Previously, I had written about my struggling friend Jabir who was unemployed for a couple years before he discovered Uber. He drove for Uber for a year before switching over to be a dedicated hotel driver. In this post, my other friend Harry shares why he drives for Uber even though he’s financially thriving. Enjoy! […]
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Building wealth has become second nature to me. It’s what happens when you write more than 1,300 personal finance articles over seven years. Not only does writing help you get smart about the topics you write about, many of the articles themselves are moneymakers thanks to the internet! Of course, everything may go to hell once
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I have a feeling Millennials will be the richest and happiest generation ever. Due to a massive generational wealth transfer, one survey found Millennials don’t really care about money as a result! I’d be happy too if I didn’t have to grind for 13 years in investment banking to be able to buy a house
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If you want to know how to get rich, you must practice predicting the future. The better you get at predicting the future, the more money-making actions you can take. And if you want to be happier, practice forecasting your misery! Do you remember the scene in Back To The Future Part II when Biff Tannen
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I originally wrote this post in early 2016. LIBOR has risen dramatically because the Fed has raised rates 11 times since 2022. Therefore, this post still has relevance today on actions to take in a rising LIBOR enivornment. This LIBOR has risen dramatically since the end of 2015. The catalyst was the Fed raising the
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If you are an investor in private real estate crowdfunding deals, you are not supposed to discuss them publicly. As an $810,000 real estate crowdfunding investor in 17 deals across the country, I find it too bad I’m not allowed to talk about the specifics of each deal. It’s helpful to learn from the winners
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My biggest weakness is being unable to generate enough organic motivation to keep on hustling. I used to get up by 5am every weekday to work for 2-3 hours before work. Then I’d get home by 8pm and work another 1-2 hours on my side hustles. There was this massive internal drive to go all out
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Can someone please give us a rational argument why implementing a Flat Tax system in America is not fair? We don’t know if we can continue posting without thoroughly understanding this issue first. From a percentage basis, each person pays an equal amount of their income towards taxes, and from an absolute basis, richer people
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Whatever asset class you invest in, it’s always go to optimize the return. Even if you are just saving money in a money market account, you should optimize the return when you can. Data by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED) reports the national average on non-jumbo money market accounts deposits (i.e. less
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Do you ever feel you have to donate to your college alma mater? It seems like every quarter, you get an e-mail from your alma mater asking for money. It sometimes feels weird because some colleges have massive endowments. For example, Yale University’s endowment is more than $30 billion! Recently I was contacted by an
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