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JL Collins And The Difficult Path To Wealth

November 23, 2021 by Mr. 1500 Days 3 Comments

Hey look, JL Collins, author of The Simple Path To Wealth, is out with a new book:

How I Lost Money In Real Estate Before It Was Fashionable is JL’s true story of a disastrous real estate transaction. Short of being electrocuted, everything that could have gone wrong went wrong. And then some.

The story starts with JL trying to decide whether he should buy a Porsche or a condo in Chicago. He should have went with the Porsche. I won’t spoil the rest, but I will say that this tale would have made great reality TV.

Perhaps JL’s tale of real estate woe had a benefit too though? If this deal wasn’t such a shitshow, perhaps JL wouldn’t have embraced index funds and we wouldn’t have The Simple Path To Wealth? I have no idea.

I do know that you should give the book a read. It’s a fun read and the artwork is well done.

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  1. fall guys says

    May 31, 2022 at 1:09 am

    I have just read thís book for 2 days. The content is fully fit and the artwork is absolutely perfect. Thanks so much JK Collins.

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  2. Rose Chandler says

    June 12, 2023 at 1:53 am

    Great post! I really enjoyed reading about JL Collins’ new book and his rollercoaster experience in real estate. It’s refreshing to see an author share their failures and the lessons learned from them. The mention of how this challenging ordeal led him to embrace index funds and ultimately write “The Simple Path To Wealth” is intriguing. I’m definitely adding this book to my reading list. Thanks for the recommendation!

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    • Mr. 1500 Days says

      June 14, 2023 at 4:50 pm

      You’re welcome! JL is a treasure to the FI community. Great human too.

      Reply

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5/1: $3,694,445
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Gains: $1,355,801

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