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You don't want to work your entire life, do you? I sure as heck don't. That is why I am building a stream of passive income every day. But what is passive income? Passive income is revenue where you don't exchange time for money. After you complete your project, the income will continue to generate. Let's do an example. If I work as a manager at a home improvement store, I make a salary. If they let me go, my paycheck would cease to continue. I would...
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I once believed you could survive in the workforce long enough to build a truly passive retirement. Let's say this takes 25 years. However, the workplace has degraded into a circus we must avoid. Using a combination of active and passive income, we should aim to be free in 15 years. Lowering our housing costs is the number one way to free ourselves. Once we determine our required household income (say $6,000/month), we can work on replacing it. By...
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What's your retirement plan outside of social security and your 401K? Please tell me if you have more than those two items on your list. Retirement is survival in the unknown, and those who prepare the best will win the battle. We need to have multiple streams of income that also increase over time. I like creating a "combo retirement" that consists of two sources of income, such as rents/dividends or business/royalties. You'll also need to prepare...
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Living below your means is more challenging than you may think. Not because of the way you live, but because of societal pressures. That's right, society wants you to continue to buy expensive items and toys. Why? Because that's what they are doing. When you commit to living below your means, lowering expenses, and saving money, you will stand out from the crowd. After a while, you will be so far from social norms that they just leave you alone. And,...
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America is expensive. So what if we took our well-deserved passive income and moved overseas? Could we find happiness away from the glitz and glamor of the USA? I believe that we can lead extraordinary lives overseas and find interesting people and places. I know that my wife and I plan to spend significant time overseas in Turkey. Welcome to the Living Overseas Passively book series, where we will prepare ourselves to live overseas, entirely on passive...
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Most of us grew up in households where talking about money was forbidden. We may have heard that money is the root of all evil. These beliefs have a significant effect on our relationship with money. As we progress through life, we tend to keep our finances close to home. We don't want people in our business. However, opening up around the RIGHT PEOPLE can lead to further successes. It is the exchange of ideas and thoughts about money that can help...
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So you want to retire in California? You'll need to be richer than you can imagine. California is an expensive place to live, even when you are working full time. To retire there, you will need at least $200,000/year in passive income. Impossible, you say? No, it is more than possible if you are serious about retiring comfortably in California. The trick is buying real estate early, moving somewhere else, becoming a real estate mogul, and building...
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As a couple in a small city, you are in the best situation to become homeowners. You get all the perks of a partnership but without the financial and time constraints of having children. Therefore, you have to make your time count. Living in a small city gives you a much more realistic chance of homeownership. But nothing in this life is given. You must work hard at work and ensure you are both on the same financial page. Also, ask questions such...
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Do you believe you can save $100,000? If not, you have some powerful limiting beliefs working against you. The first step during your season of saving is overcoming limiting beliefs and a scarcity mindset. You can achieve this by reading books and believing in the process of compounding. Not only does our wealth compound but also our knowledge. Once we get the ball moving, we can quickly amass $100,000 in less than five years. Good Luck!
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In the olden days, allocating a portfolio between 60% stocks and 40% bonds and using the 4% withdrawal method would yield excellent results. You could outlive your investments. Today-not so much. Bonds yields are at all-time lows, and factoring in inflation puts you at a negative return. So what's an investor to do for fixed income? There are many ways to combat low bond yields, and I go more in-depth inside the book. However, it is essential to utilize...
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Investing doesn't mean you have to jump headfirst into the stock market. We can build an excellent portfolio using only interest from debt. Treasuries from the US Government are a great way to earn a return on your investment dollars safely. Remember, low risk equals low return. Since treasuries are low-risk, you won't get great returns. But sometimes, safety is its own form of return. Combing treasuries with a high yield savings account, "I" bonds,...
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Pinching pennies and living life cheaply can do more damage than good. Protecting your money at all costs prevents you from learning how to create money. The true path to wealth is having your money make money. Trying to save a couple of pennies on each transaction only leads to hate and discontent. Even if a cheap person amasses a vast fortune, they will hesitate actually to spend the money. Remember that they have lived their entire lives cheaply....
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How has inflation been on your wallet this year? It doesn't feel good to fall behind financially, does it? It's incumbent on us to stay ahead of inflation. Owning a home is a significant resource to overcoming our battle with higher prices. When we lock in a 30-year mortgage, we prevent someone else from dictating our principal and interest payments. However, that is only the start of the battle. We still must create passive income by renting rooms,...
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Dividend Growth Investing is a beautiful way to spend your time and grow your net worth and income. However, many of us do not have the time to manage 15-25 dividend stocks in a DGI portfolio. Can we substitute Dividend ETFs instead of DGI stocks? Yes and no. I do more in-depth inside the book. However, there are pros and cons to letting an index manage your stocks via ETFs. I have Dividend ETFs in my portfolio, and they have performed well for me,...
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It's okay to spend money on things you love. The trick is to curb spending on items for which you derive no pleasure. Keeping a daily budget is the best way to focus on things you love. Daily budgeting helps you track what you love, say, coffee. It also ensures you are not trying to consume too much within the same timeframe. In essence, it helps you choose between going to a movie or buying Blu-Ray (for example). Don't fear tracking your spending;...
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It's challenging to gain your footing as a head of household. There are many competing interests financially that you have to juggle. Saving for expenses, vacations, school, and maintenance is part of your daily routine. However, we still need to save for emergencies, invest for retirement, and build a nest egg for future generations. How is one to thrive in this overwhelming environment? First, learn to relax. Then we only need to create a road map....
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As we age, our primary residences become an emotional blind spot; we would love to stay in our homes forever.
However, two things are true: we need a place to stay plus income. Therefore, we must make tough calls if we need to generate more revenue.
A reverse mortgage may allow you to stay in your home, create cash flow, and preserve generational wealth.
If you convert your lump sum into an income-investing portfolio, you will have more options...
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Saving for retirement is boring. At age 25, we are supposed to forgo what we want today for the hope of something tomorrow. There are many reasons people don't save for retirement, but it usually boils down to the fact that they need the money today. What if I told you that you could have money today and tomorrow? That's right; as an income investor, you are building a lifetime of income-starting today. Can your life use more income? Well, you've...
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They teach you to work. They teach you to struggle. However, they don't teach you to enjoy life. Somehow, our lives have become about working for money, buying things, and upgrading to bigger things. Life is about paying it forward, spending time with loved ones, and growing your community. If you live below your means, you can quickly retire on passive income. Then you will have time to spend time with whoever you choose. However, they did not teach...
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Would you buy a $25 gift card for $20? The magic would be when you redeem it for $25. What if you could receive dividends before you redeemed the gift card at a profit? That's the magic of preferred shares. The typical par value of a preferred share is $25. You can find them at great prices like $18, $19, and $20. Once you purchase them below par, you will start to receive dividends. Once the company decides to call the preferred share, it will pay...
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