Jason Hartman starts episode 377 with a correspondent’s report from Denver, Colorado regarding the house flipping market. Investment counselor Steve is consulting with three would-be home flippers who are looking to make quick cash but they discover many obstacles, not the least of which are razor thin profit margins, black mold, hard to source deals high short-term capital gains taxes.

In part two, Jason talks about the difference between an estimate and a quote when hiring contractors to repair or improve your investment properties. He recounts his Memphis, Tennessee property tour last week with a walk down Beale Street and a visit to Elvis Presley’s Graceland. Next up, a discussion of “Currency Wars” by James Rickards and some crowd sourcing to help with his mother’s medical condition.

Be sure to take advantage of the “super early bird pricing” for Jason’s Creating Wealth in Today’s Economy Boot Camp at Hotel Irvine in beautiful Orange County California on June 28th at http://www.JasonHartman.com/events/ where you can also find information about private property tours.

Chris Mayer is the Managing Editor of Agora Financial and Editor of the Capital and Crisis publication.

Mayer breaks down the unemployment numbers for us and whether it is actually getting better.He then discusses the benefits of traveling around the world to get an investment story. Given the instability in the emerging markets, Mayer assesses whether this is the beginning of the next global financial storm.

Chris Mayer learned the art of valuing companies the hard way — clocking a decade as a corporate banker while also earning his MBA. He never lost money on a single deal. In 2004, he founded Capital & Crisis, making his one-of-a-kind research available to the general public. His second letter, Mayer’s Special Situations, launched in 2006, expands his coverage and focuses on spinoffs, thrift conversions, stocks from around the world and more.

Chris has been quoted many times by MarketWatch and has been a guest on Forbes on Fox, Fox Business, CNN Radio and Russia Today TV and has made multiple CNBC and radio appearances. He’s also contributed to The Washington Post. Chris travels the world looking for great ideas and insights for his readers.

Chris shared his investing wisdom in two books. His first, Invest Like a Dealmaker: Secrets From a Former Banking Insider, covers time-tested essential principles of investing. World Right Side Up: Investing Across Six Continents takes you on a round-the-world journey from Brazilian farmlands to Dubai’s gold souks, from Chinese shopping malls to South African markets. His big ideas will power your portfolio in the years ahead.

Chris has prepared a SPECIAL video for our listeners. He shares SEVEN incredibly safe stocks that you should buy now. Chris believes these stocks will multiply your wealth 20 times over. Visitwww.GrowYourWealth.info to find out what these companies are.

That’s www.GrowYourWealth.info.

Doug Casey is the Founder & Chairman of Casey Research and author of the new book, “Right on the Money: Doug Casey on Economics, Investing, and the Ways of the Real World.” Casey gives his outlook on gold stocks. He then shares the pros and cons of dividend-paying, large cap stocks. Overall, he thinks 2014 will turn into a bad year for the economy and stocks.

Visit Casey Research at www.CaseyResearch.com.

Doug Casey is the Chairman at Casey Research, LLC. He is a highly respected author, publisher, and professional investor. Mr. Casey wrote the book on profiting from periods of economic turmoil. His book “Crisis Investing” spent multiple weeks as number one on the New York Times bestseller list and became the best-selling financial book of 1980 surpassing big-caliber names. Mr. Casey then broke the record with his next book, “Strategic Investing”, by receiving the largest advance ever paid for a financial book at the time. His book “The International Man” was the most sold book in the history of Rhodesia.

Mr. Casey has been a featured guest on hundreds of radio and television shows, including David Letterman, Merv Griffin, Charlie Rose, Phil Donahue, Regis Philbin, Maury Povich, NBC News, and CNN and has been the topic of numerous features in periodicals such as Time, Forbes, People, and the Washington Post. He has written newsletters and alert services for sophisticated investors for over 28 years.

In addition to having served as a Trustee on the Board of Governors of Washington College and Northwoods University, Mr. Casey has been a Director and Advisor to nine different financial corporations. He is widely respected as one of the preeminent authorities on rational speculation especially in the high-potential natural resource sector.

Mr. Casey graduated from Georgetown University in 1968.

Join Jason Hartman on episode 374 as he discusses a wide variety of things. First, a recap of the last several episodes with commentary on asset protection, Bitcoin, Michael Lewis and longevity. Next, Jason outlines the upcoming episodes including:

We review the following new topics:

Rodney Johnson is President and Editor of Dent Research. He joins the show to explain why gold will fall below $800. Johnson then discusses whether the US economy is slowing. He also shares how investors can build streams of income instead of relying on equity markets. Visit Dent Research at www.dentresearch.com.

Rodney Johnson works closely with Harry Dent to study how people spend their money as they go through predictable stages of life, how that spending drives our economy and how you can use this information to invest successfully in any market.  Rodney began his career in financial services on Wall Street in the 1980s with Thomson McKinnon and then Prudential Securities. He started working on projects with Harry in the mid-1990s. He’s a regular guest on several radio programs such as America’s Wealth Management, Savvy Investor Radio, and has been featured on CNBC, Fox News and Fox Business’s “America’s Nightly Scorecard, where he discusses economic trends ranging from the price of oil to the direction of the U.S. economy.  He holds degrees from Georgetown University and Southern Methodist University.

Patrick Byrne is the Chairman & CEO of Overstock.com. He joins the show to discuss why he made the decision to add Bitcoin as a payment form forOverstock.com. This interview is action-packed with Bitcoin content. Byrne explains how and when he first heard about Bitcoin and what his reaction was. He shares his thoughts on the currency nature of Bitcoin as well as the transaction part.

