I love investing in real estate. In the past, I've flipped homes and owned rentals. In the most dramatic example of the former, I flipped a fancy lakefront home:My current home is nothing to sneeze at either:However, I haven't been very successful at flipping or renting lately. We live in a white-hot housing market where bidding wars are the norm for … [Read more...] about How I Invest in Real Estate without the Hassle
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The Ultimate Investment Account for Entrepreneurs
I recently wrote a post for InvestmentZen that contains useful, actionable information (a rarity for me!) It's about self-directed solo 401(k)s, an incredibly useful investing account. Read why I opened this account below or click over to InvestmentZen to get to the good parts. I like diversification. However, until very recently, all of my money was in the stock market. And … [Read more...] about The Ultimate Investment Account for Entrepreneurs
I Love Owning a Home
Loads of folks hate home ownership lately. I'm not one of them. Under certain circumstances, a home can be both a place to live and an investment. And I should know; I built the core of my nest egg with live-in flips. My houses I buy houses that only a remodeler could love. I think the following are awesome:blue toilets brown appliances peeling yellow vinyl … [Read more...] about I Love Owning a Home
Redefining Wealth
I googled wealth the other morning and nearly spit out my cereal when I read the definition:This especially annoys me:an abundance of valuable possessions or moneyAt its core. Financial Independence means having enough money to not have to make any more money. Got that? In other words, we worry about/save/invest money when we're young so we don't have to think … [Read more...] about Redefining Wealth
10 Questions with InvestmentZen
Today is the 49th edition of our periodic guest post series called 10 Questions. We have a list of 17 questions we pose to fellow financial bloggers, and they are free to pick and choose 10 or answer all of them. Let us know if you would like to be featured in a future edition of 10 Questions. Today's 10 Questions features Nate from InvestmentZen. Nate is an interesting cat. … [Read more...] about 10 Questions with InvestmentZen