The Setting Every Community Up For Retirement (SECURE) Act recently passed and it will go into effect for all Americans in 2020. There is now the SECURE Act 2.0 for retirees to consider This article goes through the retirement benefit changes for the original SECURE Act. The goal of the SECURE Act is to make […]
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My theme for 2019 was: live the good life. This is my Financial Samurai 2019 review. After a raging bull market since 2009, I’ve started to get more comfortable spending more on a better life rather than always trying to save and invest as much as possible. 2018 was a bad year for the stock market.
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Don’t fight inflation. It will beat you with a stick. Ride inflation by investing so you can beat it instead. Investing is the key to long term wealth. Inflation acts as a tailwind for your investment growth. I’m afraid there are a lot of anti-real estate people out there who are missing a crucial economic paradox that will
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SoFi life insurance is a relatively new player in the life insurance marketplace. With the coronavirus pandemic, the desire for affordable life insurance has really blown up. If you want an affordable term life insurance policy, I recommend getting free real quotes from PolicyGenius. PolicyGenius is my favorite life insurance market place that helps you
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Everybody! 2019 was a prolific year for Financial Samurai. There were over 200 posts and even more pages published. Blogging is like fishing in a big ocean. You’ve got to be patient. Most of the time you’ll catch nothing. But every once in a while, you’ll catch a big fish
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If you want to reduce your stress, it’s good to adopt the “everything is rational” mantra. Once you believe that everything is rational, you’ll stop getting so frustrated and angry at things. You’ll also stop being so jealous of other people’s success. There’s a lot of messed up things in the world such as war,
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Getting ahead is about production, not skill. This article will prove to you why people with no special skills or talent can find success as well. Back in 2017, a tall Ukrainian fella by the name of Alex came to visit my open house for rent. My five, 20-something-year old tenants had just turned over,
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Losing a property bidding war never felt so good. Let me explain. It took about three months of intense searching to find my new home in the western portion of San Francisco largely because I was unfamiliar with the area and price points. Every house I saw looked cheap compared to where I used to live,
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This is a deep dive review of CrowdStreet, one of the leading private real estate crowdfunding platforms today. I’ve met with the people at CrowdStreet several times before. Some time over the next year, I should be receiving between $150,000 – $200,000 in gross capital back from 15 remaining real estate crowdfunding investments. My plan
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Financial targets are always moving. Just when you reach one financial target, another financial target is often made. The reason for the change is due to hedonic adaptation. We humans always seem to want more! To make sure you’re being financially responsible, always look at the latest economic data to determine whether you’re saving enough,
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