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Is Budget a Bad Word?
Looking through social media, I always wonder how people budget. I make a decent amount of money (over $150,000/year), as does my wife (over $50,000), but we live on a budget. I see people going to Mexico, Hawaii, and the Dominican Republic and putting kids through private school. I see friends driving monster trucks and…
How to FALL into Investing 2
Ah, fall approaches again. Isn’t this a great time of the year? What makes it even more remarkable is that fall is the season of dividends and royalties. Last year, when I wrote “How to FALL into Investing,” I earned $430/month in dividend income. This year, I am over $1,000 in dividends for the month. …
The Magic of Automated Income Investing
There has never been a better time to become an automated investor. When you combine automated investing and income investing, you have a consistent way to create a paycheck. In this article, I will start with becoming an automated investor and dive into some of the various techniques I use across my accounts. Let’s begin.…
Counting on Crypto 3
The early parts of 2022 saw the attempted demise of cryptocurrencies. Central banks, governments, and institutions sought to destroy the fledgling crypto community. Don’t forget to check out the mega-book “Counting on Crypto 2 (free pdf).” But we survived, and we are currently on a slight upswing. What does the future hold for cryptocurrencies, decentralized…
Blogging is Tough: Commodity vs Content Blogs
I often list blogging as one of the best ways to make passive income, and I genuinely mean it. However, I’ll tell you a little secret: Blogging is tough! You have to imagine the internet as a world much larger than our physical Earth. Even on Earth, it is tough for people to notice one…
Dividend Investing in Your 60s
You worked hard over the last 30 or 40 years in the workforce. Even better, you saved a large amount of cash in your 401K and Roth IRA. Conventional wisdom says you should slowly drain your account using the four percent rule. Today, I offer a different method to make your money work for you—dividends.…
How to Buy an Expensive Home Safely
Unfortunately, house prices are through the roof. If you buy today, you are most likely purchasing at the top of the market. So how do you prevent yourself from getting burned in the process? My story. I bought a home at the top of the market in 2008. However, I didn’t prepare for the roller…
Dividend Investing in Your 50s
If we started investing in our 20s, 30s, or 40s, our 50s should be a time to focus on setting up our children. There are many ways to set up our children, but one of the best is building them a dividend growth investing portfolio. We used income investing in our early years because we…
Dividend Investing in Your 40s
This is it! Your 40s are your prime earning years. This timeframe is when you have the most control of your body and your mind. You should be earning massive amounts of money during your 40s. If you aren’t there yet, let’s start with that, then move on to dividend investing. Welcome back to the…
Passive Income Road Trip #7: Automated Business
You probably don’t know that I was born and raised in San Diego because I usually tell people I am from Arizona or Florida. Nothing against San Diego or California, but I feel more comfortable in smaller places. I arrived in San Diego today, and I remembered why I left. I am not a fan…
Passive Income Road Trip #6: Royalties
Wow, I don’t remember Yuma, Arizona, being so hot. As I pulled into this magical city, my thermostat read 106 degrees. Yikes. Yuma is one of my favorite places on Earth and the first place I truly felt at home in my life. My wife and I bought our first home here in 2008 and…
Passive Income Road Trip #5: Real Estate
After five days on the road, I finally arrived somewhere I could call home. My hotel room overlooks a beautiful desert landscape here in Tucson, Az. The room is a great little studio apartment-style living arrangement. One of the essential ideas of real estate investing is location, location, location. However, real estate is a mindset…
Passive Income Road Trip #4: Cryptocurrencies
I arrived today in the dusty city of Las Cruces, New Mexico. I have fond memories of this place from when my wife and I made this road trip in 2012. I remember a lush, green desert landscape; that memory is not what I saw today. The city looks like it did not survive the…
Passive Income Road Trip #3: Dividends
I woke up today in Fort Stockton, Texas, somewhere in the middle of this enormous state. It is hot as all heck here, and I wasn’t used to the heat. No matter how hot (or cold), passive income continues to flow into my accounts. Probably the most sought-after form of passive income is dividends. Welcome…
Passive Income Road Trip #2: Retirement Planning
I woke up today in San Antonio, Texas. I decided to split Texas into three days and two nights of driving. If you didn’t know, Texas is a massive piece of Earth. My friend called me and said I should have driven the 900 miles of Texas in one day. To that, I replied that…
Passive Income Road Trip #1: Financial Mindset
Well, I find myself on another cross-country road trip across America. This time from Pensacola, Florida, to San Diego, California. I am taking a seven-day slow drive to ensure I do my best to arrive safely. This is the fifth time I am making this trip, and I believe I am older and wiser each…
Start a Sports League Towards Passive Income
Do you love sports? Does your area lack a sports league? Are politics getting in the way of your children having fun? Well, start your own league. Yes, you can do it. People, I woke up one day and said I wanted to be a writer. This month, I sold 50 books on Amazon without…
Income Investing vs. Index Funds
With the swift downturn of the stock market in early 2022, things changed for near-retirees. They watched as their 401Ks and index funds quickly lost 30-40% of their value. Index funds track the markets, for good or bad. They typically give some of the best long-term returns outside mega companies like Amazon (AMZN) and Google…
Advertising vs. Content Marketing
Let’s start today with an example where you want to build a consistent income from your community. You begin by hosting a community baking contest and celebration once a month. As time passes, you add additional items of interest like face painting, bounce houses, and live music. You begin selling baked goods, ice cream, and…
Debt Snowball vs. Debt Avalanche
Over the last two years, I have consistently talked about paying off debt. Living a debt-free life is perhaps the greatest gift to your financial well-being. I wrote an entire series about Staying Debt-Free at Any Age (20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s), and you can download all the books for free on my website.…
