Accredited Income Property Investment Specialist (AIPIS)

Jason Hartman talks with Etienne Deffarges, author of Untangling the USA: The Cost of Complexity & What to Do About It, about some of the most pressing issues facing the country, such as health care and our banking system. They look at what exactly is causing the issues, but don't just focus on the problems. Etienne and Jason also discuss the most important part of the problems: their solutions.

Key Takeaways:

[1:26] We as a society make things much more complex than we need

[6:51] Etienne's solution for health care

[13:04] How can we improve the world of finance?

[17:15] Etienne is in favor of banks having to have a higher equity to debt requirements

[20:35] With all of these problems in the world, what's the solution?

Website:

www.EtienneDeffarges.com

Jason Hartman talks with Matt Taibbi, contributing editor at Rolling Stone and author of books such as Griftopia and The Divide, about bubbles. The two explore how Fed policy has been leading to bubbles throughout the years, how Wall Street is designed to take advantage of the average citizen and what we can learn from the history of bubbles.

Key Takeaways:

[3:06] There's a pretty decent path from Fed policy to bubbles

[7:36] How the Great Recession came into being

[12:12] Institutions have learned how to create a bubble to profit from, but then also be prepared to make money when their own bubble bursts

[16:19] As long as trades are occuring Wall Street is making money

[18:09] How investment bankers are auctioning off America's infrastructure

[22:49] What is the investor's lesson from the bubble machine?

Website:

www.Taibbi.SubStack.com

www.RollingStone.com

Jason Hartman talks with Matt Taibbi, contributing editor at Rolling Stone and author of books such as Griftopia and The Divide, about bubbles. The two explore how Fed policy has been leading to bubbles throughout the years, how Wall Street is designed to take advantage of the average citizen and what we can learn from the history of bubbles.

Key Takeaways:

[3:06] There's a pretty decent path from Fed policy to bubbles

[7:36] How the Great Recession came into being

[12:12] Institutions have learned how to create a bubble to profit from, but then also be prepared to make money when their own bubble bursts

[16:19] As long as trades are occuring Wall Street is making money

[18:09] How investment bankers are auctioning off America's infrastructure

[22:49] What is the investor's lesson from the bubble machine?

Website:

www.Taibbi.SubStack.com

www.RollingStone.com

Returning guest Adam Schroeder joins Jason Hartman for this episode, as the two discuss the steps for transitioning from professional management of rental properties to self management. Adam and his wife have 3 (going on 4) properties and are thinking that the time is soon coming to venture out on their own. But before doing that there are some important things to do like what information to get from your property manager, what kind of initial contact to have with the current tenant, finding forms and contracts when you're finding/reupping tenants, pet rent, and more. They also discuss finding repair people, what to expect from property management software, whether to allow grace periods and what kind of late fees to charge.

Key Takeaways:

[4:24] Sometimes removing a property manager actually makes things easier

[7:43] The information you need to get from your current property manager if you're going to make a switch

[12:42] A way to change your relationship with your property manager rather than completely ending it

[15:25] Bad property manager reviews on sites like Yelp might be a good thing, that's why you have to read them

[20:23] Insurance: individual policies or a commercial policy?

[25:07] You should have a clause in the lease stating which repairs the tenant is responsible for

[29:33] What to expect from property management software

[33:36] The importance of an increasing late fee

Websites:

www.JasonHartman.com/Properties

The PropertyCast

www.WeGoLook.com

www.NoLo.com

www.RocketLawyer.com

www.Buildium.com

Returning guest Adam Schroeder joins Jason Hartman for this episode, as the two discuss the steps for transitioning from professional management of rental properties to self management. Adam and his wife have 3 (going on 4) properties and are thinking that the time is soon coming to venture out on their own. But before doing that there are some important things to do like what information to get from your property manager, what kind of initial contact to have with the current tenant, finding forms and contracts when you're finding/reupping tenants, pet rent, and more. They also discuss finding repair people, what to expect from property management software, whether to allow grace periods and what kind of late fees to charge.

