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May 21, 2024
The Cost of Paradise: $1000/day 🏝️
🏖️ Imagine this: you’re lounging by the pristine pool of your dream vacation home, the sun setting in a blaze of color behind you. It’s...
May 8, 2024
Taking a Critical Look at Real Estate Syndications
Private equity real estate funds and syndications can be a great way to make money, but they can also be a great way to lose all of your...
May 7, 2024
ATM Funds: The Ponzi Scheme that Won’t Die ☠️
If you are in the real estate or private equity space, you’ve probably come across an offer like this in the past couple of years:...
May 1, 2024
Three Reasons We Hit Early Retirement
The reasons beyond our investment strategy that allowed us to realize early retirement- it's not what you think.
Apr 24, 2024
Baking Bread in a Dog Bowl: The Success of a Financial Portfolio 🥖
I am a decidedly terrible cook. I feel like I come by it honestly, as my mom’s signature Thanksgiving dish was a can of mushrooms mixed...
Apr 16, 2024
How I'm Spending My 40th Birthday
I get to celebrate a milestone birthday this week, and as I stand on the brink of my 40th, I'm reflecting a lot on the life I've built. I...
Apr 11, 2024
Spending Time on Tax Planning vs. Taking a Second Job
What do you think is a better use of your time – learning about tax planning, or taking a second job? Surprisingly, for a lot of people,...
Apr 2, 2024
Understanding the Difference: Ordinary Income vs. Capital Gains Tax Brackets
How the concept of Ordinary Income Tax vs. Capital Gains Tax can shed light on why different investments can save you thousands in taxes.
Mar 12, 2024
What Personal Finance Gurus Get Wrong About Real Estate Investing
In the vast landscape of personal finance influencers, a growing chorus seems to sing the same tune: real estate is a bad investment. I'm...
Mar 8, 2024
The Million Dollar Mistake: How Missing your First Doubling Period can Haunt Your Investment Future 👻
This morning I was pondering whether to compose a dry (but very educational!) post about the Rule of 72 or delve into something a little...
Feb 27, 2024
How does real estate stack up against other investments?
What makes real estate investing worth it? In this article, we explore the differentiators in real estate investing versus the stock market.
Feb 21, 2024
Being a Lone Wolf Beats Following the Pack
When I bought my first rental property back in 2012, I didn’t belong to any real estate investing groups or socialize with other...
Feb 7, 2024
Susan's Real Estate Journey
The beginning: I graduated from graduate school in 2005, ready to jump out into the world bright-eyed and bushy-tailed with tens of...
Feb 7, 2024
Real Estate Investing can be a Path Around the Glass Ceiling
As women, we are often trapped in the societal expectation that we should be giving our time away for free – caring for children, caring...
Jan 30, 2024
Want to Build Wealth Faster than Any Other Strategy? Use these Four Tools.
Susan wrote recently about three main paths to achieving early financial freedom (extreme frugality & saving, growing a profitable...
Jan 24, 2024
Want to be financially free before 65? Traditional Investing isn’t going to get you there.
Society tells us to follow the traditional path: 💪 Start working a 9-5 job when you’re young 💰 Diligently contribute to your 401k...
Dec 27, 2023
Seasons of Financial Freedom
The journey to financial freedom is full of seasons: seasons of learning and growing, seasons of earning, seasons of saving and...
Dec 4, 2023
It turns out I kind of hate managing Short-Term Rentals.
Breezy beach condos, cozy mountain cabins, and piles of money flooding in. This is the “HGTV” image of Short-Term Rentals (STRs) - and...
Nov 28, 2023
Should You Do a Backdoor Roth IRA Conversion?
🏦 What is a Backdoor Roth IRA Conversion? The process of rolling over money from a Traditional IRA to a Roth IRA. There is no limit on...
Nov 27, 2023
Finding Your Real Estate Investment Identity: A Guide to Personalized Investing
I'll walk you through the important initial questions you should be asking yourself before diving into real estate investing
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