After publishing my post, Focus On Trends: Why I’m Investing In The Heartland Of America, a couple readers pointed out that Fundrise, one of the leading real estate crowdfunding platforms, offers various eREITs. Further, on February 13, 2019, Google announced they are investing $13 billion in heartland real estate to expand their offices and data […]
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My times have changed! A while a go, I was looking at CD investment alternatives given they paid so poorly. Now, after an aggressive Fed rate hike cycle of 11 rate hikes since 2011, CDs are actually paying handsomely! The good times for high CD interest rates will unlikely last, as inflation and interest rates
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This article will profile a successful real estate crowdfunding investment. Real estate crowdfunding started in 2012 and is therefore a relatively new investment alternative. However, real estate has been one of the longest investment classes in history. In October 2016, I decided to invest $10,000 in my first real estate crowdfunding investment. It was a
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During my exploration process of selling Financial Samurai, I consulted with a friend who sold his website for $2.8 million some years ago. He offered to share what transpired, what he would have done differently, and why he wished he would have held on. He regrets selling his online business. The numbers and timing have
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Americans are facing a difficult dilemma during the pandemic. We have to decide between the economy or maybe your life or my life. How long are we willing to purposefully shut down our economy to combat the coronavirus and risk losing even more people due to a great depression? I don’t know the answer, which
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If you’re having a baby, your goal is to live as long as possible to help your child become a productive member of society. Therefore, life insurance is a must when having a baby! It’s rational to start eating healthier, exercising more, and building great wealth. But for some reason, we’re not a very healthy nation. Roughly 70%
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Your professional network is incredibly valuable in order to get ahead. With a strong professional net work, you will have more professional and personal opportunities. More people will root for you and want to support you. This posts shares how you can increase the value of your professional network. For 10 years I acted as
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This post will look at the benefits of a backdoor Roth IRA. Long time readers know that I’m one of the biggest naysayers of the Roth IRA. The main reason is: most people will make less in retirement than during their working years. Therefore, taxes should be lower, all things being equal. However, what about
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The 401(k) maximum contribution limit for 2024 is $23,000. This is up from $22,500 in 2023 and $19,500 in 2020. For participants ages 50 and over, the additional “catch-up” contribution limit is $7,500. It’s interesting the IRS doesn’t want to give older folks an incentive to save more. The 2024 employer 401(k) maximum contribution is
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Instead of telling you how my family is doing OK during the coronavirus crisis, I wanted to share with you how our family is being negatively impacted by the coronavirus. I’ll then provide another update one year into the pandemic. From going through a logical exercise on how to predict a stock market bottom to
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