Monthly Archives - July 2024

Snapshot of the Nation’s Housing Stock

By Brad Beckett The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program (PEP) produces estimates of the population for the United States, its states, counties, cities, and towns, as well as for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and its municipios. In addition, as illustrated by the interactive chart below, they also produce housing unit estimates for the nation, states, and individual counties.

Your Network Becomes Your Net Worth

By Jeffery S. Watson “Your network becomes your net worth” is something I’ve heard many times from my friends David Phelps and Jim Ingersoll. I’m not sure where it originated, but I recently had this advice demonstrated to me. A colleague of mine, Jason, who works at one of the companies in which I am a minority owner, was in the process of...

Confused as to Accredited Investor Status?

By Jeffery S. Watson I was recently asked if someone qualifies as an accredited investor by looking at their total situation. They realized that they had not had a conversation with their accountant about the value of their business that had little to no debt, had a low operating cost, but consistently generated a couple hundred thousand dollars a year in gross...

How Americans Feel About Government Agencies

By Brad Beckett The Visual Capitalist says that come election time Americans won’t hesitate to show their approval or disapproval of the country’s elected leaders. However, they point out that feelings about the federal bureaucracy and its agencies are a little harder to gauge.  Indeed....Stay safe and have a Happy Friday!!!

Weekly Roundup Friday News

Your weekly news & updates Here is this week's "Weekly Roundup" from Real Estate Investing Today, the news & views site from the National Real Estate Investors Association. Visit our Website U.S. Construction Spending Down Slightly in May The U.S. government is reporting that total construction spending in May, 2024 was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $2,139.8 billion, which is 0.1% lower...

States with Cities Over 250k People

By Brad Beckett The Visual Capitalist says over 80% of the American population lives in an “urban area."  Using Census data, today's infographic illustrates that fact with a map the U.S. states with cities over 250k people.  Indeed...Stay safe and have a Happy Friday!!!

Look at these numbers!

  I don’t want to scare you but the progressive left, anti-landlord activists have: Knocked on over 23,000 doors,   Communicated with over 55,000 households, Made over 9,000 phone calls,   Sent over 61,000 text messages,   Stopped 919 evictions in Kansas City during the pandemic,   and as of August of 2023 they have 9,467 members in Kansas City alone.   Tenant unions (which have nothing to do with labor...