Byrne himself doesn’t own Bitcoin. He discusses why someone with all his connections wasn’t one of the first buyers. Byrne thinks the new cryptocurrency space will destroy central banking and give rise to a new kind of ecosystem. Overstock.com reported more than $130K in Bitcoin sales in 24 hours, and more than $1 million in sales since they started accepting Bitcoin in January. Byrne thinks more retailers will follow suit.

Visit Overstock.com at www.overstock.com.

A best-selling author, speaker and a member of an elite group of “Rich Dad’s” advisors, hand selected by author Robert Kiyosaki, Garrett speaks to investors and entrepreneurs on a variety of topics including asset protection, liability limitation, wealth creation, as well as various business and real estate issues. As an advisor for Robert Kiyosaki, Garrett has authored Own Your Own Corporation.

Garrett’s books provide an accessible source of information for building your own success. A member of the State Bars of Nevada and California, as well as the American Bar Association, Garrett attended Colorado College and the University of California at Berkeley where he received a B.S. in Business Administration in 1975. In 1978, he graduated with a J.D. from University of California’s Hastings College of Law in San Francisco.

Beyond his desire to educate people and business in wealth protection and growth, Garrett serves on the boards of the American Baseball Foundation, located in Birmingham, Alabama and the Nevada-based Sierra Kids Foundation.

In this fascinating two-part episode, Jason Hartman talks about Michael Lewis’s new book “Flash Boys” and comments the on the excellent CBS 60 Minutes segment discussing high-frequency trading and how the stock market, according to Michael Lewis and many other experts, is rigged.

In part two, Jason interviews Dr. Rush from Cenegenics as they discuss the latest breakthroughs in health and longevity science. This interview was originally recorded for Jason’s new “Longevity Show” which will launch soon but he wanted to share it in this episode so you can benefit from the ideas right away. Visitwww.JasonHartman.com for details.

Many experts believe that we are on the verge of major breakthroughs when it comes to increasing lifespan and this has wide ranging implications for, not only our own lives and well-being, but the economy, the real estate market, commodities consumption, wealth creation, government entitlement programs like Social Security and Obamacare but also the outlook for inflation and investing to grow our wealth with income property.

Craig R. Smith is the Chairman of Swiss America, a national investment firm specializing in U.S. gold and silver coins. He is also the author of, “The Great Withdrawal: How the Progressives’ 100-Year Debasement of America and the Dollar Ends.” He joins the show to give good examples of progressives today. Mr. Smith founded his company in 1982 out of a bedroom in his home with $50.00. It has since grown into one of the largest and most respected firms in the industry known for its dedication to consumer education and safety.

Mr. Smith is an expert in many forms of tangible assets including; oil, precious metals and U.S. numismatic (collectible) coins. He is often sought after by the media for his common sense insights on breaking news, world events, and financial trends. Over the past two decades Mr. Smith has been interviewed on over 1,500 radio and TV programs. He has also been featured in various print publications. These include: FOX News, CNN, CNBC, ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, CBN, TBN, Time, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Newsweek. Craig is a frequent guest on Fox’s Your World with Neil Cavuto and Harvest TV’s Money Moment. He also writes a weekly editorial for WorldNetDaily.com.

Mr. Smith’s free market economic worldview offers audiences a breath of fresh air amid today’s failed ‘big government’ approach. He believes we need a revival of self-government and free market principles to help rebuild the American economy; unlike the current administration’s belief in multi-trillion dollar ‘cradle-to-grave’ government dependence.

Mr. Smith’s latest book, “THE GREAT WITHDRAWAL: How the Progressives’ 100-Year Debasement of America and the Dollar Ends” explores why Detroit failed, why other liberal cities may soon follow, and how this could drag America into insolvency and prolonged Depression. As a result, freedom-loving Americans have begun a historic withdrawal march – withdrawing their resources, time and talent in search of a restoration of self, family and local government.

Smith explains how important the next Election cycle is to the future of the world. He thinks this can be the end of Progressivism if the Democrats keep getting their way.

The conversation then shifts to how American citizens can decentralize and diversify their lives to survive and prosper. Smith shares some ways that people can protect themselves and their families in today’s shaky, vulnerable economy.

Find out more about Craig Smith at www.craigrsmith.com. Buy gold from him at www.buygold.com.

Po Bronson is a former Silicon Valley journalist for TIME, the New York Times, and Wired. He was the creator of the $treet, a television show on FOX that starred Jennifer Connelly, and author of “TOP DOG: The Science of Winning and Losing.” Bronson tries to distill why Wall Street promotes male analysts, even though women do a better job. He shares his intuitions on how a woman will be successful in business. 

Bronson then tries to answer these quirky business-related questions:

– Why is home field advantage just as relevant in diplomacy and deal-making as it is in sports?
– How can the shape of entrepreneurs’ hands be just as revealing as their business plans?
– What does Italy’s domination of the packaging business have in common with the Harvard-Yale football rivalry?

The conversation then finishes with sociology as Bronson helps explain why younger siblings are more competitive than first-borns. He thinks that parents praising their children affects their competitiveness. Find out more about Po Bronson at www.pobronson.com.

Po Bronson has built a career both as a successful novelist and as a prominent writer of narrative nonfiction. He has published six books, and he has written for television, magazines, and newspapers, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and for National Public Radio’s Morning Edition.

Po Bronson’s book of social documentary, “What Should I Do With My Life?”, was a #1 New York Times bestseller and remained in the Top 10 for nine months. His first novel, “Bombardiers,” was a #1 bestseller in the United Kingdom. His books have been translated into 19 languages.