Are We Heading Into a Real Estate Bubble? Six Factors to Consider
Friday, December 11
The 2007 housing crash should not have caught people by surprise, there were numerous warning signs and red flags available to the average investor. The United States had recently undergone a very similar bubble and crash cycle with technology stocks just a few years earlier, so investors were n...
12 Types of Passive Income to Fund Your Financial Independence
Tuesday, November 17
In this post, I have provided some perspectives on 12 different types of passive income from the mundane to the exotic to help achieve your goals. This is part 2 to my last post Five Simple Steps to Build a Budget for Financial Freedom so you may want to start thereCreating a diverse stream of p...
Five Simple Steps to Build a Budget for Financial Freedom
Tuesday, November 10
The key to ending your reliance on a W2 paycheck is more about knowing exactly how much you need each month and less about how much you are being paid. It is also about creating entrepreneurial solutions to solve new financial challenges. Monthly budgets have to cover all the traditional expens...
Rethinking Our Hourly Wage to Maximize Our Work/Life Balance
Friday, October 30
How Many Hours Are We Truly Working? Including Those Late Night Emails...In recent years people seem to be working far more hours per week as work/life balance takes a back seat to always being available to employers. Responding to email at all hours, staying late, going in early, and traveling ...
Six Lessons on How One Real Estate Deal Paid for Law School:
Friday, October 23
When I was in my first year of law school* studying contracts the professor would say, "always review and maintain control of the documents." This was remarkably good advice and by following it I was able to pay for all of law school with one of my first real estate investments. At the time my ...
Long Distance Investing -- How to Invest in Boise from Uganda
Thursday, October 15
I am a little envious when I see Bigger Pockets members say they will walk over to look at a property in their neighborhood or maybe drive a few hours to check out a new town with lots of investment potential. This is because I am the ultimate long distance property investor. Instead of an out ...