Back at my parents’ home in Honolulu one afternoon, my father asked me, “Are you sure you’re just consulting 25 hours a week? Because it sure seems like a full time job!” “Of course I’m sure Dad,” I retorted. But before I knew it, the sun had already set. Another day in paradise, gone. I […]
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China is one of the wealthiest countries in the world. With over 1 billion mainland Chinese, it is an inevitability that China will become the richest country in the world one day. Here’s a look at how to profit from the wealthy mainland Chinese as they look to buy more foreign assets and diversify. Mainland
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Being taken for granted sucks. Let’s how to stop being taken for granted by your spouse once you guys have gotten rich. Next time you go out to eat, notice who digs in first, who refrains until others have their share, and who decides to serve others before eating. The person you want to marry
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In order to achieve financial freedom, you must build your financial nut as large as possible. Once you have a larger enough financial nut, it will be able to generate enough passive income to cover your living expenses. This is the true definition of financial independence. In some years, your financial nut will return an
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No sooner had I published Income Profiles Of Financially Free People, did I get an e-mail from one of my online business partners saying, “NO WAY! Those profiles are absurd!” Since he pays many full-time bloggers at least a hundred thousand dollars a year, he was the last person I thought to not believe there are plenty of enterprising people
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Every week I spend time reviewing older posts to ensure they are updated with the most pertinent information possible. Keeping posts fresh and useful is one of the many duties of a professional blogger. Posts that I wrote five years ago are still getting tens of thousands of visitors a month because like a bonzai tree, they are carefully maintained. There’s always a
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There’s a lot of wealth to be made in this world. And yet there’s so much truth to the saying you’ll never get rich working for someone else. You might think that sounds crazy. But, when you look at the super rich, you’ll realize the majority of them were able to get rich by hiring
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I live in San Francisco, where I can’t go a day without hearing how unaffordable it is to live here. The reality is, I think homes have gotten more affordable thanks to the raging bull market in tech. But not everyone is a stock investor. Let me share three immediate solutions to a housing affordability crisis.
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Are you asking yourself: should I invest in P2P lending? My short answer is no. I do not recommend investing in P2P lending because returns are lower, risk is higher, and I’m not sure platforms like Prosper will be around. P2P lending ranks last in my best investment rankings chart. If you are still interested
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Being an active investor takes way more time and energy than a passive one. You can learn more about active versus passive investing performance here if you’re curious. So far this year, managing my own investment portfolio has been difficult. Trying to be an active investor is exhausting and hard on the nerves. Do you
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