Rates Going the Wrong Way, Inflation Running Hot — Is a Recession Already Here?

The panel is back after a busy stretch building out the Investor Circle and hosting their first annual investor summit. The market did not wait for them. The ten year Treasury hit 4.7, the thirty year is back to 2007 highs, CPI came in at 3.1 and they are sitting in contract on a major deal without a rate lock. We break down what stagflation actually means for your portfolio, share the only asset class that grew income during 2008, and dig into why the collapse of community banking from 13,000 banks to 4,000 matters more than most people realize. 🔔 Subscribe so you never miss an episode of Cash Flow Quest!

⏱️ Timestamps 0:00 - Cold open — world order shifting, liquidity crisis, affordable housing wins 1:57 - Interest rates moving the wrong direction — the Trump put at 4.5 is broken 4:06 - CPI at 3.1 — oil, fertilizer shortages and food prices this summer 6:03 - In contract without a rate lock — what we are doing about it 7:14 - Liquidity crisis explained — countries selling reserves 10:06 - Power vacuum, energy vacuum and the China angle 15:28 - Houston natural gas boom — more LNG moving than any other port 18:00 - The pin and the pop — what a market catalyst looks like 21:53 - A 40% market drop means you need 80% gain just to break even 24:05 - The data — MHP was the only asset class to grow NOI in 2008 25:28 - Fixed supply of 43,000 parks vs 650,000 new apartments in 2024 30:57 - 35 trillion in debt and 1 trillion in annual interest payments 34:19 - Quantitative easing is coming — they will just call it something else 42:41 - New Fed chair and creative monetary policy options 47:18 - From 13,000 banks to 4,000 — what banking consolidation means 53:19 - The haves vs have nots — the entrepreneurship gap is widening

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