Category Archives: Investor

Time To Buy Single Family Homes

By Empower | Published: March 6, 2012

Warren Buffet, consistently ranked as one of the world’s wealthiest people and one of the most successful investors in the world, shared insight this week addressing the economic forecast, and unveiling his personal strategy: Single Family Homes. His advice? Buy em. Buy a lot of them, and finance or refinance them with 30 year mortgages. [...]

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Good Credit More Important Than Ever.

By empower | Published: December 27, 2010

You probably already know how important it is to have a good credit score. A high score can help you qualify for loans with the lowest interest rates, nab auto insurance at the lowest premiums, and even beat out your competitors for that dream job. However, having a good credit score is even more important today. [...]

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Irony: Bernanke – No housing bubble to pop.

By empower | Published: November 20, 2010

…Rather, he has argued for many years that the Fed should respond to rising or falling prices for stocks, real estate or other assets only if they are affecting inflation or economic growth in an undesirable way. Thus, he would advocate cutting interest rates if a reversal in the housing market sharply dampened consumer spending, triggering job losses or a fall in inflation to very low levels. Bernanke believes “the Fed’s job is to protect the economy, not to protect individual asset prices,” said William Dudley, chief economist for Goldman Sachs U.S. Economics Research… http://empower.ws

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More Foreclosures – More Opportunities

By empower | Published: October 28, 2010

Still, many troubled homeowners have been unable to hang on. As a result, there’s been no letup in the inventory of foreclosed homes on the market this year, says John Bauer, an agent with ZipRealty in Seattle who represents lenders selling foreclosed properties… http://empower.ws

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Thoughts on Foreclosure Inventory

By empower | Published: October 9, 2010

Bank of America, Chase, PNC, GMAC, and others have announced, or unveiled, that they have not been dotting their ‘I’s’ and crossing their ‘T’s’ as carefully as they should have. “We feel the need to address and demonstrate that our process is accurate.” said spokesman, Dan Frahm… http://empower.ws

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Home Prices Up 0.6% from June.

By empower | Published: September 28, 2010

The national gauge of home prices inched up in July for the fourth straight month, but many cities are bracing for a short season of declines in the year ahead…All in all, any increase is a good thing. The market will continue to stabilize, and consumer confidence will improve… http://empower.ws/

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commercial lending is back

By empower | Published: September 9, 2010

New opportunities in commercial lending are about to sweep the country – thanks to the banks that leveraged themselves beyond their capabilities and drew the wrath of the FDIC, an insurer who has kept watch over depositors since 1933. The news to small businesses, developers, and the like could not come at a better time as the economy tries to gain stability with loan rates remaining unusually low. http://empower.ws/

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what we can learn from Apple

By empower | Published: June 21, 2010

Any way you slice it, Apple is leading the way in more ways than one. Apple is not just an alternative to Windows and PC’s, but is taking more and more of the computing and retail ‘gadget’ marketplace. The products are extremely intuitive, the engineering and construction outstanding, and the proprietary software has much fewer problems than its competitors. For business owners – I should say, for forward thinking business owners, the Apple model is an incredible model to follow. Business in the 21st century is much different than business in the 20th century. Now more than ever, businesses must have 4 clearly defined principles at its core: (iPhone 4, iPad, iMac, etc.) www.empoweryourbest.com www.apple.com

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Watch what happens when you tell your business where to go

By empower | Published: June 2, 2010

Every day is a hustle. Busy busy busy. Sometimes you feel that you are simply existing, and are stuck in a grind. It’s hard to decipher what’s important, from what’s urgent. Need to refocus? Need to get back on course? Here’s how. clarity From time to time, we all need to revisit our compass, and alter our [...]

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The Necessity of Vision

By empower | Published: April 22, 2010

It has been said, “If you don’t know where you’re going, you won’t know how to get there.” While that seems sarcastic and blatantly obvious, it is nugget of truth that can make all the difference to you, your organization, and to your dreams. Vision sets the course. Vision sets the mood, the mantra, and the corporate culture of your organization. Without it, your team or business, no matter how large, is a fumbling, uncommitted mess… www.empoweryourbest.com