Posts Tagged ‘housing market’

Remodel and Upgrade Modestly- Tighten the Real Estate Belt

Ari Roy | June 25th, 2009

Sometimes I think that show “Flip This House” is the biggest fraud ever perpetrated on the American public.  What really disturbs me the most that people actually take these things to heart and then apply them to their own life.  As a real estate appraiser I see people putting their heart and soul into upgrading or remodeling their house and then being devastated when they don’t make double their money back when it  


IS THE RALLY FOR REAL?

Henry Montag, CFP, CLTC | May 26th, 2009

Many investors have rightfully asked  Is this the beginning of a bull market rally or just a bounce from the devastation weve sufferred over the last 9 months.  Do we first have to retest the November 08 lows or did the March 09 lows already do that?
  
Theres perhaps nothing worse for ones confidence whether youre an investor or an advisor to have lost
20, 30 ,even 40% of your investments  or more over the last year and then to get back into the market only to have it trick you again with a new bear market correction.
 
So what can we do to protect ourselves and the money we have left from further losses.  Some people say