Knowledge is power!

When you've got powerful information that others don't, it makes you want to share it with everyone you know.

The high salaries in Switzerland, paired with your marketable skills should allow you to have quite a bit of purchasing power in most US markets. 

help me get my head around this concept -" leverage " for lack of a better word have 5 properties - 3 are paid for (worth approx 150k each) and 2 - I'm paying ~2.5-3% note on - all properties cash flow and I use a ~ + 10% cap rate on properties I buy part of me says pay off the 2 - I am paying interest on before I buy another propertythe other part - is toying with the concept of - doing a cash out refinance on the properties that are paid for and buying more properties - I hear alot of people talk about pulling out equity to buy other properties - but the conservative in me - thinks this is robbing peter to pay paul - sure I would have more properties but more debt on more properties how does this get me closer to financial freedom - rather then just bragging rights that i have more properties with more debt ?

I've got a power couple sitting at the 16th property mark right now because we planned ahead and always got loans in the name of only one spouse. 

With no telephone service provider, it is still possible to plug in a non-powered phone (old skool) and dial 911 out.

When you're aiming for a goal (freedom number, for instance), how do you balance the sacrifice of immediate comfort with not going "overboard"?

Although a lump cost up from, his will give you the power to broker your own deals and look for property on your own. 

It really ignores the bargaining power that 404 sq ft provides when soliciting offers.

“This new agency, the CFPB, lacks that critical check and structural constitutional protection, yet wields vast power over the U.S. economy,” the ruling stated.