Everybody needs to borrow money some time. Peer-to-peer lending is a good alternative if you don’t want to pay usurious rates from loan sharks, if you’ve been denied a loan by your local bank or credit union, or if you are just too embarrassed to ask someone you know for help. From $1,000 for an
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Most people dream about getting rich. Yet, many of those people aren’t willing to put in the work. Are you too proud to be rich? I hope not! Let me share with you some great insights I learned from a visit I had to Uber’s corporate office in San Francisco years ago. I, along with
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As an investor, you need to adopt a Yin Yang Investor Mindset. In other words, always recognize that whenever one asset class is booming, another asset class may be suffering. If you feel like you missed the boat with one investment, just know there’s another boat somewhere in the world waiting. My investment mindset as a retiree
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Wow! Donald Trump will be the 45th President of The United States. The polls were wrong. The political pundits were wrong. And I was wrong as well. We’re now going to experience a hammering in all stock markets around the world due to policy uncertainty. Hopefully the sell-off is very temporary like Brexit’s. The only thing
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Student loan debt is at a record high at about $1.8 trillion. In a January 2023 report, the analysis showed that the average debt per borrower was over $37,000 for federal student loans and nearly $55,000 for private loans. But is it really a big deal when incomes are at record highs and the unemployment rate
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Some people have told me they plan to retire abroad if Donald wins. Others have said they’ll just stop working so much if Hillary gets elected. Will you be doing anything differently if Hillary or Donald gets elected now that Donald is going to be the POTUS for the next four years? I’m curious to know whether
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Now that President Obama has won, I’d like for us to have a mature discussion on the investment and economic outlook for the next four years. Let’s also touch upon how we should act in public now that big government is here to stay. In order to create wealth, we must make reasonable assumptions about the future
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Do you remember the article in 2015 called, “What Type Of People Spend Over $100,000 A Year On Rent?” I decided to document all of the open house prospects this time around to see who would be crazy enough to spend that much on rent instead of buy. It turns out plenty of people! One of
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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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