Are you thinking about buying a home today? Then you need to also envision a scenario where you could buy a home at the top or near the top of the market and a deeper recession hits. If there is a downturn, will you be able to afford the monthly payments? If a bear market […]
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One of my biggest regrets while working was not taking a sabbatical. If I had taken a one-to-three-month sabbatical, I probably wouldn’t have left finance at age 34. Instead, I probably could have kept grinding until age 40 and made a lot more money. Alas, I was too afraid to take a sabbatical because nobody
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Online real estate investing has exploded in popularity since the JOBS Act passed in 2012. With literally over two hundred of online real estate investing platforms, it’s often hard to figure out which ones to invest on. This article evaluates the top online real estate platforms so you can make a more informed decision. It
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Financial Samurai has technically been making money online since it started in July 2009. I think the site made $3 the second month the site was live. Whoo-hoo! Although I didn’t focus on making money online, the site began to generate revenue as it grew anyway. Do something you love and the money will follow
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Out of all the mortgages out there, a 15-year mortgage will likely save you the most amount of interest expense. 15-year mortgage rates are almost always lower than 30-year fixed mortgage rates. However, the absolute payment is usually larger given the shorter amortization period (15 vs. 30 years). But the big benefit of the mortgage
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The beauty of an economic downturn is cheap credit. And when there is a global pandemic, mortgage rates tend to go dow. As a result, every homeowner should be refinancing their mortgage right now as rates hover near all-time lows. Here are some home mortgage refinancing tips from someone who has refinanced many times. Since
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Bill Gates has taken on many roles over the course of his career: affable tech nerd, aloof billionaire, tennis player, visionary philanthropist. Before divorcing, Bill and Melinda Gates added a new title to that list: largest owners of US farmland. One way to get rich is to observe what rich people do with their money.
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If you don’t get screwed now, you will eventually get screwed later. The sooner you accept life isn’t fair, the sooner you can make winning decisions and succeed. Finding happiness is also accepting that fairness is a human construct. If you plan to play someone else’s game, then you must accept the game will likely
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As a lifelong saver, it has been hard for me to spend more money and live it up. It didn’t matter whether I got a raise or made a profitable investment, the extra money would almost always get reinvested. The Boot is a concept I came up with to help us spend money more freely.
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In my 20s, I was a car fanatic. I’d trade cars every one or two years because it was fun. I loved to haggle with strangers to try and get the best deal possible. As I grew older and wealthier, my interest in cars waned. Today, I believe the ideal length of time to own
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