Are you an underdog looking to succeed in this brutally competitive world? Do people ignore you, discredit you, look down on you, think you’re dirt, or even hate you for just being you? Well, welcome aboard! I’ve been the underdog my entire life. The number of rejections I’ve experienced is too large to count. But Read More... The post Embrace The Underdog Within...
The Fundrise Innovation Fund is a new fund investing in mid-to-late-stage private tech companies. More broadly, the fund intends to focus on companies within specific sectors that have strong macro tailwinds, such as machine learning and artificial intelligence. The goal is to invest in long-term trends that expand over the next several decades. Since 2010, Fundrise Read More... The post Fundrise Innovation Fund Review:...
As someone who has been consistently invested in private real estate deals since late 2016, I’m now firmly in the window for receiving distributions. My investment thesis to invest in heartland real estate has turned out well, partially thanks to the bad luck of the pandemic. Although a couple of my investments in one fund Read More... The post Private Real Estate Investing:...
From the guy who told you to buy heartland real estate in 2016, I’ve got another long-term investment idea I think you should consider. Investing in rare books and various types of memorabilia with autographs. Not only can investing in collectibles be lucrative, but it’s also a ton of fun as well. For example, I Read More... The post The Next Big Investment:...
After 2.5 long years, Buy This, Not That: How To Spend Your Way To Freedom, is now available for purchase! Pick up a hardcopy at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or your local bookstore. To celebrate, I’d like to share what makes a bestselling nonfiction finance book based on insights from my Portfolio Penguin Random House Read More... The post What Makes A Bestselling...
One of the best strategies to get ahead is to convince people you stink when you’re actually pretty good. By posturing yourself as inferior, you lower other people’s expectations of you. Once people think you’re not much of a threat, that’s when you can better navigate your way to victory! This post is for those Read More... The post How To Convince People...
The latest U.S. inflation figure came in hot at 9.1%. Below is the official June inflation data by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Overall, food prices were up 10.4% YoY with “Food at home” (groceries) up 12.2% YoY. Although elevated inflation is eroding our purchasing power, we don’t have to just sit there and Read More... The post Combatting Food Inflation By...
Some people who critique my various budget charts are annoyed I list retirement contributions and investments as expenses. Therefore, I thought I’d explain my logic in this post. Once you start treating your retirement contributions and investments as expenses, you will begin to build much more wealth than the average person. And once you build Read More... The post Treat All Investments As...
One of the things I’m curious about is how real estate crowdfunding platforms add value for their investors after acquisition. Therefore, I asked RealtyMogul to share an in-depth look at one of their successful value-add multifamily real estate deal from start to finish. When I was a young man, I would enthusiastically spend a lot Read More... The post A Successful Value-Add Multifamily...
If you’re still apoplectic that I challenged the sacred “4% Rule” from the 1990s and introduced the new Financial Samurai Safe Withdrawal Rule, do not fret! Just because you can’t save 200X your annual expenses or don’t want to only withdraw 0.5 percent a year in retirement doesn’t mean you’ll never be rich. Let me Read More... The post How To Feel Rich...
Are you trying to determine your level of financial satisfaction or dissatisfaction? After all, if you’re more satisfied financially, you should also be happier and less stressed. Good news! The FS Wealth Reality Ratio (FSWRR) will help you quantify your feelings and reveal the unhappiest cities in America! The core attribute about the FS Wealth Read More... The post The Unhappiest Cities In...
Everybody wants to be considered wealthy. But how big of a net worth is required to be considered wealthy in some of the biggest cities in America? Charles Schwab’s annual Modern Wealth Survey shares its insights for 2022. In the U.S. overall, the survey says it takes a net worth of $2.2 million to be Read More... The post Net Worth Required To...
One of the main reasons why people delay having children is its cost. Rising prices for daycare, preschool tuition, and shelter plus the opportunity cost of not working, partially explains why our population replacement rate is declining. The cost of raising children worried me so much that I actually had a $1 million net worth Read More... The post The Unexpected Financial Benefits...
