If you own property, you need to hold on forever. It’s best path to long-term wealth creation. And if you can’t hold onto your property forever, then hold on long enough until commission rates come down. Don’t sell your home if you don’t have to! Property sellers go on strike! Thankfully, the National Association Of […]
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Taking money for granted is easy to do when times are good. After a global pandemic, perhaps we are much more appreciated of money! I considered my paycheck to be “endless money.” Every other week I got paid for a service that I provided a company. Given I saved the majority of it, I began
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Every now and again, I receive criticism from folks who believe saving 50% of one’s after-tax income is too onerous. With such little income left, one turns into an impecunious soul who doesn’t have enough “fun.” While I do appreciate my critics elegiac responses, rest assured my heterodoxy is not without merit. For the past three
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John Galt is a fictional character in Ayn Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged (1957). The phrase, “Going John Galt ” or “Going Galt” is used to describe “productive” members of society cutting back on work in response to the projected increase in U.S. marginal tax rates, increased limits on tax deductions, and the immoral or inefficient use of tax revenues. I’m not sure if
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When buying a car, don’t let your emotions get the best of you. If they do, you may end up paying way more for a car than you should. Don’t let ego get the best of you when buying a home. That would be even worse! The 6th grade was when I first laid eyes
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One thing I plan on doing in retirement is find a potential encore career. As a computer and internet junky who has built up a reasonable size blog, a foray into the social media sector seems like a natural extension. I want to make sure that I exhaust all options before I really kick back
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Do you have an ideal income and amount of work a day? I do. My ideal income is $350,000 for a family of four while working four hours a day. I like to work two hours in the morning before the family wakes up, and one to two hours in the afternoon and evening on
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The corollary between straight A’s and a perfect credit score is beautiful. With straight A’s in high school, the chances of you getting into a top university with a merit scholarship increases drastically. After all, how many valedictorians do you see go to Chico State? With straight A’s in college, you’ll be invited back to
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The rich and powerful become more rich and powerful every day. With such a massive bull market since 2009, the wealth gap has widened immensely. My friend invited me to a party to support our city’s mayor, Ed Lee, may he rest in peace. The cost was $500 per person, which is the limit for
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Back when I wrote this post on July 6, 2012 I had just negotiated a severance from a finance job I held for 13 years. I took a leap of faith and haven’t looked back. Back then, millions were still unemployed from the 2008-2009 financial crisis. Hence, I wanted to search for empathy for the
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