American Monetary Association

Investment Counselor Adam talks with one of the network's lenders about what rates are available for investors, what's been driving the slowly rising rates, whether it's worth it to pay points on your loan, and more.

Key Takeaways:

[0:48] Rates are higher than they were 4 months ago, but where are they historically?

[6:12] What will happen to rates if the 7% limit is removed?

[8:01] Today's mortgage rates for a 200,000 property

[10:44] What breakeven is considered good for paying points on your loan?

[13:03] Does it make sense to put 15% down?

Website:

www.JasonHartman.com/Properties

Direct download: AMA_401_MayMortgage.mp3
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Jason Hartman talks with Ken Honda, author of Happy Money, The Japanese Art of Making Peace with Your Money, to discuss why giving is so powerful, the importance of money, and more.

Key Takeaways:

[3:41] What does it mean to not be at peace with your money

[8:22] Money is just a number and an idea

[12:23] Ken's money container philosophy

[16:35] What you appreciate, appreciates

[21:38] What you can do to invite more happy money into your life

Website:

www.KenHonda.com

www.JasonHartman.com

Direct download: AMA_400_Ken_Honda.mp3
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Jason Hartman talks with The Rebel Capitalist George Gammon about the newest Operation Twist. This is a program run previously that aims to manipulate yields. George explains how it did work and how it might be used again. The two also examine the hyperinflation of Weimar, Germany, and see if there's any link to what's happening in the USA today.

Key Takeaways:

[1:11] What was Operation Twist and what's version 2 look like today?

[5:56] The impact of the Treasury spending down their account

[10:52] How bank actions are distorting the yield curve

[14:59] Is all of this as inflationary as it sounds?

[17:25] Average income in the US is substantially rising

[28:08] Weimar, Germany's inflation story

Website:

www.GeorgeGammon.com

www.JasonHartman.com/ask

Direct download: AMA_399_Gammon.mp3
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There are many different ways to invest your money. What's the difference between things like REITs and simply purchasing a single family rental? Both of them are, technically, investing in real estate, but only one of them gives you a multi-dimensional asset that you can control.

Jason Hartman dives into the two investments to see the pros and cons of each.

Website:

www.JasonHartman.com/Properties

Direct download: AMA_398_Maintain_Control.mp3
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When a libertarian is saying it may be time for Universal Basic Income (UBI), does that mean it's come mainstream?

Mike Munger, Professor at Duke University and author of the new book Platforms: The Perils and Promise, joins Jason Hartman to discuss the potential of a $15 minimum wage, and what that would do to the economy vs what a UBI could do. The two also discuss asset prices, monopolies, and what HAS to be fixed with our current version of capitalism.

Key Takeaways:

[2:47] What is the 3rd revolution

[8:17] Why Mike is in favor of Universal Basic Income

[12:48] How do you find the ideal amount of UBI?

[17:19] Asset prices cause inequality

[19:21] Is it time to reexamine what we call antitrust?

[24:10] Capitalism is becoming cronyism in the USA. Is that sustainable?

Website:

www.MichaelMunger.com

Direct download: AMA_397_Munger.mp3
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Jason Hartman joins Doug Utberg on The Terminal Value podcast to talk economics of the day. The two discuss how you truly grow wealthy in the United States, whether we're really in a low inflation environment, the impact of low interest rates, and more.

Key Takeaways:

[4:05] The REAL way you grow wealthy. There's only 2 ways.

[10:11] There's more inflation that we're being told

[16:10] When you adjust the numbers to current value, real estate has gotten cheaper the last 14 years

[20:57] Low interest rates will kill supply in the coming years as people won't want to give up their low interest rate and move

Website:

www.JasonHartman.com

www.TerminalValuePodcast.com

Direct download: AMA_396_Utberg.mp3
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Jason Hartman talks with Stephen Leeb, author of the new book China's Rise and the New Age of Gold, as well as The Coming Economic Collapse, about why commodities are in such demand and what that means for investors moving forward. The two also examine how we're going to get 6.5 BILLION people into the middle class.

