Tag: financial education
H.E.N.R.Y. High Earner Not Rich Yet
Money seems to be in abundance. Everywhere I look, store shelves are empty, people are driving new cars, and I see RVs and boats littering the road. So, is everyone rich? Apparently, there is a lot of money flowing through people’s hands and wallets. Why, then, do I keep hearing that most Americans will not…
Start a Small Machine Coin-Op Business
I’ve always been fascinated with ATM machines. Yes, I know that the acronym stands for Automated Teller Machine, but I still love saying ATM machines. I always wondered where that surcharge went and who was responsible for running them. It turns out that ATMs are a great source of passive income, with some caveats, of…
RE Lifestyles 1: Rentals vs. REITs
No matter how you feel about real estate, it is the best wealth generator for the average person. However, there are multiple ways to get involved with real estate; we just need to find the ones that suit our tastes best. Today, I begin the Real Estate Lifestyles series, comparing real estate versus other professions…
CryptoCurrency 110: Wrap Your Coins
Every day we should strive to learn something new and different. I research two ways: new articles and reading books. I like to read my crypto news on the CoinGecko News platform. They always have a mix of education and current events. Anyways, I was reading some articles, and I kept seeing references to wBTC.…
Don’t Gamble with Retirement 3 + 4
There is something genuinely unique about owning your content. I can do whatever I want with my content. However, when we create books with exclusivity, it limits our ability to reach the intended audience. Free 696-Page PDF Download I pulled “Don’t Gamble with Retirement 3” out of exclusivity so that I can now present this…
Be Smarter Than the Average Bear (Market)
“The market is going to crash!” You have probably been hearing this for the last 4-6 years, or even longer. The market always seems to be hitting new highs, and it never seems to be a good time to invest. However, time in the market is better than timing the market. This saying means that…
The Wealth Accumulation Phase: 2 Is Better Than 1
My wife is my lover, best friend, business partner, and wealth-accumulation teammate. We recently moved into the wealth accumulation phase of life, and I can now share some experiences on our fantastic journey. A quick backstory. My wife and I met over 17 years ago and married 15 years ago. I was a young Sergeant…
What is Passive Income?
I have been writing religiously about passive income (600+ articles) for a little over a year now. However, I don’t think I have written an article addressing passive income from the top down. Today is that day. I will attempt to cover all aspects of passive income the best way I can. What is passive…
Create a Never-Ending Stream of Content 2
Wow! Content, content, content. I published “How to Create a Never-Ending Stream of Content” on January 31st, 2021. I was just getting my feet wet in the daily content business. Now, eight months later, I can say everything I wrote was accurate. I went back and read the original article to refresh myself on what…
Living Overseas Passively 103: Retirement Income
What are the best methods to retire overseas with income from our working years? Most of this income will be hard to tap into because most of it is unusable until 60 years old. But let’s take a look at our options and see what plans we can make with our retirement income. Welcome back…
Preferred Shares vs. Closed-End Funds: The Battle for Income
Man do I love dividend growth investing. Buying blue-chip companies, receiving dividends, reinvesting the income, and let the compounding effect happen over time. I love buying companies like Coca-Cola (KO), Pepsi (PEP), Walmart (WMT, and Target (TGT). Even better is buying growth companies that pay small dividends like Costco (COST) and Microsoft (MFST). Their small…
Passive Income in DeFi 104: Yield Farming
One of the most exciting parts of passive income on decentralized finance is the sheer amount of options. I’m trying to cover as many of these techniques as possible during the Passive Income in DeFi series (101, 102, 103). Today, we are looking into one of the more complex techniques called yield farming. Other names…
Should You Manage Your Own Rental Properties?
Life is too short to do things we do not love—and nobody loves managing rental properties. We can clear the air right now and be completely honest with ourselves. As much as we disdain managing properties, rental income is one of the best sources of wealth on the road to retirement. So how do we…
Selling Covered Calls for Passive Income
Options, options, options—we all love having options. Therefore, we should all learn how to trade options on the stock market. Learning to trade options is part of our bigger plan to diversify our passive income. First, a quick disclaimer. This article will not give you an exact science or step-by-step guide to selling covered calls.…
Orange You Glad You Have Passive Income?
Ahh, passive income is the wind beneath my sails. It is the warm blanket on those cold winter nights AND the air conditioning during those hot desert afternoons. Passive income is helpful throughout life—that’s why we go out of our way to build passive income streams. This article is my second foray into fruit-based literature.…
Real Estate is a Mindset (Intermediate)
My wife and I just returned from looking at a new mobile home to put on our 3 acres in Florida. We looked at a few mobile homes, and they would all serve our needs well. Then we talked about the purpose of buying this home. Is it just going to be rental for the…
Happy Cash Flow Retirement 2
I love my Happy Cash Flow Retirement series dearly. One of the reasons is because I always feature some kind of alcoholic beverage on the cover. In the series, this will be article number two (read the first one here) and book number five (see the first four books here). It always reminds me of…
The Business of Being Busy
Everyone is busy—especially when you hit your 40s. This phenomenon is something that I have begun to notice as I move deeper in my 40s. I don’t know why it is so vital that everyone is overbooked to their limits, but it is something that I want to dig deeper into today. Why does everyone…
Art Edition: The Biggest Book on Passive Income Ever!
Art & Links to all 312 Chapters in “The Biggest Book on Passive Income Ever!” Amazon charges me for the size of the book—thus the ebook edition is $15. If you prefer that version, you can buy it here. Enjoy! MILITARY FAMILY INVESTING www.militaryfamilyinvesting.com The Biggest Book on Passive Income Ever! 320 Chapters and 1,200…
Financial Security vs. Financial Freedom
Today’s topic is a deep mindset adjustment that most people will never understand. It’s not necessarily their fault because the world trains us to think with a financial security mindset. When you adopt a financial freedom mindset, every single thing in your life changes. But, let’s take it from the top. When I was researching…
