Monthly Archives: June 2009

How To Get to Paradise?

Paradise, as defined by some dictionaries and religions, is heaven or any environment that is ultimately pleasurable. We can’t help you get to heaven; however we can give you some good tips on getting to a place that’s almost ultimately pleasurable!It’s difficult to imagine that one of the routes to such a place is through…

How to Buy Net Leased Real Estate with Your IRA

There is an emerging and growing trend among smart and savvy Investment Retirement Account (IRA) owners, these individuals are investing a portion of their retirement funds in a self-directed IRA Limited Liability Company (LLC) and using the LLC to purchase real estate. These tax-deferred funds can be used to purchase real estate such as net-leased…

The birth of a paradigm?

Even before the birth of the moniker, corporate social responsibility and sustainability have loitered around the foreground of investment analysis. ESG is becoming increasingly prevalent as not only a part of decision-making but also, as a representation of what traditionalists would consider a new paradigm. Never before have these non-financial factors become such a important…

Barclays to generate £7.3bn

Sure, it’s possible to imagine better news – say £7.3bn in cash from a straight sale instead of a mix of cash and a 20% stake in the enlarged US find manager. But this deal would address the UK bank’s biggest problem: a perceived lack of capital. At first blush, selling all of Barclays Global…

How to Invest In Tax Sales

Can you actually make money in tax sales? There are all kinds of people out there selling “training” programs claiming that they will teach investors how to make money from tax sales, but ultimately most of them are worthless?  What do you need to learn? Where and when are the tax sales held? What are…