article thumbnail

Putting Your Cash to Work in Real Estate

Coaching Tip

Dallas attorney Joey Messina has a side business some might find surprising: He uses his own money to make mortgage loans to people who banks likely would avoid. The mortgages carry interest rates of 14%—more than double the rates charged by most banks and far superior to the returns Mr. Messina received on his savings account.

article thumbnail

Iridius Capital Is Headed Back To The Office ? Founder And CIO G.S. Jaggi Shares How And Why

CEO Insider

Jaggi, known as “Jaggi”, is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Iridius Capital, a real estate firm based in Tucson, Arizona. Jaggi and Iridius Capital invests in real estate across all major real estate asset classes and has acquired or developed $1.5B

CIO 73
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Wise Economic Decision Making

Coaching Tip

economy before the end of the real estate boom. Some economists have been assailed for having financial ties to the big banks that did so much to precipitate the financial crisis. Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek, January 17, 2011. Not too long ago, housing was the workhorse of the U.S. In 2005, housing accounted for 6.1

article thumbnail

11 Ideas for Economic Recovery

Strategy Driven

Real estate investments, undervalued stocks, strategic partnerships, you name it. Thinking long-term has led this retailer’s CEO to investigate real estate purchases at lower rates and to buy up high-end equipment now while the prices are low. One Canadian bank applied this thinking to bounced checks.

article thumbnail

At the Core of Your Abilities - Personal Strengths and People Skills

Building Personal Strength

As everyone knows, the stock market tanked a few years ago when "the real estate bubble" burst. The market fell apart because a lot of high-level bank executives did the wrong things. They were inattentive, reckless, irresponsible, unscrupulous and disloyal to their banks stakeholders.

Skills 90
article thumbnail

test

N2Growth Blog

LeadsandBids.com A virtual platform offering a network of services and proposes to bring contractors, property owners, finance, insurance, real estate and other pertinent services together. N2 is a proud member of Linked-In.

Directory 167
article thumbnail

Three Reasons the Euro Zone Deal Won't Work

Harvard Business Review

The idea behind the latest maneuver is that recapitalizing European banks will reduce the correlation between the creditworthiness of a state's banking system and the creditworthiness of a State itself. Many countries have taken large equity stakes in their banks. And market participants were initially thrilled.

GDP 13