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The Four Principles of Income Investing
I’m a huge fan of the magic of dividend growth investing. DGI uses the power of compounding to create massive income and capital gains in the future. However, as much as I love DGI, I prefer the magic of income investing. Income investors seek current income that produces cash today—not tomorrow. When you purchase one…
BCRE: Become Capitalist Retire Early
Do you really want to work until you are 65? At some point in my working life, I thought I would have a 30-year military career followed by 20 years in the civilian workforce. And then I changed my mind. In 2021, I wrote “No Freaking Way I Am Working Another 25 Years.” That was…
Dividend Investing for Everyone! Change Your Life Today
Are you tired of being the low person on the totem pole? Do you hate not having money in your pocket when you want to purchase something? I hated working hard for money and not having enough money in the budget to take my family to the movies. But I changed my life. I now…
The Sacrifice of Retirement: It Won’t Come Easily But Is Possible
When did we start believing that retirement would come easily? Why do we think someone would pay us for our most unproductive years? The concept of retiring is a reasonably new idea. People who owned farms and businesses usually worked until they died. When social security became an entitlement, the government believed people would only…
Don’t Work Hard for Money 2; Work for Income-Producing Assets
Why do you go to work? Is it to pay bills or provide for your family? Do you go to fund your kid’s college tuition or purchase a home? These things are noble but may not get you the desired results. In fact, there is truly only one reason to work—at least at first. Why…
Selling Cash-Secured Puts vs. Treasury Bills
How much money can you earn in a 30-day cycle? I guess it depends on how you choose to earn your income. You can do it the safe way or add a little spice. Ultimately, it depends on your objectives. If you want to juice your returns to retire earlier, you’ll have to take on…
Selling Covered Calls vs. High Yield Savings: The Best Way to Invest $1,100
I love comparing various financial products against one another, but this one will take the cake. How do you compare the safest option to the riskiest one? So, let’s simplify the comparison: How would I safely grow a small nest egg of $1,100? The easy answer is to put the money into a high-yield savings…
Should You Take a Home Equity Loan? There Will Be a New Gold Rush
The new rush to gold will be home equity loans; mark my words. The average American homeowner is up to their eyeballs in debt, and the federal government has a solution. Instead of teaching people fiscal responsibility, the government wants to support the secondary market for home equity loans (or secondary mortgages). This means the…
Find Happiness Inside of a Budget
I learned many things during middle and high school. However, one thing that I don’t remember learning is budgeting. Budgeting is perhaps the most essential element of building wealth, so why don’t “they” want us to learn how to do it? It’s simply that they want us to spend our money frivolously and without regard…
No Freakin’ Way Am I Working Another 25 Years part 4
I vividly remember my 40th birthday. I was in Okinawa, Japan, on a two-year unaccompanied tour away from my family. I was working hard to establish my writing and book publishing business. I had been in the Marine Corps for 22 years at the time. The last three years were the hardest because stress levels…
Young Income Investors of America
Now is the time for young people of America to unite under something that most people do not understand—income investing. Income investing is vital to your ability to retire early, pay bills, and build wealth. This article will serve as the anthem for all young, aspiring income investors to begin their journey toward financial security…
Homeownership Will Determine Your Child’s Fate: So Buy Them a Home
There has never been a better time to purchase a home; however, you must discover the method you will use to execute your plan. We are entering a recession, interest rates are sky-high, and there is a housing crisis—all things that can hinder our progress toward homeownership. But these are all excuses. The simple answer…
Im Loading Up on 30-Year Treasury Bonds: Before Yields Disappear
It’s an exciting time to be a bond investor. The Federal Reserve raised interest rates to help combat the high inflation that is running rampant throughout the country. I have always said that I am a buyer of 30-year Treasury Bonds that yield over 4%. Lucky for me, now is the best period for purchasing…
Bitcoin vs. Bitcoin ETFs: The Best Way to Gain Exposure to Alternative Assets
The Bitcoin hype is back and bigger than ever. If you have ever considered joining the craze, now is about as good a time as ever. However, new Bitcoin derivatives have hit the market in the form of Bitcoin Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). We must evaluate these new products and see how they align with…
Do Series “I” Bonds Help Conquer Inflation?
Inflation comes for all of us; how we deal with it determines our financial success in life. I like to say that inflation is the cost of being alive. There are many ways to outpace inflation (dividend investing, real estate, cryptocurrencies, business), but you must balance each against your goals, dreams, and risk profile. I…
The Biggest Book on Passive Income Ever 4!
How do some people get to live the life of their dreams? They get to travel where they want and buy whatever they desire. Their lives seem impossible to obtain, especially if you are in the nine-to-five daily grind. But I am here to tell you that you can remove yourself from the rat race…
Happy Cash Flow Retirement 11
It’s time for another journal about life, love, and the pursuit of happiness. Welcome to your Happy Cash Flow Retirement; I am glad you are here. But how did we get here? What does it mean to have a Happy Cash Flow Retirement? What steps can you implement today that can guarantee your success tomorrow?…
Use the GI Bill as an Income Stream: Use Your Benefits to Build Wealth
The military retirement system allows people to jump from the lower and middle classes to the upper class. A person with a pension at an early age has the ability to “double dip” as they work a second job. However, a strong argument exists for using your retirement, pension, and benefits to build an empire.…
I Love Being Bored; It Means I’m Becoming Wealthier
When did we become a nation of people seeking to dine out daily, entertain our children with expensive trips, and redecorate our homes monthly? It seems that every time I turn on Facebook, someone is on a fancy trip, buying something new, or eating somewhere with five stars. This is not the America I remember…
Keep Rent in the Family: It’s The Best Way to Build Generational Wealth
Sometimes, we must step back and determine how we arrived at the unrealistic expectations we placed upon our kids and ourselves. Is it fair to expect someone to build an empire within 60 or 70 years? However, when we kick kids out at age 18, we expect them to do that exactly. From age 18,…
