Travel Blog #2: Catalina Island, Ca
Part of having a successful marriage is creating experiences together. This blog’s purpose to reflect on great travels that helps us maintain a great marriage. I challenge other couples to do the same as well. If the number of pictures you have will not suffice, you may need to go create more experiences! Good Luck! …
September over September update 2020
In the investing world, it is always good to take a look back at where you were some time ago. As we slowly grind towards our goals, we sometimes do not realize how big of strides we are actually taking. That is why I am starting a monthly series to look back at where we…
Travel Blog #1: Palm Springs, Ca 1
Part of having a successful marriage is creating experiences together. This blog’s purpose to reflect on great travels that helps us maintain a great marriage. I challenge other couples to do the same as well. If the number of pictures you have will not suffice, you may need to go create more experiences! Good Luck! …
Food Blog #3: Burgers 2
Part of having a successful marriage is creating experiences together. This blog’s purpose to reflect on great food that helps us maintain a great marriage. I challenge other couples to do the same as well. If the number of pictures you have will not suffice, you may need to go create more experiences! Good Luck! …
Food Blog #2: Burgers 1
Part of having a successful marriage is creating experiences together. This blog’s purpose to reflect on great food that helps us maintain a great marriage. I challenge other couples to do the same as well. If the number of pictures you have will not suffice, you may need to go create more experiences! Good Luck! …
Our plan to be financially stable, financially comfortable, and financially rich
As I dig deeper into the book “Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing” by Robert Kiyosaki, I realize how intelligent his systems and processes are. He states that in order to become financially rich you need to have a written plan. But before you can even reach the level of being financially rich, you have to…
How to leverage the VA Loan to buy two homes
You can actually own two homes, concurrently, that were purchased with VA Loans. The verbiage of the VA Loan says that you have to pay off a home in order to purchase another. However, it is not really clear that you can use up to your full VA Loan limit, even if it is across…
Food Blog #1: Sushi
Part of having a successful marriage is creating experiences together. This blog’s purpose to reflect on great food that helps us maintain a great marriage. I challenge other couples to do the same as well. If the number of pictures you have will not suffice, you may need to go create more experiences! Good Luck!…
How to make a $1000 a month from dividends
Dividends are an amazing wealth-building vehicle. Not only are they passive income, but they are also taxed at a lower tax rate than earned income (remember earned income pays federal tax as well as social security taxes as well). In order to generate dividend income, you will need to invest in dividend-paying stocks or dividend-paying…
Investing: Real Estate vs. Stock Market
It is always an interesting feeling when you start to invest. You feel as though you are becoming a grown-up but at the same time, you feel a little uneasy about what the future holds. Two of the most well-known ways to invest and build wealth are real estate investing and investing in the stock…
Our investment portfolio goal when I retire from the Corps
Here is a simple goal that we are aiming for when I retire from the Marine Corps in 8.5 years. Join our Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/231490384820780 Disclosure: I am not a financial advisor or money manager, and any knowledge is given as guidance and not direct actionable investment advice. Please research any investment vehicles that…
Just say “I Love You”
I was watching a movie on Netflix yesterday and the title of this article struck me. The pair of individuals in the movie has some differences. She wanted a little space and he didn’t understand why. The part that struck me was that they just stared at their phones for over two weeks, neither of…
5 Takeaways from “Rich Dad’s CASHFLOW Quadrant”
“Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant” is one of the follow-ups to the outstanding “Rich Dad Poor Dad”. Both books are written by Robert Kiyosaki. This book does an amazing job of specifying the differences between each of the CashFlow Quadrants. The 4 parts of the quadrant are E – Employees, S – Self Employed, B –…
Your marriage should read like a picture book
I have recently started writing about each year of our marriage, individually. When I started to write about 2007, I thought that I wouldn’t have much material. Boy was I wrong. Even in (probably) the quietest year of our marriage, I had more material than I could have dreamed of. The pictures spoke for themselves.…
Marriage Year in Review: 2007
The Story: I didn’t remember anything particularly memorable about 2007 before I looked at the pictures. Once I started reviewing the pictures I realized what a pivotal year it was. I started the year still on my 2-year unaccompanied tour to Okinawa, Japan. Kris was still in San Diego with my mom and our 2-month-old…
The moment I realized that making money was mostly visual
My wife and I were right in the middle of buying our third home. We had always wanted another house on multiple acres of land. This particular house had 3 acres of lush Florida land. The home was beautiful, as well as the land. I knew we could make money off of the property, we…
5 Takeaways from “Rich Dad Poor Dad”
“Rich Dad Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki is one of the best-selling books of all time. And for good reason. This book is a complete page-turner. If you want to know how to create a million-dollar mindset, this is the book to read. With that, here are my 5 takeaways. 1) “Proper physical exercise increases…
5 Takeaways from “I Will Teach you to Be Rich”
“I Will Teach you to Be Rich” by Ramit Sethi. This was an amazing book. It will help almost anyone understand how to visualize their money plan and tendencies. It also gives step-by-step tips to begin a journey to financial independence. Here are my top 5 takeaways. 1) Most people do not have the mindset…
The Marine Security Guard Chronicles #4 – Third Post Introduction
Now it was time to leave Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. My girlfriend was the love of my life. Of course, she ended up becoming my wife, but at the time we didn’t foresee that. The year was 2005. I had extended to stay in Ashgabat but at the time Helsinki needed me more. Again, I was issued…
The Marine Security Guard Chronicles Vol #3 – Second Post Introduction
Leaving Niamey, Niger was bittersweet but I was eager to see the world. I had asked for my next post to be in Central Asia. I had asked to go there on word that the women were beautiful. And yes, they were! My ordered posted for Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Central Asia. Again, I had to look…