Below is a chart to show you how much money you will need for retirement. It is based on your age and your income. For example, if you are 40 years old and make $100,000 a year, you need $260,000 by age of 40 to stay on track. The chart assumes a 5% annualized rate [...]
The other day I was talking to a good friend about retirement investing. He mentioned Dave Ramsey, who has a show about helping people do the right thing financially. I’m sure Dave Ramsey has a lot to offer when it comes to getting out of debt and budgeting, but when it comes to investing, I’m [...]
It was 1989, I was 22 years old and still in college when I attended a real estate auction at the downtown courthouse steps in Fresno, California. I watched a guy named Jim Smith (Yes that’s his real name) bid on and buy a property. After the bid process was over I started up a [...]
I was 14 years old when my mom came to me with a collection of stamps and coins. She gave them to me to see if I would have an interest. She also gave me something less tangible that turned out to the best one of the three items. The stamps didn't intrigue me at [...]
Every day the “experts” tell us the reason why a certain stock (or the market itself) is going up or down. Trying to make money in the stock market by picking a direction is daunting. Even if you pick the right direction, other concerns pop up. When is the right time to take profits? When [...]
Every passive income vehicle comes with its own set of barriers. One barrier that applies to all vehicles is education. You must know how to drive and maintain the car and how to follow the driving law. Otherwise, you’re in for a rocky ride! The education level required of each passive income vehicle can be [...]
What are you doing to produce income? Robert Kiyosaki has done a good job breaking it down into 4 categories. 1. Employed This is the worse trade you can make unless its temporary: Trading your hours for dollars. 2. Self Employed You work for yourself but the business cannot run without your presence. This means [...]
