Here’s our latest interview with a millionaire as we seek to learn from those who have grown their wealth to high heights. If you’d like to be considered for an interview, drop me a note and we can chat about specifics. Today's interview is with my good friend Jim from Route to Retire. My questions are in bold italics and his responses follow in black. Let's get … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2018
Dear Hilton Hotels, This 15-Year Customer is Done with You
A bit ago I wrote the rant-post If You Want What I Have You Have to Do What I’ve Done. Most readers loved the snarky writing and during our discussion in the comments, I said: Maybe I should start “rant Saturday” where we can all share our stories like this!! Almost everyone thought it was a great suggestion, so I put it down as a series that I would post on now and … [Read more...]
How I Lost Millions by Retiring Early
I've been thinking about this issue for some time now. And since I had fun digging into my financial independence numbers I thought I'd do a few more math gymnastics to see how much I had "lost" by retiring early. I had considered this idea a while ago, but what prompted me to finally write about it was a conversation with my mom. She and my dad have been working on … [Read more...]
10 Steps to Making Money in Mobile Home Investing
I love featuring authors and bloggers who have a special expertise I think ESI Money readers would be interested hearing about. As you know, I'm an investor in real estate but my places are more traditional -- homes and small apartment buildings. Today's guest poster is an expert in mobile home investing, something I find fascinating and might have investigated a bit more … [Read more...]
Millionaire Interview 77
Here’s our latest interview with a millionaire as we seek to learn from those who have grown their wealth to high heights. If you’d like to be considered for an interview, drop me a note and we can chat about specifics. My questions are in bold italics and his responses follow in black. Let's get started... OVERVIEW How old are you (and spouse if applicable, plus how … [Read more...]
The Multi-Level Marketing People are Upon Me!
When we lived in Grand Rapids, Michigan I was used to getting a multi-level marketing (MLM) pitch on a regular basis. After all, we were in the home of Amway, the mother of all multi-level marketing companies. It took me a while to catch on to their system. After all, they were a finely trained army of network marketers and I was an innocent lad just trying to help … [Read more...]
How to Buy a Business: A Complete Guide
The following is a guest post from JW at The Green Swan. He amassed his first million by age 30 and is on the path to reach financial independence and retire early in his mid-30s. He's also someone who has purchased a couple businesses, something I thought many of you would like to read about. Yes, I've purchased a business myself, but his purchases were much more complex … [Read more...]
ESI Scale Interview 21
Today we continue the ESI Scale Interview series where people answer questions about their success at working the ESI Scale. In short, the series focuses on what the interviewee is doing in the areas of earning, saving, and investing. They also get an opportunity to ask ESI Money readers for suggestions if they choose to do so. If you’d like to be considered for an … [Read more...]
Millionaire Interview 76
Here’s our latest interview with a millionaire as we seek to learn from those who have grown their wealth to high heights. If you’d like to be considered for an interview, drop me a note and we can chat about specifics. My questions are in bold italics and his responses follow in black. Let's get started... OVERVIEW How old are you (and spouse if applicable, plus how … [Read more...]
Silver Giveaway 3
It's time for a Summer Saturday giveaway!!! Two times on this site I have given away American Eagle silver dollars and each time it's been very well received. So I thought I'd do it again! Plus I thought I'd make it a bit fun -- we can all celebrate the great places everyone will be visiting this year! Here are the details of the giveaway: I'll be giving away … [Read more...]
