Creating Wealth Real Estate Investing & Income Property

The mainstream media doesn’t ever mention investment property as an asset class. Are they owned by Wall Street? Small investors must not buy enough ad space. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in an effort to protect the average person, makes new regulations which actually reduce opportunities for entrepreneurs or any mid-level company without enough money to pay an army of lawyers to sift through the glut of compliance issues. We discuss regulatory changes and the new closing form.

Key Takeaways:

Jason’s Editorial:

[1:37] Celebrating Jason’s birthday by paragliding

[2:54] Real estate service providers and introducing new forms

[4:35] New rules and documents for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

[8:36] Mini case study voicemail from Mason

[10:32] Outsmarting the Federal Reserve and the lame stream media

[15:20] Downward pressure on property pricing

[16:16] Upward pressure on rents

[18:26] The good way out is technological innovation

[19:50] Orlando income property tour in mid-November

[20:56] Meet the Masters in San Diego, California on January 8 & 9

Ken Trepeta Guest Interview:

[23:00] Integrating RESPA and TILA

[25:28] No more HUD-1’s

[26:08] The underlying rules are the responsibility of the lender of the closing disclosure form

[28:50] The devil in the details of the Dodd-Frank document

[31:50] Protecting consumers from paying too high interest

[33:02] The investor community has certain exemptions

[35:23] Small and midsize investors may need an army of lawyers

[37:57] New real estate investors walk away after seeing the roadblocks

Jason Hartman talks with one of his Investment Counselors, Steve, about a Naked Capitalism blog post on the new real estate train wreck in securitized rentals.  Wall Street’s newest “innovation” based on rental income.  Will this be another Wall Street scam like the pools of subprime mortgages, auction rate securities, derivatives or numerous other products that were misrepresented to investors.

Next up, a discussion of the ‘lost decade’ for the American middle class based on a Newser article and some talk about the investor-driven recovery in real estate.

Jason Hartman talks with one of his Investment Counselors, Steve, about a Naked Capitalism blog post on the new real estate train wreck in securitized rentals.  Wall Street’s newest “innovation” based on rental income.  Will this be another Wall Street scam like the pools of subprime mortgages, auction rate securities, derivatives or numerous other products that were misrepresented to investors.

Next up, a discussion of the ‘lost decade’ for the American middle class based on a Newser article and some talk about the investor-driven recovery in real estate.

We break closing costs down into small pieces to support Jason’s #1 rule of investing, thou shalt become educated. Understanding which costs are fixed and which are variable will help you to protect yourself and allow you to become your own best advisor. We take the confusion out of calculating the fees. And, will private equity firms be the next big player in the mortgage game?

Sign up now for early bird pricing for our Meet the Masters event in lovely Southern California.

Key Takeaways:

Jason’s Editorial:

[3:01] An article about character - the essence of a person

[7:07] If you don’t stand for something you’ll fall for anything

[7:51] Artificially intelligent ads

[8:37] Edward Snowden, Hero or Villain?

[11:04] As banks retreat private equity rushes in

[11:37] Meet the Master event in January, SoCal - Get your earlybird pricing

[12:26] Orlando Property Tour

Guest Interview with Joe:

[15:45] Looking at lender fees

[17:15] Requirements for good faith estimates

[19:52] What are lender or origination fees

[21:01] Using an example of $142,500, figuring out the closing costs

[22:40] Insurance charges for lenders and owners

[23:49] Lender’s title insurance is one of the highest fees on the estimate

[24:11] Depending on your state the seller provides the clean title insurance

[25:01] Transfer stamps/taxes are local municipal charges

[27:07] Recording fees

[37:50] Points are fees to buy down the interest rates

Mentions:

We break closing costs down into small pieces to support Jason’s #1 rule of investing, thou shalt become educated. Understanding which costs are fixed and which are variable will help you to protect yourself and allow you to become your own best advisor. We take the confusion out of calculating the fees. And, will private equity firms be the next big player in the mortgage game?

