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A List of all the resources for learning how residential real estate investing works & where to get data to make educated decisions regarding an investment (rental) property
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Alternatives to Stocks, Bonds & Other Traditional Investments
Most Ordinary Investors are Over Allocated to Traditional Investments. We discuss Alternatives to Stocks & Bonds That Can Help You Diversify & Protect Your Portfolio
Health is Wealth: 12 Ideas for a Healthier You
Improving & maintaining your health is the most effective way to build & protect your wealth. Not only can good health lead to a happier, more connected and purposeful life, it has profound effects on financial wealth as well. Higher income & avoiding costly health care procedures and drugs will allow you to build more financial wealth and then keep it rather than spend it trying to regain your health in your golden years. Make this the year you realize that there is nothing more important to your wealth than your health with these 12 ways to improve your health.
Is the Current US Inflation Rate a Problem?
Normally, 6%+ inflation would not be too big of a problem, but it is now. Fed policies have created what many refer to as the “everything bubble.” Raising interest rates enough to fight inflation would crash the economy. The main option is to let savers pay the price; A strategy they’ve used 3 times over the last 100 years.
Inflation Manipulation? Problems with the CPI & PCE
5 reasons the CPI & PCE understate inflation, along with examples of questionable adjustments, methodology changes, and possible outright manipulation.
Common Measures of Inflation
there are 3 primary inflation measures: The Consumer Price Index (CPI), The GDP Personal Consumption Expenditure Price Index (PCE), and the Producer Price Index (PPI).
The CPI focuses on US urban consumer prices paid, while the PCE focuses on domestic output regardless of who buys it, and the PPI focuses on US producer prices received.
What is Inflation?
Inflation is simply the loss of purchasing power of money over time. 3 Main causes: Supply/Cost push inflation, Demand pull inflation & monetary inflation.
30 Ways to Protect Yourself from Inflation
You either work to protect against inflation, or inflation literally picks your pocket. Here are 30 ways to protect yourself from inflation.
A Spending Plan: Step-by-Step
A spending plan is how you actually spend your money in the real world. It’s a dynamic process, not a document like a budget is. Here I outline a 9 step process to simplify your spending, save you time and energy and make it easier to stay within your budget.
The 5 Ways to Budget
A budget is more than a table or file you fill out once a year because you know you should. A budget is a roadmap that reflects your income constraint, your priorities, your values and your desires. It allows you to develop specific step-by-step financial goals to get you from where you are to where you want to be. let’s dig into the various ways to build your budget so you can find the approach that works for you.