CW 332: Deregulated Hedge Funds with Les Leopold Author of ‘How to Make a Million Dollars An Hour’
Creating Wealth Real Estate Investing with Jason Hartman
Release Date: 08/11/2013
1340: Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill & Success & Something Greater, Your Magic Key with Sharon Lechter
Creating Wealth Real Estate Investing with Jason Hartman
Jason Hartman takes a deep, deep dive into Napoleon Hill's work in today's show. We first start off dissecting the ideas that Napoleon brought out in his work Think & Grow Rich. Jason looks at various aspects of the book and how we can use them in our lives today and what power they have when used properly. Then Jason talks with Sharon Lechter, former CEO of Rich Dad & Pay Yourself First and author of Success & Something Greater: Your Magic Key, about her experiences with both the Rich Dad company and the Napoleon Hill Foundation. Sharon provides unique insights into the impact...
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1339: P/PC Balance, Taking Action & 3 Forms of Power
Creating Wealth Real Estate Investing with Jason Hartman
Jason Hartman begins today's show discussing something he has been promising for a while, which is the P vs PC balance. You can't go full P(production) or full PC (production capacity), you have to find a balance. Just like, as investors, we have to find a balance between action and education. Then we have a clip from one of Jason's speeches at Profits in Paradise where he discusses the 3 forms of power. Key Takeaways: [2:55] Social mobility is still possible but it's harder than ever before [5:49] A clip from the Amazon documentary "Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream" [13:31]...
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1338: Leading v Lagging Indicators, Housing Starts, Business Migration with Ali Wolf
Creating Wealth Real Estate Investing with Jason Hartman
Jason Hartman begins today's show with a little good news and a little bad news. Along with that Jason explores the idea of seeing the world in black and white and how getting older helps with that. Then Jason finishes his interview with Ali Wolf, Director of Economic Research at Meyers Research, LLC., regarding what indicators you can expect to be leading and which are likely to be lagging. Some that seem like they could be leading are actually usually lagging and can hurt you if you invest off of them. Ali explains some ways she's been able to potentially see a downturn coming up to 3 years...
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1337: Mortgage Rates, Interest Rates, Short-Term Rental Laws & Housing Starts
Creating Wealth Real Estate Investing with Jason Hartman
Jason Hartman and investment counselor Adam begin today's show discussing two important things for a real estate investor: laws and the future. First off is good news for those investors that are fighting laws that restrict the ability of property owners to run short-term rentals. Then Jason and Adam discuss some good housing news that could lead to a happy 2020 (at least for housing). Then Jason talks to in-house economist Thomas about interest rates. There's been some movement up and some movement down, but Thomas has an opinion on where he thinks rates will go in 2020 and why he believes...
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1336 FBF: Self Management Revolution & Fixing Affordable Housing with NHP Foundation's Richard Burns
Creating Wealth Real Estate Investing with Jason Hartman
Today's Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 994, originally published in May 2018. Jason Hartman wants to prepare you for the coming revolution. The self management revolution is coming, and it's time to see if you're up for the challenge. There are things that you need to do before you take the plunge, and Jason outlines some of them here. Then, Jason talks with CEO of the NHP Foundation, Richard Burns, about the affordable housing crisis in the United States. The current method of creating affordable housing isn't working for anyone, but Richard thinks there's a way that it can be solved...
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1335: Giving Thanks for What We Have & 5 Things You Should Be Grateful For Today
Creating Wealth Real Estate Investing with Jason Hartman
On this Thanksgiving Day, Jason makes note on some things he has in his life that he is most thankful for. It's important that we take time to make note of these in our hectic lives. So in today's shortened episode that's exactly what we're doing. Website: www.JasonHartman.com 5 Things You Should Be Grateful For Today!
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1334: Mortgage Rates, Fannie Mae Loan Limits & Increasing Property Values
Creating Wealth Real Estate Investing with Jason Hartman
Jason Hartman and Adam join forces today to discuss a big development in the mortgage market. Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac conforming loan limits are being increased again, this time to over $510,000, which will have substantial impacts on the housing market overall. Later, Adam talks with one of the network lenders about where interest rates are today and what a weakening economy in 2020 might put them in a few months. Key Takeaways: [2:11] Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are increasing the conforming loan size to over $510,000 [7:03] Conforming loan limit increases generally lead to home price...
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1333: Client Case Study with Jaden Zubal: New Construction vs Renovated Properties, Millennial Investing & Money Tiers
Creating Wealth Real Estate Investing with Jason Hartman
Jason Hartman has another client case study, this time with 26 year old Jaden Zubal, an associate wealth strategist at Paradigm Life. Jaden started attending events when he was 22 or 23 and recently got into the real estate game by purchasing properties in Jacksonville, FL and Memphis, TN. Jason and Jaden discuss how Jaden decided that new construction was the way for him, what market he likes for his next as he diversifies geographically, and how the 10 Commandments of Real Estate Investing have helped him along the way. Plus, check out the link below and you can get a free audio and digital...
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1332: FICO Scores, Florida Real Estate & Population Migration
Creating Wealth Real Estate Investing with Jason Hartman
Jason Hartman and Investment Counselor Doug takes today's episode to discuss what's going on with the average FICO score across generations. The average FICO score is not something that Americans can be proud of, but it provides some serious advantages to real estate investors. Then Jason and Doug highlight several Florida properties that are able to cash flow with new construction, which is something that is getting harder and harder to do in today's environment. Florida is becoming a bigger draw to those running away from high tax states, which is driving their real estate market. Key...
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1331 FBF: Core Causes of Economic Crisis with William D. Cohan NY Times Bestselling Author of ‘Money and Power’ & ‘House of Cards’
Creating Wealth Real Estate Investing with Jason Hartman
Today's Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 243, originally published in February 2012. Jason Hartman interviews author, former Wall Street senior banker, and best-selling investigative journalist, William (Bill) D. Cohan on the events that led up to the current economic crisis. Bill explains the choices that the big firms, such as Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, etc, made regarding what type of institution they were going to be, the path of these firms that led up to the current crisis, and how they used the bailout money gifted to them. He said it was one big party on Wall Street, during which...
info_outlineJason talks with Les Leopold on his new book: "How to Make a Million Dollars an Hour: Why Financial Elites get away with siphoning off America's Wealth." In the interview, Les details just how hedge funds are making unthinkable amounts of money.
Les Leopold co-founded and currently directs two nonprofit organizations, the Labor Institute of New York and the Public Health Institute. He designs research and educational programs on occupational safety and health, the environment and economics. He also serves as a strategic consultant to the Blue-Green Alliance which brings together trade unions and environmental organizations. Leopold designs research and educational programs on occupational safety and health, the environment, and economics and helped form an alliance between the United Steel Workers Union and the Sierra Club. He is a proud graduate of Oberlin College and Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (MPA 1975).
Leopold also authored several other books about "The Man Who Hated Work and Loved Labor: The Life and Times of Tony Mazzocchi," (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2006.) If you'd like to read more by Les, you can take a look at his articles published by AlterNet at http://www.alternet.org/authors/les-leopold-0