Danny Johnson

  • Danny Johnson has flipped hundreds of houses over the last 11+ years in San Antonio, Texas. He blogs about flipping houses at FlippingJunkie.com and is the author of "Flipping Houses Exposed: 34 Weeks in the Life of a Successful House Flipper," a best-selling book on Amazon. He also provides real estate investor websites atĀ www.LeadPropeller.com.

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Job fizzle will crash any immediate rise in mortgage rates

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By Louis S. Barnes Gotta love it. The 2014 consensus forecast for accelerating growth lasted nine whole days. Crashing with it: any immediate rise in mortgage rates. Oh, hopes for faster gross domestic product will be back, maybe quickly, but given a black sense of humor nothing beats the post-surprise ...
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Good could mean bad for real estate investors?

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By Louis S. Barnes Last week's look-ahead column closed with passing mention of surprises. As the world will not truly re-open until next Friday, January 9 with release of December job data, today we'll explore the potential for one domestic surprise, and three foreign oops-a-daisies. The more the four tilt ...
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Investors watch list for 2014: incomes, inflation, regulation and more!

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Two big takeaways for real estate investors from taper week

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By Louis S. Barnes The terrible taper has begun! As with most long-feared events, little happened in the instance. Okay, two things: the 10-year T-note and mortgages rose close to their highs of the year, but have since fallen back, and the Dow jumped 292 points. The same Dow which ...
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What does this whale of a report called Z-1 mean for investors?

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Once each quarter, the Fed reports on the flow and landing spot of every dime in the economy. This is a huge chunk of paper that is so big itcould look like a "beached whale" and it is called Z-1. Long-term rates have stayed under good control despite expectations of ...