Where does a person go to satisfy their desire for a safe investment with a reasonably high-yield? Looking through the best search engines on the web doesn’t offer much of an answer.

You will likely find several investment offerings ranging from tax liens to real estate funds yielding 12% or more that are commonly solicited. The fine print likely suggests that the investor bears all risk associated with such offerings. So much for safety! If you want true safety, you really are stuck with government notes, certificates of deposits etc. (more…)