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Buying a House When Mortgage Interest Rates are High: Dave Ramsey

Many potential homeowners feel apprehensive when considering buying a house in a climate of rising mortgage interest rates. Dave Ramsey, a seasoned voice in real estate and finance, sheds light on this topic, offering insights that challenge popular perceptions. Drawing from historical data, market trends, and the age-old debate of renting versus buying, this blog …

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Index Fund vs. Real Estate: Real World Example

Real Estate / By Steve Burns

When deciding how to invest your money, index funds and real estate are two of the most popular options. Both provide avenues to grow your wealth over time. But is one better than the other? We’ll compare index funds versus real estate investing with a real-world example. Index funds and real estate have differing advantages …

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Why You Should Never Pay Off Your House

Real Estate / By Steve Burns

Buying a home is one of the most significant financial commitments most people make in their lifetimes. Owning a home is one of the most universally cherished dreams. Living in a space that’s entirely yours, free from the obligations of monthly payments, can seem like the pinnacle of financial peace. But what if the widely …

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Drawing Conclusions: Is Renting Really a Waste of Money?

Real Estate / By Steve Burns

It’s an age-old question that lingers in the minds of many individuals, especially as they navigate their financial journey: “Should I rent a place to live, or should I take the leap into homeownership?” While some people quickly voice their belief in the adage “rent money is dead money,” others advocate for the flexibility and …

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Businesses that Never Fail? 6 Businesses with Low Failure Rates

Business, Real Estate / By Steve Burns

Business is not as easy as most people believe, whether it’s a big business trying to survive in its market year by year or a small business just starting out, the success rate is not high. Big business must grow its top line sales and its bottom line profit just to stay in business as …

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Real Estate vs. Stock Market: Which One Will Make Me More Money?

Real Estate, Stock Market / By Steve Burns

Real estate and stocks are two different asset classes. Real estate is owning properties, buildings, or homes while stocks are owning equity in a publicly traded company. Both types of assets can appreciate in value for capital gains and both can be used to create cash flow. Many factors effect which investment could be right …

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Why Home Prices Haven’t Crashed Yet

Real Estate / By Steve Burns

Home prices minus the inflation rate equals real home prices. The historical performance of home prices has to be looked at in terms of inflation adjusted returns not nominal home prices. If your house goes up 10% in one year but inflation also goes up 10% you didn’t have a 10% return, your house was …

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Warren Buffett: Why Real Estate Is a Lousy Investment

Real Estate / By Steve Burns

Warren Buffett believes that compared to the potential of companies and stocks that real estate is a lousy investment. This is speaking relative to business ownership as he does think money can be made in real estate especially in times of market mispricing. However, his edge is in analyzing the value of future company cash …

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It Started: The Housing Market Is Collapsing

Housing, Real Estate / By Steve Burns

Let’s look at the first signs of the demand for high priced houses collapsing and how much of it is location based around the U.S. Is the housing market in a recession? Most home builders and mortgage brokers say that we have entered a housing recession. Here’s what they are seeing: Higher mortgage rates are …

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Current Warren Buffett House

Real Estate, Warren Buffett, Wealth / By Steve Burns

What house does Warren Buffett currently live in? Warren Buffett still lives in the house he bought for $31,500 in 1958. Inflation adjusted to 2019 dollars it cost him $280,500 in 1958 buying power. His home is located in a wealthy neighborhood in Omaha, Nebraska. It’s now worth an estimated $915,000 based on comparative houses …

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