How To Recognize Financial Opportunity: It Doesn’t Come Around Often

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Financial opportunity can sometimes be hard to recognize. There was tremendous financial opportunity during the March 2020 stock market sell-off. However, unless you read the post: How To Predict A Stock Market Bottom Like Nostradamus, perhaps you missed the buying opportunity. Here is a story of how one couple missed out on $24,000 of financial […]

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What Is The Best Way To Make Money Fixing And Flipping Homes?

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Fixing and flipping homes is a great way to make money. I’ve made several hundred thousand dollars ring and flipping homes when I was younger. The following is a guest post about flipping homes by Mark Ferguson, a Financial Samurai rarer. He became a licensed real estate agent in 2001 after graduating from the University

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The Definition Of A Middle Class Lifestyle Is The Same As It Ever Was

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The definition of a middle class lifestyle has been consistent for over 50 years. Yet, for some reason, there is still debate on what consists of being middle class. Being middle class isn’t about how much money you make. Being middle class is about what type of lifestyle your money can afford. Whenever I publish

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Your Chances Of Becoming A Millionaire By Race, Age, And Education

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Everybody wants to become a millionaire. Unfortunately, not everybody’s chances of becoming a millionaire are the same, partially because the playing field is not even. This article looks at historical data on your chances of becoming a millionaire by race, age, and education. Getting to at least one million dollars in net worth is a

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Household Debt Composition Mix Over Time: Student Loans Way Up

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The NY Fed, Federal Reserve, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and Morgan Stanley put out a series of fascinating household debt charts we should all be aware of. The charts show the household debt composition mix over time. Excessive debt is what makes extremely rich people go broke. Leverage is what crushed the economy once the

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A Self-Publishing Book Scam That Took Down A Greedy Politician

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Many of us are now looking for viable ways to make money from home. One way is by self-publishing a book. During my research I came across a fascinating self-publishing book scam every crooked politician would be proud of. I’m assuming that the more dire the economy gets the more scams there will be. The

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