The current economic downturn is different from others in the past. That difference is based on the civilian employment base increasing by 9% during the past eight years, while the national debt increased 89% during the same period.
Consequently, fixing this economy means not only making credit available and reconciling the toxic loans, it means […]

The United States continues its predictable and inevitable slide into a recession. For more information on market cycles, please reference NetGain’s essay “Market Cycles and Income-Producing Real Estate.”
Highlights of the current U.S. economy:

The unemployment rate for October increased to 6.5% from the prior 6.1% rate for September
The Consumer Confidence Index for October is 38 (1985=100), […]

Opportunity comes in many forms. Sometimes it’s the result of competent leadership. Sometimes it’s the result of leadership being beaten over the head so many times that they finally succumb and accept the inevitable. That appears to be the case for America’s next socioeconomic change. It was the theme NetGain chose for October: The next […]

The dramatic socioeconomic changes taking place in our country and for that matter the world beg for a re-examination of the business model for income properties. Because of the large number of income property types and types within types, the following re-examination will focus on the three core types of income property: Residential, office, and […]