by Keith Weinhold | Mar 8, 2023 | Blog
A car wash can be a remarkably lucrative real estate business. When you add a franchise model, sell prepaid car wash memberships, and apply technology, these become money machines. “There is no other operation on a one acre site that can do $1 million to $2.5...
by Keith Weinhold | Dec 21, 2022 | Blog
Mainstream stock investors’ fears have pivoted from inflation to recession. Year-to-date, the S&P 500 is down 20%. The NASDAQ is down 33%. Real estate investors? Prices are stable and the elevated rent just keeps flowing in. But home prices are up nearly 2x...
by Keith Weinhold | Dec 14, 2022 | Blog
The world suddenly feels unusually… futuristic. At the rate AI apps like ChatGPT and Lensa are trending, when will using my mind and fingertips on this keyboard to write these words beneath that real headshot be passé? We discuss metaverse real estate on this...
by Keith Weinhold | Dec 14, 2022 | Blog
The ideal inflation rate is zero just like the ideal theft rate is zero. But that’s not the world we’re living in. A lot happened on November 12, 2022. October’s inflation number was reported at 7.7%. This is kinda like getting an apple at...
by Keith Weinhold | Nov 29, 2022 | Blog
I’m sorry that you didn’t win the Mega Millions jackpot. But at least you’re paying less in mortgage interest. 30-year mortgage rates hit a two-month low, from 7.08% down to 6.58%. But their spread above the 10-Year Treasury bond yield is...
by Keith Weinhold | Nov 22, 2022 | Blog
On the heels of the latest investing industry fraud, I’m still marveling at how closely the name of FTX’s disgraced Sam Bankman-Fried resembles Scam Bankrupt-Fraud. Housing price predictions are below. Though everyone needs a place to live, fewer and fewer...