1948: Empowered Investor LIVE Summit, Negative Returns On REITs, Housing Bubble Myth, Rick Sharga Part 1

The EMPOWERED INVESTOR LIVE conference is almost upon us! Don't miss this life-changing opportunity to empower your journey to Financial Freedom! Acquire the life-changing information to let you begin walking down the road to your Financial Independence Day! Join us for a complete education, exclusive properties and more. Are you aware that income property is history's proven best investment? Jason and his team of experts will empower you to true financial freedom! Go to EmpoweredInvestor.com/LIVE to get your tickets today! Plus, you are also invited to go on vacation with me on the Empowered Investor PRO - Member retreat cruise. Go to EmpoweredInvestor.com/cruise for more details! Today, Jason is joined by Rick Sharga of ATTOM Data Solutions, licensor of the nation's most comprehensive foreclosure data and parent company to RealtyTrac (www.realtytrac.com), a foreclosure listings and search portal.  Is there a looming housing crisis? Not according to the data! Listen in and get the facts minus the misinformation and hype from the YouTube click bait sensationalist 'chicken littles'! Key Takeaways: Jason's editorial 1:22 Rick Sharga on the show today! 2:01 Negative 45% in office REITs; the declining need for office space 5:47 Outsourcing everything but not housing 9:49 Chart: Number of mortgages by interest rate 10:28 Chart: Household equity bubble 2.0 12:18 Join us at EMPOWERED INVESTOR LIVE 13:27 Go on vacation with me on the Empowered Investor PRO - Member retreat cruise. Get your tickets at EmpoweredInvestor.com/cruise Rick Sharga interview 15:30 Welcome back Rick 16:12 Is the sky falling? The numbers say NO 21:51 Chart: GDP Recovers After Two Consecutive Negative Quarters 23:25 Chart: Employment has fully recovered 25:29 Chart: Jobs, wages continue to grow 26:39 What gets your goat? 28:36 Chart: Consumer Spending soars, while confidence plummets 31:48 Consumer credit grows, while savings rate declines 36:21 Inflation still high, but may have peaked 37:14 The Federal Reserve has taken aggressive action 38:50 Yield curve inversion: is a recession inevitable 40:09 Will Federal Reserve cause a recession 43:07 Chart: Mortgage rates still near 20 year high   Quotables: "Wages for the first time in many years are growing faster than home prices." - Rick Sharga "The government took a 3 trillion dollar hole and stuffed 15 trillion dollars into it." - Friend of Rick's "When you have 50% more money floating around, you're going to have inflation!" Rick Sharga   Follow Jason on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM & LINKEDIN Twitter.com/JasonHartmanROI Instagram.com/jasonhartman1/ Linkedin.com/in/jasonhartmaninvestor/ Call our Investment Counselors at: 1-800-HARTMAN (US) or visit: https://www.jasonhartman.com/ Free Class:  Easily get up to $250,000 in funding for real estate, business or anything else: http://JasonHartman.com/Fund CYA Protect Your Assets, Save Taxes & Estate Planning: http://JasonHartman.com/Protect Get wholesale real estate deals for investment or build a great business – Free Course: https://www.jasonhartman.com/deals Special Offer from Ron LeGrand: https://JasonHartman.com/Ron Free Mini-Book on Pandemic Investing: https://www.PandemicInvesting.com