After 12 years of FIRE (financial independence retire early), I went back to work. Unfortunately, I only lasted four months. Here’s my story of what went wrong. I purposefully waited months to release this post to ensure I was thinking logically and not emotionally. From the end of November 2023 through March 2024, I re-entered
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I’m a fan of both stock dividends and rental property income, my two favorite sources of passive / semi-passive income. When younger and less wealthy, rental property income may be preferable. As you age and accumulate wealth, you’ll likely appreciate stock dividend income more for its simplicity. However, stock dividend income’s main drawback is that
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If you own a rental property and are thinking of selling, don’t do it unless you absolutely have to. To build great wealth, aim to own your rental property for as long as possible. As fate would have it, my great tenants of two years and two months gave me their 30-day notice while I
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As an investor, understanding financial ratios is important to help assess the current state of a company. For example, we have P/E ratios, debt/equity ratios, EV/EBITDA ratios, interest coverage ratios, and so many more. We then compare each ratio to another company’s financial ratio to make a more informed investment decision. As someone who worked
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Since 1999, I’ve been climbing up the property ladder to find the perfect house in a big city. What I’ve realized is that there’s no such thing as the perfect house. There’s a good-enough house or an almost-perfect house, but there’s always at least one or two things missing to make a house ideal. Additionally,
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One of the most common pushbacks I get from some of my investing and economy-related articles is that the stock market isn’t the economy. To conflate the two could be a mistake. I see their point of view as not everybody owns stocks. Therefore, not everybody will benefit from rising stock prices. As an example,
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This is a free Financial Samurai newsletter that was published on June 8, 2024. Every week, I come out with a free weekly newsletter to help readers achieve financial freedom sooner rather than later. Join 65,000 other readers and subscribe here. This way, you’ll never miss a thing. Financial Samurai began in July 2009 and is
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This is a free Financial Samurai newsletter that was published on June 2, 2024. Every week, you can access the latest issue of the FS newsletter, which is designed to help readers like you achieve financial freedom sooner rather than later. Join 65,000 other savvy readers and subscribe here for free. This way, you’ll never miss
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