Sign up now for early bird pricing for our Meet the Masters event in lovely Southern California.

Key Takeaways:

Jason’s Editorial:

[3:01] An article about character - the essence of a person

[7:07] If you don’t stand for something you’ll fall for anything

[7:51] Artificially intelligent ads

[8:37] Edward Snowden, Hero or Villain?

[11:04] As banks retreat private equity rushes in

[11:37] Meet the Master event in January, SoCal - Get your earlybird pricing

[12:26] Orlando Property Tour

Guest Interview with Joe:

[15:45] Looking at lender fees

[17:15] Requirements for good faith estimates

[19:52] What are lender or origination fees

[21:01] Using an example of $142,500, figuring out the closing costs

[22:40] Insurance charges for lenders and owners

[23:49] Lender’s title insurance is one of the highest fees on the estimate

[24:11] Depending on your state the seller provides the clean title insurance

[25:01] Transfer stamps/taxes are local municipal charges

[27:07] Recording fees

[37:50] Points are fees to buy down the interest rates

Mentions:

Crunching the numbers sounds easy enough but which numbers do you use? National data doesn’t always reflect individual markets and using geographical data isn’t always a telling sign due to widespread changes in Fannie and Freddie’s level of risk. Jason and Daren take a deep dive into analyzing market data and how tagging markets as linear, cyclical and hybrid allow investors to understand good properties based on cash flow and ROI.

The Venture Alliance trip to Newport, Rhode Island was a great success. The speakers who are specialists in their fields were truly informative. The very first Venture Alliance member shares his favorite part of the Mastermind, the hot seat.

Key Takeaways:

Jason’s Editorial:

[1:26] Upcoming episodes on financing

[2:07] Our first Venture Alliance member is on the podcast

[5:01] Houses starting at $400,000 on Martha’s Vineyard

[9:06] Rehashing the Rhode Island trip

[10:21] Hard money, short and long term lending, how it affects your debt to income ratio

[14:18] The hot seat is the best part of the Mastermind

[16:10] Recreational time is still business time during the Venture Alliance trips

[17:44] A discussion is more intimate than a presentation

[18:26] The inflation/deflation debate

Daren Blomquist Guest Interview:

[20:44] National data doesn’t always reflect geographic niches

[22:24] RealtyTrac is, at its core a data company

[25:07] We have the ability to license, or re-sell the data to other companies

[26:40] Home sales are at an 8 year high when analyzing 190 markets

[29:00] The homeownership rate helps our clients to analyze markets

[30:54] We a

Crunching the numbers sounds easy enough but which numbers do you use? National data doesn’t always reflect individual markets and using geographical data isn’t always a telling sign due to widespread changes in Fannie and Freddie’s level of risk. Jason and Daren take a deep dive into analyzing market data and how tagging markets as linear, cyclical and hybrid allow investors to understand good properties based on cash flow and ROI.

The Venture Alliance trip to Newport, Rhode Island was a great success. The speakers who are specialists in their fields were truly informative. The very first Venture Alliance member shares his favorite part of the Mastermind, the hot seat.

Key Takeaways:

Jason’s Editorial:

[1:26] Upcoming episodes on financing

[2:07] Our first Venture Alliance member is on the podcast

[5:01] Houses starting at $400,000 on Martha’s Vineyard

[9:06] Rehashing the Rhode Island trip

[10:21] Hard money, short and long term lending, how it affects your debt to income ratio

[14:18] The hot seat is the best part of the Mastermind

[16:10] Recreational time is still business time during the Venture Alliance trips

[17:44] A discussion is more intimate than a presentation

[18:26] The inflation/deflation debate

Daren Blomquist Guest Interview:

[20:44] National data doesn’t always reflect geographic niches

[22:24] RealtyTrac is, at its core a data company

[25:07] We have the ability to license, or re-sell the data to other companies

[26:40] Home sales are at an 8 year high when analyzing 190 markets

[29:00] The homeownership rate helps our clients to analyze markets

[30:54] We a