SVRPaul's Blog: Investing In Real Estate

My Goal,

Over 1,000 real estate agents promoting alternative energy concepts for their respective areas. In case you do not follow the financial news like I do, you may have missed all of the T. Boone Pickens commercials on the business channels concerning a plan to help the American economy.... specifically called the Pickens Plan.

Regardless of what you might think is going on concerning the United States Economy, the fact of the matter is that approximately $700 Billion dollars a year is leaving the United States economy A YEAR for our Oil needs alone. Right now we are renting... and all real estate agents should know that eventually, renting is going to cost you money. (Make Sure you watch the Video Below.)

I posted a blog post over at Active Rain…

In my blog concerning "The Next Great Real Estate Investment" posted on May 5th I highlight the benefit of investing in cheap farm land surrounding Chicago with some highlights of how much land has gone up in Iowa in the past year.

I would love to say I have some power followers for my real estate advice and take credit with what Crains Business Chicago featured in their article concerning Bill Gates buying up Illinois Farmland as highlighted on July 3rd,  Hitting Pay Dirt but I can't.  That's ok.. I'll live.

What it does mean as I highlighted in the original post... many cities in the Midwest like Chicago have always been able to continue building outward because builders could just keep buying cheap farm land to turn into tracts. If gas prices continue…

As we hit record gas prices... again...for another excuse (they never seem to end), the use of Hybrid technology has been one of our investment interests since 2002. Let's face it, unless something is done the American Consumer is just going to go through this year in and year out with each year prices going higher and higher due to one excuse or another. Like any commodity, high demand with a dwindling supply equals higher prices. Economics 101.

On Wednesday, The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on a 20-3 vote moved ahead with legislation to replace one-quarter of the nation's gasoline with ethanol and set a goal of cutting gas consumption nearly in half by 2030 That's a very lofty goal. If you are into investing in commodity futures then…

It's Masters week in Georgia. This is always a week that I reminence of my background of growing up in Georgia and the special uniqueness that Georgia offers in real estate. I graduated from Warner Robins High school in Warner Robins and later attended school at the University of Georgia -- Go Dawgs!

Anyways, if you have a chance, watch The Masters and you'll see some beautiful real estate. In a world of the next great real estate finds by journalists who have zero experience in practicing real estate, Georgia seems to be forgotten year in and year out for great places to live. When you consider the real estate appreciation rates in the past several years for the "hot" areas of Florida, Nevada and Arizona, there are parts of Georgia that could be a great…