Tappable equity is the amount of home equity available for homeowners to withdraw via a cash-out refinance or a second mortgage. It is typically calculated as total home equity minus 20 percent of home value. The 20 percent figure is used as a collateral cushion to protect the lender. Tappable equity is a new term that I’ve […]
Tappable Equity: Usable Home Equity Has Exploded Higher Read More »
Before you can get to $1 million, or invest $250,000, you must first get to $100,000. Even though $100,000 doesn’t purchase the same amount of stuff as it did way back when, $100,000 is still a nice chunk of change. Let’s go through how I’d invest $100,000 today. For background, I’ve been investing since 1996,
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The following is a guest post from a long-time Financial Samurai reader named Joona. He shares his secret to retiring at age 41 with a $4 million net worth, a wife, and two kids ages three and six. I really love hearing about early retirement case studies and how my writing has helped people reach
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One of the peculiar things about being an investor is that in order to make money, the other side needs to lose money or not make as much money. Over time, the results of your decision to buy or sell get amplified for better or worse. If the other side loses really bad, some people
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If you want to build above-average wealth, you need to be dynamic in thought and in action. The world is ever-changing, which is why you should stay flexible. This is why having a dynamic safe withdrawal rate in retirement will help you build more wealth and increase your survivability. Those who remain rigid will suffer
Your Dynamic Safe Withdrawal Rate In Retirement Can Now Increase Read More »
April is autism acceptance month and I’m grateful to share a personal and eye-opening guest post written by Sydney. She found out she is on the spectrum in her 40s, which came as a surprise to us both. It has been an enlightening discovery that has explained and taught us so much about how to
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It’s been a year since I last published about farmland investing. Therefore, I thought it would be good to revisit how farmland investing has done during the heart of the pandemic and new opportunities ahead. I’m a fan of owning various types of real assets to build and preserve wealth. With stubbornly high food prices,
Farmland Investing: A Year In Review And New Opportunities Ahead Read More »
Let’s take a look at the latest mortgages by interest rate. By understanding the composition of mortgages, we’re better able to understand how a rise in interest rates will affect the housing market and the consumer. Since November 2018, the vast majority of homeowners with a mortgage have refinanced and taken advantage of lower rates.
Mortgages By Interest Rate: Homeowner Tenure To Increase Read More »
For the longest time, I’ve been a proponent of paying federal income taxes. Federal income taxes among all other taxes collected are used to pay for Social Security (~23% of budget), defense and security (~16% of budget), major health programs such as Medicaid and Medicare (~25% of budget), and other social safety nets. Somebody has
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One of the worries about entering the decumulation phase is that you might start spoiling your adult children. If you end up giving your adult children so much money, you might just take away their motivation to work! Being able to earn your own money and provide for your family creates one of the most
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