

Apartment Investing is a the most proven building block for developing permanent wealth.  With sound market analysis and strong property and asset managers you can rest assured that your investment will: Maintain its value Increase in value every year based on improved operations Generate Passive Cash Flow Provide increasing cash flows every year based on [...]

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Apartment Investing Goals are achieved only through action…

I subscribe to a decent amount of positive affirmation information sites, if only just to keep at bay the onslought of negative press that we all receive on a daily basis through the media.  What I received this morning was spot on from Bob Proctor. “Life is too short to waste. Dreams are fulfilled only [...]

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