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Income for Retirement: Understanding Closed-End Funds
Throughout our working lives, we depend on income to sustain our lifestyles. Why should things be different during retirement? No matter our age, we must pay bills, purchase food, and allocate resources for travel; these things will never fade away. Therefore, we need to create a consistent paycheck to match or exceed our monthly expenses—enter…
Income for Retirement: Understanding Preferred Shares
Retirement comes for all of us; whether we prepare appropriately for it is a different story. But we all have time to ensure our income is sufficient to last our entire lives. The first step to living a great retirement is determining how much income you need. Then, you can choose the instruments that best…
Who is a Better Steward of Your Time? You are Your Boss?
When did we become a society of followers? I understand that every community needs leaders and followers, but each household in America has a certain level of freedom. I have been fully retired for a month, and people cannot understand how I spend my time. Even worse, they say they need their job to keep…
Writing: I Retired to Start My Dream Job
Now that I am fully retired, I have time to reflect on the journey that got me here. It’s been a long road (24 years in the Marine Corps), but well worth the wait. Besides my wife, perhaps the most essential part of my path has been writing. Writing forced me into uncomfortable situations and…
To Change Your Life: You Must Change Your Life
“It’s about the journey, not the destination.” Have you ever heard that quote before? What does it mean to you?’ I only understood what it meant once I began my passive income adventure. My wife and I have come so far over the last 4.5 years. How did we start our journey? In January 2019,…
Art Edition- The Biggest Book on Passive Income Ever 3!
INTRODUCTION 00 000 The Biggest Book on Passive Income Ever 3! FINANCIAL MINDSET 01 001 Are You a Spender or a Saver? 01 002 America is Expensive: So What Are You Going to Do About It? 01 003 Be Extreme Toward Your Dream 01 004 Become CEO of Yourself 3 01 005 Become Insanely Productive…
Web Edition- The Biggest Book on Passive Income Ever 3!
INTRODUCTION 00 000 The Biggest Book on Passive Income Ever 3! FINANCIAL MINDSET 01 001 Are You a Spender or a Saver? 01 002 America is Expensive: So What Are You Going to Do About It? 01 003 Be Extreme Toward Your Dream 01 004 Become CEO of Yourself 3 01 005 Become Insanely Productive…
Dividend Investing vs. Options Trading: Let’s Start with $10,000
The world of high finance is a fantastic place to build wealth and live your dreams. However, without financial education, your dreams can become nightmares. If you can save $10,000, you can consider yourself an Elite Saver of America. But now it’s time to make your money generate more money. Dividend investing and options trading…
How to Become an Income Investor
Are you ready to make the leap into earning passive income? Do you want to live the life of your dreams without restraint? There are many ways to earn passive income; however, dividends require the least amount of physical work. On the flip side, dividends require the most cash to generate significant returns for you…
Welcome to the Housing Wars: May the Best Investor Win
Did you think your life would be easy? Did you think you would attend college or join the military and buy a house before age 30? Well, those days are over, maybe even forever. Homeownership is no longer a right but a privilege—only the privileged need apply. How did we reach the point where only…
The Benefits of Starting an Online Business
How do you get to live your dream life? It’s easy; you do things that go against the norm. Working a 9-5 job is excellent for paying bills. However, you’ll need to think outside the box if you want access to additional resources. Starting an online business can be the key you need to unlock…
CDs versus Bonds: The Battle for Your Hard-Earned Cash
The first step to becoming an investor is earning interest on your money. It may sound trivial, but most people don’t arrive at this achievement. I wrote an entire series on the benefits of earning interest from multiple sources such as high-yield savings accounts, certificates of deposit, Series “I” Savings Bonds, and Treasury Bonds. Today,…
Retirement & Dividends: Enjoy Your Time Off
Today was my first day of retirement, and it was incredible. There is something extraordinary about waking up and not having to go to work. I retired from the Marine Corps after 24 years. My wife and I chose Pensacola, Florida, to lay our heads. The weather in Pensacola is beautiful; however, it is definitely…
Stock Market vs. Bond Market vs. Options Market
Investing in paper markets can be intimidating if you don’t have a guide or mentor. I would guess that the overwhelming majority of people will never invest directly in financial markets (also called risk markets). It is a shame because you can grow your wealth much quicker with paper assets than by working your 9-5…
Love, Passion, & Freedom: Welcome to Passive Income
How do some people get to live the life of their dreams while they are stuck working a 9-5 job? Is it because they were born into wealth? Are they risk-takers, entrepreneurs, or gamblers? They may be lucky. Sure, some of these things may be true, but the truth is they discovered that money is…
Happy Cash Flow Retirement 10
Another day, another dollar; better yet, another passive income dollar. In two weeks, I am retiring from the Marine Corps after 24 years of service. I have never been more excited in my life because this is the result of hard work and planning. I have wanted this outcome since I began writing about passive…
Can the Military Elevate You to the Middle Class?
The middle class is under attack, and soon no remnants will be left. There are a few reasons why this is happening, mainly increased college costs, the price of housing, out-of-control healthcare expenses, and lack of financial education. America had a good run for its middle class—when workers had pensions for staying with a company…
This is Why I Became a Writer and Changed My Life Forever
My wife and I traveled to Turkey in 2019 and immediately fell in love with this fantastic country. We decided we wanted to move to Turkey one day in retirement. We knew we would have a military pension to support us; however, I wanted also to earn more income and stay productive. Working locally wouldn’t…
Closed-End Funds vs. Dividend ETFs: It’s All About Life Stages
When do you plan on retiring? Are you already retired? These questions will be vital in determining what financial instruments you’ll need to leverage. Investing is all about your time horizon, goals, philosophy, and risk tolerance. The good part is you don’t need to have all of the answers the first day you start investing.…
Passive Income: How Do You Spend Your Free Time?
The main difference between the rich and the poor is how they spend their time. How do you spend your free time? Feel free to answer honestly to yourself. Once I learned this golden rule, my income, and net worth doubled, tripled, and even quadrupled in a couple of years. If you want to create…
