2008 went by so fast! My TSP account took a hit, but I bought up a lot of shares at bargain prices. Real estate has been great for me this past year. My housing side is staying at 100% occupancy all...
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2008 went by so fast! My TSP account took a hit, but I bought up a lot of shares at bargain prices. Real estate has been great for me this past year. My housing side is staying at 100% occupancy all...
CAP RATE, also known as Capitalization Rate (CAP for short), is a number to determine the return on an investment in the real estate world for income property. Cap rate is determined by taking the...
Well were over the half way point in 2008 and my TSP account has taken a direct hit and declined in value, the average person would sell the I fund shares and run back to the G fund. However the...
It appears that another pennant is forming. The dollar has been in an upward channel for the last couple of months but is it is getting close to long term upper resistance.
Stocking up on self storage
Downsizing homes and booming businesses buoy demand for storage space, making it a winning investment.
By MARY ANN MILBOURN
The Orange County Register
As their...
Sometimes a loan officer will ask me, "Mr Gilligan, you show your net worth is $$$$$ but your government salary is only $$, how can that be?" I simply answer that I invest in assets and not...
Moving to 100% I-fund.
Pace had several chances for a great retirement, it boils down to the choices we make everyday. There are a lot of sports figures who manage their investments well: A-Rod has apartment complexes in...
Former NBA Player Joe Pace Goes From Glory to Homeless Shelter
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,356470,00.html
A couple of things caught my eye in this story, one quote from Pace:...
Moving to 100% G fund.
OK,
Who is working and supposedly watching the inmates at USP Leavenworth Unicor? I just glanced at the GSA desk calendar and in the upper right hand corner there is a small January 2008 calendar....
P,
Thank you for defending our country, stay safe while you are over there in the sand box and come home soon!
Guchi,
instead of reducing your asking price, consider gifting the down payment. You can gift 6% of the price, that should allow the seller to buy your house with no down payment. You will increase...
I looks like the dollar is forming a pennant.
The Government still matches up to 5% even if you have a loan out. I have had 3 loans in the past, all for real estate, and the Government contributions continue.
Inmate dies in Three Rivers prison riot
Guillermo Contreras, Robert Crowe and Sara Inés Calderon
Express-News ...
Housing prices are holding steady in college towns.
Enrollments -- especially at large public universities -- are growing as more children of baby boomers (so-called echo boomers) graduate from high...
Show-Me,
Home Depot is getting into the PODS. They have a 8 X 20 storage container for rent for $59 per month.
Still holding 100% S
Rogue,
Real estate investing has been around for thousands of years. Sure the bubble is bursting in several areas right now but real estate is local ( prices can be rising in some areas and crashing...
Airlift,
I still check in to TspTalk from time to time. I don’t know what the stock market will do right now, so I stay in the S fund for the time being. I’m concentrating more on Real Estate right...
With the Giants win, the rest of the year should be good for stocks!
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/superbowlindicator.asp
Still holding 100% S
With the low dollar...
Foreign Buyers Snap Up 2nd Homes in US
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071224/real_estate_foreign_buyers.html
Welcome Mack,
I stopped at the North Pole a couple of years ago on the way to Fairbanks. I saw Santa’s house and took some pictures of the reindeer.
Merry Christmas,
Gilligan
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