Key Takeaways:

[4:24] Sometimes removing a property manager actually makes things easier

[7:43] The information you need to get from your current property manager if you're going to make a switch

[12:42] A way to change your relationship with your property manager rather than completely ending it

[15:25] Bad property manager reviews on sites like Yelp might be a good thing, that's why you have to read them

[20:23] Insurance: individual policies or a commercial policy?

[25:07] You should have a clause in the lease stating which repairs the tenant is responsible for

[29:33] What to expect from property management software

[33:36] The importance of an increasing late fee

Websites:

www.JasonHartman.com/Properties

The PropertyCast

www.WeGoLook.com

www.NoLo.com

www.RocketLawyer.com

www.Buildium.com

Jason Hartman talks with Keith McIntosh, President of McIntosh & Associates, LLC, about protesting your property taxes for your rental properties across the country. Keith explains the different ways you can protest your taxes, why the government big data doesn't get it right all the time, and more.

Key Takeaways:

[2:01] The property tax process & the 3 typical opportunities to dispute

[8:27] How does the process with Keith's company work?

[10:51] Why is Keith's "big data" different/better than the tax assessors?

[15:34] Is there a non-automated product available?

[17:51] How much people are usually able to save when protesting their taxes using Keith's data

[20:04] Protesting your taxes gives you a cumulative effect over the years

Website:

www.HomeTaxSavings.com

Jason Hartman talks with Keith McIntosh, President of McIntosh & Associates, LLC, about protesting your property taxes for your rental properties across the country. Keith explains the different ways you can protest your taxes, why the government big data doesn't get it right all the time, and more.

Key Takeaways:

[2:01] The property tax process & the 3 typical opportunities to dispute

[8:27] How does the process with Keith's company work?

[10:51] Why is Keith's "big data" different/better than the tax assessors?

[15:34] Is there a non-automated product available?

[17:51] How much people are usually able to save when protesting their taxes using Keith's data

[20:04] Protesting your taxes gives you a cumulative effect over the years

Website:

www.HomeTaxSavings.com

Jason Hartman talks with Paul Moore, author of The Perfect Investment: Create Enduring Wealth from the Historic Shift to Multifamily Housing, about what demographics are telling the two of them about the next decade for landlords, as well as home ownership rates and the current habits of both baby boomers and millennials.

Key Takeaways:

[1:46] How the demographics for the next decade looks for landlords

[3:44] Where Jason believes home ownership rate should be

[5:59] The faster growing demographic of renters is the baby boomers

[8:59] Millennials are renting in large numbers, partially thanks to the portability society

[12:55] What investing really is and other investment philosophies

Website:

www.WellingsCapital.com

The Perfect Investment: Create Enduring Wealth from the Historic Shift to Multifamily Housing

Jason Hartman talks with Paul Moore, author of The Perfect Investment: Create Enduring Wealth from the Historic Shift to Multifamily Housing, about what demographics are telling the two of them about the next decade for landlords, as well as home ownership rates and the current habits of both baby boomers and millennials.

Key Takeaways:

[1:46] How the demographics for the next decade looks for landlords

[3:44] Where Jason believes home ownership rate should be

[5:59] The faster growing demographic of renters is the baby boomers

[8:59] Millennials are renting in large numbers, partially thanks to the portability society

[12:55] What investing really is and other investment philosophies

Website:

www.WellingsCapital.com

The Perfect Investment: Create Enduring Wealth from the Historic Shift to Multifamily Housing

Jason Hartman talks with Mitch Stephen, author of My Life and 1,000 Houses, on Mitch's start in real estate, the importance of not having 100% occupancy, how to determine if your market is overbuilt, doing due diligence, and more.

Key Takeaways:

[2:38] Is self-storage overbuilt? How Mitch tries to minimize his competition

[8:05] Self-storage facilities can go up really quick, is it better to buy an existing or build a new one?

[12:45] Jason's revelation about commercial vs self-storage real estate back in 2010

[16:20] Why you never want to be full in any sector of real estate investing & what you should do if facilities in the area are full

[19:49] Some of the due diligence Mitch does when looking for a facility to buy

Website:

www.REInvestorSummit.com