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Investors are drastically driving up the cost of real estate for the middle class.

According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), home prices are up 19.1% from April 2020 to April this year, as every region in America recorded price increases. “This is a record high and marks 110 straight months of year-over-year gains,” it stated. The NAR also explains that much of this price rise can be attributed to low inventory. At the end December, housing inventory stood at just 1.07 million homes for sale on a national level, marking the lowest number of available homes in 39 years. Continue reading →

When our government offers up free money, we shouldn’t be surprised if the crooks beat us to it.

The least we could’ve done was set up this money-grab so good ol’ American crooks could steal the taxpayers’ money. Instead, it appears we shipped these lucrative jobs overseas.

“Unemployment fraud surged during the coronavirus pandemic,” reports Fox Business, “with billions of dollars likely ending up in the hands of foreign crime syndicates based in China, Russia and other countries, experts say.”

Total damage? Around $400 billion lost to fraud, according to estimates. Continue reading →

In 21 states, individuals on unemployment can pull in $25 an hour.

There are 9.3 million job openings currently in the U.S. labor market. In other words, there are plenty of jobs to be had for anybody seeking one. But that’s just the problem — few people without jobs are seeking work. Continue reading →

Ever hear of Yodlee? Neither had I, until I discovered it was aggregating my data in my bank account, and likely selling it to third parties. This quickly became a personal dig, until I found staggering connections that I realized the public needs to be made aware of. Before you determine this has nothing to do with you, I urge you to review this article in its entirety and pay close attention to the timeline actions, because this affects ALL OF YOU, and it’s being rolled out in multiple countries. Continue reading →

BEWARE… of Cliptocurrencies

I did an interview recently with the lovely Michelle Holiday before the latest fireworks from the Cliptocurrencies. Michelle wanted to make a valid point that people have made a lot of money investing in what I believe are electronic Beanie Babies. Of course my response was that we hear from the people who have made money in the scam but not from those who lost money. In my view there are a lot more of those. Continue reading →

Billionaire Warren Buffett is joining the long list of executives saying serious levels of inflation are starting to take hold as the U.S. economy roars back from the COVID-19 downturn.

“We are seeing substantial inflation,” Buffett said at the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting broadcast exclusively by Yahoo Finance. “We are raising prices. People are raising prices to us, and it’s being accepted.” Continue reading →