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When you’re young and naive, you tend to want to do things the right way. You’re taught by adults that cheating and lying are wrong. As you get older and wiser, you start to become aware of people gaming the system to get ahead. What you also realize is those who game the system seem

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F you money. FU money. F*ck you money. It’s all the same. F You Money is having enough money to tell others to F Off without having to fear any financial repercussions. I’m sure some of you have dreamt of telling your annoying micromanager to F Off. But you can’t because you still want that

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Seeing your property’s value go up feels good, especially if it goes up more than what you made from your day job. However, the biggest downside is your property taxes will likely go up as well. For as long as I can remember, I’ve always stood up for myself. Whether it was getting bullied at

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One of the great benefits of being an investor is that you can sometimes make more from your investments than from your day job. After several years of doing so, you might even start wondering what’s the point of working so much! According to Zillow, home value appreciation in 2021 was higher than median wages

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As a buyer, you love bad real estate agents because can take advantage of them to get better pricing. As a seller, you obviously want a good real estate agent so you can maximize your profits. According to the National Association Of Realtors, there are supposedly around 1.5 million real estate agents today. However, there

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One of the things I enjoy is debating with still employed people about the appropriate withdrawal rate in retirement. I like hearing about all their money plans for after they leave a steady paycheck behind. The debate is not really a debate as I mostly just listen so that I can have something to revisit

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Despite being shareholder in Tesla stock since early 2018, I’ve held off on buying an electric vehicle. With limited funds, it always felt better to invest $50,000 in the stock for potential profit than spend $50,000 on a base-model Tesla car. Besides, I had just bought a 2015 Tata Motors SUV in December 2016 to

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