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Want to Get a Loan? Do It the Right Way
If you are looking to get a loan for anything, you shouldn't just go to the bank and see if you're good to go. There are somethings that you should do...
Successful Real Estate Investing Tips
Real Estate investing is a great way for the small guys to get a piece of the wealth and money they want to make them rich. If you are looking to start...
The Best Anti-Fragility Speech Ever Came From a Surprising Source
A psychologist named Jonathan Haidt believes that we are entering an anti fragility state of mind. He shows a lot of evidence of people trying to protect...
Reflecting on Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations, 245 years later
The year 1776 was significant in many ways, but specifically, events in March of that year shaped the world into what it is today. Most events were tied...
Follow the Income: Understanding Income Growth
When you are looking to evaluate anything usually real estate, you have to understand why it is where it is at. There are many key variables to lookout...
How Do Interest Rates Affect the Housing Market?
Interest rates have a pretty big affect on the housing market. Obviously the higher that an interest rate is, the more difficult it will be to pay a...
Who Pays the Most in Taxes and Why
When it comes to paying taxes, there is a specific rate that a person must pay depending on how much they earn. The top 1% of earners pay a rate of 38.5%...
What is Real Investing?
Real investing deals with a quadrant with four different letters which are E, S, B an I. These letters stand for employee, self-employed, business owner...
3 Reasons Why It’s So Hard to Get Rich Saving Money
There are quite a few reasons why it is very hard to get rich by saving money. One of the big reasons is because of taxes. When you save money, you...
Goodbye To The U.S. Dollar
The US dollar is constantly hurt by inflation, but luckily there are things that you can do to beat it. Investing in Bitcoin could be rewardable even...
What Is Financial Freedom - Achieving Independence Simplified
Financial freedom means having enough savings or cash-flowing assets to live life on your own terms. Two frameworks include asset accumulation and cash-flowing assets.
Real Estate Appreciation vs. Cash Flow
People are often thinking that it's a great idea to invest in a home. The main reason is that people see appreciation and immediately think it will...
Best Way to Define Infinite Banking
Infinite banking is a process that makes use of the dividends from whole life insurance policies. If you overfund a policy, it has cash value and can be...
Phantom Income
Discover how to navigate phantom income, a taxable income without cash receipt, commonly arising in investments, partnerships, and LLCs, and learn proactive steps to avoid unexpected tax liabilities.
Wealth Snowball Strategy: My Financial Freedom Plan In My 40s Even After A Financial Meltdown
My financial freedom plan to be financially free in 10 years or less. Better known as the wealth snowball strategy.
Where Investors Are Buying Down South in 2020 (& Why It’s a Solid Bet)
In 2020, many investors are taking their money down to the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Not only is the population of the metroplex growing, but the economy is...
The Path to Wealth: 7 Steps to Success in Business and Life
May MacCarthy, the author of the best selling book "The Path to Wealth," has offered a guide on how to not only become successful in the boardroom, but...
Is Now a Good Time to Invest?
It is reasonable to think that, given the economic uncertainty, we should be building up savings and rainy-day funds. However, economic wisdom also tells...
5 Economic Principles My Kids Learned on Halloween
Trick or treating has long been something children do each and every Halloween. The act of trick or treating might not treat them about trading, but the...
Order Of Operations MATTER: Antifragile Revisited
Bonus Material: Free calculator that will tell you returns what returns you need to retire in 10 years or less For many of us, wealth building is a path...