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Earned Income vs. Passive Income
The goal of most retirees is to switch from an earned income to passive income. Earned Income Earned income is what most of us do every day. We trade time, energy, or brain power for money. We go to the … Continue reading
Social Security and Your Retirement
This is a post I began writing in June 2009. I thought it still had merit and should be shared. Social Security’s Inadequacy According to the 2009 Social Security Trustees’ report if you plan to live for the next 19 … Continue reading
Advice for Future Retirees From Current Retirees
The New York Times’ Bucks Blog is relating the details of a Merrill Lynch Affluent Insight survey that asked What Retirees Would Have Done Differently. Topping both advice categories, for people between 10 and 15 years from retirement and those … Continue reading
Accumulation and Income
As an investor makes plans for Retirement Freedom, they should keep in mind where they are in the wealth building process. Investors, generally, can be put into one of two phases depending upon their financial needs and their employment status. … Continue reading
A Window of Opportunity
Dear Bay Area Real Estate Investor, If you are reading this and you still have equity in your real estate investments, Congratulations! (I apologize if that offends others of you.) You have managed to buy at the right time and … Continue reading
What is Your “Why?”
Why? Spend much time around children and you will inevitably here the question “Why?”. “Why do we have to go now?” “Why is the sky blue?” “Why did Johnny hit me?” “Why can’t I have candy?” A Key to Understanding … Continue reading
Tired of Mutual Funds’ Low Returns…
…Then you should read David Shafer’s analysis on why he hates mutual funds. (HT: Jeff Brown) There are three reasons: 1. Diversification sucks. There I have said it. There is an open secret in the investment world that diversification is … Continue reading
Taking Control of Your Investments
Have you ever been in a car when someone releases the steering wheel? When I was in the seventh grade, I had a youth leader that was a little on the wild side. His antics endeared him to the guys … Continue reading
Four Benefits of Real Estate Investing
Real estate is an excellent tool to build and accumulate wealth. There are four benefits to real estate that can make it more appealing than other investment opportunities. Maximizing as many of these benefits as possible will help you on … Continue reading
Retirement Freedom Defined
Freedom is something that most of us strive for in many areas of our life. Merriam-Webster defines “freedom” as: the quality or state of being free: as a: the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action b: … Continue reading