If you have been reading this blog for a while, you already know that I don’t hold much back You also know that I have the utmost confidence in your ability to manage your own finances. You just need a little help. You also need to not follow the herd as it blindly goes over the cliff. You need to do things differently if you want above average returns. Besides, average is far overrated.

Beware, if you continue to read this, you will never not be able to see where you are going or feign ignorance again. Not that you would or course but in order to see where things are going, you need a good road map, a compass, and some binoculars to see what is ahead, and then you need a blueprint to build your investment vehicle.

Here is a tool that both gives you a Micro and the Macro view on what is going on in a number of markets mainly housing, bonds, and mortgages. These also foretell a lot about the state of the overall economy.

I bet you have never seen this mentioned anywhere else. It is one that I have been using for years and it is called The Mortgage Grapevinee. It is about and for people in the Mortgage Business.

It is worth taking a look and reading some of the posts there on a regular basis. It is by far the most accurate source for seeing what is going on in the Mortgage arena today. Because it is raw, you have to take things with a grain of salt, but it gives you unedited data on what is going on in the the housing and mortgage business and it is the real deal and not some watered down interpretation by a talking head.

There are some lively political discussions as well. You can also get another take on those ignorant brutes called mortgage brokers that the media so readily vilifies for taking advantage of the poor people that signed 86 pages of documentation on their loans and yet proclaim not to know that their payment might go up. LOL

We would love to know where you hale from! While we can see where you are, let others know that your town or country counts too. I know we have people from all over the world visiting the site.

You can use this fun location and visitor map. You can even put your name, or make one up in there too.  Everyone should have at least one Internet handle anyway.  It is a fun tool that I will show you later how to use to help your investing career.

It is easy to use and you can’t hurt it. If you click on it and hold down your left mouse button, you can move the map around or click on the - or + signs to zoom in or out on the map.

Tool Number #1

Communications

Ok, here is the first Tool I am going to recommend. This not only has uses for your investing, but in all parts of communications. I have been using this for a while now and if you have never heard of this and you are not using it you should do yourself a favor and signup for it right now.

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