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
2455: Repricing Risk: Why Higher Rates are Triggering the Commercial Domino Effect with Michael Zuber
Creating Wealth Real Estate Investing with Jason Hartman
Michael and Jason discuss a potential surge in mortgage rates to 7.5%, a shift they believe will severely impact housing affordability and market transactions. They predict that while high rates hurt flippers and wholesalers, "buy and hold" investors can benefit from rising rents and less competition from buyers. They highlight a brewing commercial real estate crisis, specifically in office and multi-family sectors, where a lack of liquidity may force massive foreclosures. Despite these challenges, Jason views single-family rentals as a...
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2454 FBF: Real Estate Wealth Formula with Dan Amerman
Creating Wealth Real Estate Investing with Jason Hartman
This Flashback Friday is from episode 1649 published last February 17, 2021. Jason Hartman tees up an interview with Dan Amerman about the home being an investment. But before that, are the wind turbines helping or just blowing smoke? Currently, they’re frozen. What has “the tolerant” tastelessly said about Rush Limbaugh’s passing? Wealth is created with compound interest, making your dollar work for you. Dan Amerman talks with Jason Hartman about understanding, The Homeowner Wealth Formula. Dan says, “one way at looking at the mortgage is that it’s a short against...
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2453: The Delisting Dilemma and the $500,000 Equity Trap: Why Homeowners Refuse to Sell with Rick Sharga
Creating Wealth Real Estate Investing with Jason Hartman
Rick Sharga, founder of CJ Patrick Company, discusses current housing market conditions and economic trends. Rick explains that despite mortgage rates tripling since the pandemic, the housing market has shown resilience with 49 consecutive months of year-over-year price increases, though sales volume remains down for three years. He noted that while affordability remains a challenge with a $40,000 wage gap for median-income buyers, recent data shows pending sales and mortgage purchase applications running ahead of last year, suggesting pent-up demand may soon drive market recovery. Rick...
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2452: Housing Obsolescence and the Supply Crisis: Navigating the Market Until the Mid-2040s with Michael Zuber
Creating Wealth Real Estate Investing with Jason Hartman
Real estate experts Jason Hartman and Michael Zuber examines current demographic trends and their long-term impact on the housing market. They argue that while birth rates are declining, factors like migration and increased longevity maintain demand, suggesting a major supply shift won't occur until the mid-2040s. They emphasize the massive wealth gap between homeowners and renters, noting that owning property remains the most effective way to build net worth. Furthermore, they highlight how inflation acts as a beneficial tool for investors by eroding the real value of mortgage debt....
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2451 FBF: Jawad Mian – Global Macro & Middle East investments, Stray Reflections
Creating Wealth Real Estate Investing with Jason Hartman
This Flashback Friday is from episode 646 published last March 15, 2016. If you are using microeconomics to plan for your future you may be ready to sell your assets and buy a “Preppers guide to self-sustainability”. But, if you take a step back and look at the bigger picture of macroeconomics you will see that it’s an amazing time to be alive. Jason’s guest Jawad Mian says “the key is to watch the disruption”. Manufacturing may be at an all time low but the services provided by Silicon Valley and the tech industry will offset any economic loss with growth, just in different terms....
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2450: Social Engineering and the Uglification of Society: The CIA and The Communist Strategy of Degradation
Creating Wealth Real Estate Investing with Jason Hartman
In this 10th episode interview, Jason Christoff discusses the theory of "uglification," arguing that the modern shift toward brutalist architecture and unsightly fashion is a deliberate form of subconscious mind control. He explains that beautiful, geometric environments elevate human spirit and frequency, whereas drab, concrete structures are engineered to weaken the population's resolve. The conversation links this trend to social engineering tactics designed by ruling groups to foster a lower-vibration, more submissive society. By citing research on how vibration affects water and cellular...
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2449: Unlocking the Ditch: The Future of Housing Inventory and Rates with Michael Zuber
Creating Wealth Real Estate Investing with Jason Hartman
Real estate experts Michael Zuber and Jason Hartman talk about the current state of the housing market. They characterize the industry as unhealthy and broken, noting that low inventory and high mortgage rates have caused a severe decline in transaction volume. They explain that many homeowners are reluctant to sell because they do not want to lose their low COVID-era interest rates, leading to a lack of motivated sellers. Jason identifies 5.5% as a potential "magic rate" that could eventually unlock pent-up demand and encourage families to move. Ultimately, Jason and Michael highlights a...
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2448 FBF: Dan Ferris, Bitcoin, Inflation is Coming; Don’t Predict It, Prepare For It
Creating Wealth Real Estate Investing with Jason Hartman
This Flashback Friday is from episode 1616 published last December 15, 2020. Land, gold, and art, or stocks, bonds, and cash? Jason Hartman talks with Dan Ferris, editor of Extreme Value and host of the Stansberry Investor Hour Podcast. “You need to learn to preserve wealth outside the financial system,” Ferris said. Ferris and Hartman go in-depth discussing diversification and its importance versus playing it safe with multi-dimensional assets. Inflation; don’t predict it, prepare for it. Check It Out: Websites: ...
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2447: Client Case Study with Derek and Anna & Mastering Context and Income Property Assets
Creating Wealth Real Estate Investing with Jason Hartman
Jason advocates for income property as the most reliable and tax-advantaged asset class available to investors. He emphasizes the importance of shifting one's mindset beyond traditional Wall Street options like stocks and bonds to recognize the massive government incentives provided for rental housing. By framing real estate as a legitimate business, Jason explains how individuals can achieve financial independence through various tax deductions and diverse return streams. This episode also features a success story of clients who built a fifty-unit portfolio...
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2446: Graham Stephan & Melody Wright | Debunking Doomers and Examining Rental Value with Michael Zuber
Creating Wealth Real Estate Investing with Jason Hartman
Jason and Michael Zuber criticize economic doomers like Melody Wright, who they mockingly call "Melody Wrong" for her repeated, failed predictions of a 50% housing market crash. They argue that these pundits suffer from PTSD related to the 2008 financial crisis and rely on sensationalism to generate clicks rather than analyzing current supply and demand data. They also react to YouTuber Graham Stephan’s claims that rental properties are not worth the effort, noting that his struggles stemmed from investing in landlord-unfriendly markets like...
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