Key Takeaways:

[3:05] The world is at a turning point

[10:48] Real, physical assets are in short supply and GREAT demand in today's environment

[17:00] Gold has outperformed the S&P by 100% in the last 20 years

Websites:

www.StephenLeeb.com

Direct download: AMA_Stephen_Leeb.mp3
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Jason Hartman interviews Matthew Gould of UnstoppableDomains.com. Matthew Gould talks about different domain extensions that liken themselves to early adopters of the new decentralized web. Is China launching its own digital currency with a higher transaction speed, and could this affect the dollar? Gould works to ensure that the people, not the government or the big-tech corporations, get to define the internet in the modern world.  

Key Takeaways:

[2:20] People can move cryptocurrency around easier with over 50 different cryptos. 

[3:30] Gould speaks on the free speech concerns online. 

[6:15] What is DNS? 

[8:40] Is there a modern, blockchain, free speech-oriented hosting platform?

[10:00] Who gets to define what the internet will look like in the future?

[13:00] How are tech institutions a lack of government action?

[16:45] In the 1970s, the US had the best banking system in the world, ex: settlement speed and accuracy. 

Websites:

JasonHartman.com

1-800-HARTMAN

unstoppabledomains.com

Direct download: AMA_Blockchain_Domains__Unstoppable_Domains_with_Matthew_Gould.mp3
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Chad Hewitt appropriately and humorously likens his scaffolding business to a short-term rental property. This Rich Dad, Poor Dad inspired investor shares his real estate story with the Hartman Network.

Key Takeaways:

[1:15] Owns a scaffolding business is quite similar to owning a short term rental company. 

[2:10] Triple net leases simply mean that all expenses pass through to the tenant. 

[3:30] Originally inspired by Rich Dad, Poor Dad.  

[7:00] Triple net vs. individual residential real estate. 

[11:20] Anyone with a decent paying job can get past the 16k barrier to entry. 

[14:00] Income property is the most tax-favored asset in America because you can depreciate it. 

[20:30] With a 1031-exchange, you don't need to do the recapture when you sell a home. 

[25:00] Because of the Green New Deal, the cost to develop your average apartment complex is going to go up. 

Websites:

JasonHartman.com

JasonHartman.com/properties

Jason Hartman Quick Start

Jason Hartman PropertyCast (Libsyn)

Jason Hartman PropertyCast (iTunes)

1-800-HARTMAN

Direct download: AMA_393_Chad_Hewitt.mp3
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You don’t need a booming housing industry to make money, just a good strategy. Ken poses the question, when the dust settles, which businesses will still be standing, and where will the concentration of people be? Jason Hartman predicts a strain on the housing supply in the not-so-distant future as he postulates that few will be incentivized to get rid of a home loan with such historically low-interest rates. 

Key Takeaways:

[2:00] How much has life changed in the recent 10, 20 years? 

[3:30] The tech companies are likely to be broken up. 

[5:00] You can make money in any environment if you adjust your strategy. 

[10:00] Ken’s tips on how to find deals and evaluate them.

[16:40] Definite move from retail to housing. 

[22:00] There is obvious truth of an asset shortage - as in bidding against 45 other buyers. 

[31:10] City/State revenue comes from Taxpayers. There is a potential for cities to file bankruptcy. 

[37:45] The bubble ‘should’ve popped’ already, but ‘they’ can keep kicking the can down the road. 

[41:25] “I still think there is going to be a crash; it’s just being propped up with money which is going to create inflation.” -McElroy

[43:20] Jason predicts a future strain on housing supply because of so many home purchases with historically the lowest interest rates ever. 

Websites:

JasonHartman.com

1-800-HARTMAN

kenmcelroy.com/jasonhartman

Direct download: AMA_Ken_McElroy_Housing_Boom_or_Collapse.mp3
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