Here's a subject I can't wait to get your thoughts on. As I noted in Financial Details of My Real Estate Investments, we ran into an older, retired gentleman at property #3. He was the owner and seller of the property. He walked us around and we chatted for 30 minutes or so. He was a very nice and interesting man. As you might suspect, the subject came up of why he wanted … [Read more...]
An Update on My Peer-to-Peer Lending Investments
Since I posted that I had gotten into peer-to-peer lending (P2P) as part of my financial freedom/retirement plan readers have been asking about my performance. In this post I'll get you all up to speed as far as what's going on. Summary Remember that as of my last post I had invested $75,000 with Lending Club. Here's what's happened since: I received the $300 bonus … [Read more...]
Introduction to DRiP’s
A few months ago I mentioned I was looking into dividend investing as part of my financial freedom plan. Soon thereafter a reader offered to do a guest post on how he has set up his dividend investing plans. This added a practical take on my initial theory. Today we have another reader who is offering his experience with dividend stocks, this time how he has used DRiPs to … [Read more...]
The Best Personal Finance Books of All Time: Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing
This post is the latest in my series on the Best Personal Finance Books of All Time. As a refresher, we've already covered: The Millionaire Next Door The Richest Man in Babylon Today we'll discuss The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing which is probably my favorite investing book of all-time. (And one of my only five money books you ever need to read.) Since … [Read more...]
What I Did Well and Not-So-Well in Real Estate Investing
Now that I've posted on the Financial Details of My Real Estate Investments, I wanted to share what I felt I did well in this effort and where I could have improved. I'm hopeful that my learnings can be helpful to others who are interested in real estate investing. What Went Well Here are the things I think that went well: Got knowledge from someone who knew what … [Read more...]
Do I Need to Add Physical Gold and Silver to My Portfolio?
A few years ago I read a copy of Buy Gold and Silver Safely: The Only Book You Need to Learn How to Buy or Sell Gold and Silver. I was considering buying gold and/or silver at that time, but the rest of the world was as well and prices were sky high. I decided I would not buy at that point but revisit the subject once prices normalized a bit. Fast forward a few years and … [Read more...]
Why I Invest with Index Funds
I've commented here a few times that I have a good portion of my assets in index funds of various kinds (US stocks, international stocks, etc.) Today I would like to give the reasons I have used index funds as my primary investment vehicle for the past 15 years or so. Before I begin, I'd like to make a book recommendation. If you want a great and detailed read on why index … [Read more...]
Financial Details of My Real Estate Investments
Now that I've shared how I got started in real estate investing, I thought I'd give you the details on my rental properties. Before I get into the specifics, I want to share a few general comments: There are three properties with a total of 14 units. They are in-line with my real estate objectives and strategy. Before I purchase any property, I run financials … [Read more...]
My Road to Becoming a Landlord
I've talked a few times about the fact that I own rental real estate. Today I want to share with you how I got started in it several years ago. Basketball Connection It all started several years ago when my son began playing basketball. A couple years into the process, a new family joined the team. Their sons had never played basketball, but they were both over 6 feet tall … [Read more...]
My Real Estate Objectives and Strategy
As I mentioned in Invest Overview: Fueling Your Net Worth and My Plan for Total Financial Freedom (AKA My Retirement Plan), real estate is a key part of both my investment and financial freedom plans. In a future post I'll share details and the financial performance of my rental properties. Before I do that, I wanted to highlight my objectives for investing in rental real … [Read more...]
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