Jason Hartman's Quick Start Podcast

Today's Quick Start comes from Creating Wealth Episode 575, originally published in September 2015.

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?

Key Takeaways:

[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

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

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Today's Quick Start is from Creating Wealth Episode 569, originally published in September 2015.

So you've decided to invest in real estate, what now? Using the checklists provided by Jason and his team you can take things step by step and not miss a thing. Even if this is your first investment you can be certain you are making educated decisions on home inspectors, insurance companies and lenders by using this simple tool. You'll have your real estate portfolio up and growing in no time.

Key Takeaways:

[1:35] The Creating Wealth Show is the #1 way to achieve better real estate investing

[3:23] First steps to acquiring a property

[6:02] Some providers use year built as the rehab date

[7:22] Every property will sell at the right price

[8:37] Big retailers don't make investments easily, use it as a sign

[10:05] A checklist after the purchase agreement

[12:06] How to pick a home inspector

[13:41] 50 shades of cahoots

[16:53] Pre-approval for financing and understanding their language

[19:19] A good track record is important to us

[20:06] Being disloyal to markets and lenders is a good thing

[22:44] Dealing with a nationwide insurance company and umbrella policies

[27:26] During closing time use the change of address form for your investment property

[30:42] Venture Alliance fall foliage tour coming up soon, talk to your investment counselor

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Today's Quick Start is from Creating Wealth episode 729, originally published in September 2016.

Today's panel discusses self-management options for your income properties. The experts agree, a great property management company is worth their weight in gold but it is also important to be educated about your self-management options. The panel shares information about companies who use technology to save you time and money through automating tedious tasks, best practices to improve home interiors without spending a fortune and what types of tenants are the best types of tenants to have.

Key Takeaways:

[9:19] Kwikset Kevo bluetooth locks make it easier for self-management of income properties.

[16:57] Jason recommends adding a little color to the interior walls of your income properties.

[20:33] Is self-management easier than having a property manager?

[23:27] The road to self-management and maintaining a good relationship with your tenants.

[28:00] The flat rate fee system makes self-managing properties easier.

[32:47] Property managers are reluctant to take legitimate fees out of a tenant's security deposit.

[37:06] Ask your property managers to lower their costs if you are realizing the value.

[40:11] Using Cozy makes rent collection and viewing tenant profiles easy.

[44:35] Disintermediation is getting rid of the middle man.

[49:10] Rently allows tenants to do their own showings with only a credit card.

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Originally aired as CW 295

Jason Hartman is joined by author and real estate investor, Barb Getty, as she talks about her journey into real estate investing, what it takes to be a good landlord or property manager, how to find and keep great tenants, and explains the eviction process.

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Do you have the sense to wait out the market during lag times? Buy and hold is Jason's philosophy and he is a self made multi millionaire. The average American will never buy at the markets lowest point nor sell at the highest point. For most it takes time for the media's influence to inspire action which means always being late to the game. Increasing your knowledge and learning pertinent facts and figures will help you to anticipate upcoming changes in the market.

Key Takeaways:

[2:10] The impact of technology on inflation

[3:18] Rate of change in inflation rates

[6:01] Deflation in 2015 – July being the most deflationary month ever in the U.S.

[8:24] Maintaining yield with the income and expense ratios

[9:53] Staying power through lag time

[11:09] How deflation affects real estate markets

[13:58] Cash flow allows you to weather the downmarket storm

[16:15] Jason's Commandment #5 – Thou shalt not gamble

[18:22] Naresh questions what happens to the real estate market if we see a rate hike in 2016

[19:00] The 3 dimensions of real estate are buy, rent or homeless

[21:42] Multidimensional asset class and price discovery

[23:08] An example of an exchange to a linear market

[25:00] Jason Hartman University Live in San Diego and Venture Alliance trip to Rhode Island

[30:00] Gold doesn't produce income and its not a good asset class

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Originally aired as CW 236

Join Jason Hartman and MC Company Principal and Co-Partner, as well as the Real Estate Adviser of Robert Kiyosaki, Ken McElroy, in this insightful discussion about real estate investing, inflation, and the effect of today's economy on the rental markets. Both Ken and Jason learned the power of leverage to hedge against inflation, and in this episode, they share their combined knowledge with the listeners. Ken feels that investing in real estate and watching the dollar, mortgage rates, and inflation are lifelong endeavors and it's important to stay on top of those things. He also shares why he prefers apartments over residential investments, expressing it allows greater control over the financial outcome of the asset.

Ken talks about the pent up demand of Gen Y'ers, who currently are forced to live at home due to scarcity of jobs, but who will eventually flow into the rental market if and when jobs are created and the economy begins to improve. Jason and Ken also share their similar knowledge regarding macro- and micro-markets, the importance of researching job markets, employment rates, population, schools, etc. "At the end of the day, it's all about demographics," Ken says.

Jason Hartman talks with investment counselor, Sara, about investor psychology, overcoming obstacles and getting out of our own way. The smoke-and-mirrors propaganda perpetuated by mainstream media (lamestream media as Sarah Palin says) in reporting the new high in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA).

They almost always fail to distinguish between nominal dollars and real dollars. Jason illustrates how investors have actually lost money in inflation adjusted dollars and how the Dow has to increase a lot more before investors break even based on the two peaks. This lie is even worse when one considers how inflation is underreported in the consumer price index (CPI and CPI-U) due to weighting, substitution and hedonics (the hedonic index). Another misrepresentation is the 'core rate' or 'core inflation' which strips out food and energy because they're too volatile. Jason shares some interesting data from ZeroHedge.com.

Today's episode comes from Creating Wealth episode 259, published in May 2012.

Jason Hartman and returning guest, Dan Amerman discuss federal policies and interest rates, which hurts the savers and fixed income folks. The artificially low interest rates are not working and create higher prices through inflation.

They also discuss inflation rates, in which the federal numbers are glossed over and do not match true inflation as experienced by the American citizens through food, fuel, and utilities. Manufacturers hide inflation by making products smaller.

Jason and Dan then talk about rental housing and how to arbitrage the inflation. Dan explains how to turn the fed policies around to our advantage. It starts with understanding cash flow investing and setting your safety margin. When looking at cash flows, rather than being all about the price, it's more about the interest rate when it comes to a mortgage. In the process of creating non-free-market interest rates for banks and for the federal government, the federal government has accidentally made available subsidized mortgage rates that are available if you can get the lending.

It goes directly to your bottom line as the investor, resulting in much higher cash flows than you would see in a free market.

This podcast originally aired on Creating Wealth episode 18.

How prudent real estate investors BENEFIT from inflation in two big ways! Here is how to use leverage prudently to maximize returns and reduce risks.

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This podcast originally aired on Creating Wealth episode 831.

Jason records this episode from Europe where he is thoroughly appreciating Capitalism. He reminds us, to get rich, we must take consistent, prudent risks. Understanding proformas and having the ability to analyze real estate deals will pay off in long-term cash flow. And, using leverage allows you to do more with less. During the Four Pillars of ROI clip, we learn about the sometimes underappreciated tax benefits of income property investments and hear a new investor recommend investing with Jason's company.

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