How To Ride The Inflation Tide

How To Ride The Inflation Tide

My personal inflation rate just edged higher… again. Yesterday, I discovered that my neighborhood drive-thru car wash increased their price from $16 to $18. (And the car dryer still doesn’t last long enough.) Inflation, debt, and taxes are three wealth...
This Is Dreadful Advice

This Is Dreadful Advice

Kathleen makes $40,000 per year. I think it’s clear that she needs more income. She seeks investment advice. Here’s what Kathleen got. Click below. One achieves financial freedom by successfully converting enough equity into cash flow. A paid-off home...
Inflation Isn’t Transitory

Inflation Isn’t Transitory

My personal inflation rate just edged higher. Last week, when it came time to pay for my Chicken and Bacon Ranch Melt sandwich at Subway restaurant (always on flatbread), for the first time…I was asked to leave a tip. I was surely the only customer that day to...
Inflation: Your New Best Friend

Inflation: Your New Best Friend

Let’s get fundamental for a minute. Monetary inflation is an expansion in the money supply. That makes sense. Whatever expands can be said to “inflate”. Over time, the more popular inflation definition seems to have morphed into...
Never Pay Off Your Home!

Never Pay Off Your Home!

My first-ever property was that seminal, blue Anchorage, AK fourplex. I scraped together $11K for a 3.5% down payment FHA loan on the $295,000 purchase. At the time, I didn’t even realize that I was positioned to be the beneficiary of financial leverage. Sheesh,...
This Is Destroying Your Wealth

This Is Destroying Your Wealth

Would you like to retire on $1.8 million thirty years from now? That is what you’ll have if you put $15,000 into your 401(k) each year for thirty years and achieve an 8% compounded return. Well, $1.8 M is woefully inadequate. Really? Yep. After 25% tax and 3%...