Tag: starting a business
How to Profit from Electric Vehicles
Today, we will use everything we have learned about automated business, value, and luxury vehicle rentals to build a profitable business model in the eclectic vehicle space. It will take all our entrepreneurial wits to accomplish this, so let’s get moving. Background. I stumbled upon a video on the Electric Hummer by one of my…
The Passive Income Grind
The more I write about passive income, the more I realize society does not build people to receive it. Why is that? Before the payments become passive, you need to do a lot of work to get everything set up—I call this The Passive Income Grind. I never thought about the grind until I got…
What is Affiliate Marketing?
There is tons of content online about affiliate marketing and how easy it is to make money. But what is it, and can it become a source of passive income? Affiliate marketing is a simple source of passive income; however, you need to build and maintain an audience to succeed at affiliate marketing. What is…
Write Book Reviews for Passive Income
Do you love to read books? Do you love a specific genre like romance, mysteries, or nonfiction? Well, do I have a new income stream for you. Why not start a blog where you review the books you read? I stumbled upon this passive income stream as I was starting my blog almost a year…
To Be Truly Free, You’ll Need $20,000/Month Passive Income
That’s right, $20,000/month in passive income will be enough to set you and your family free from the tyranny of the workforce. Keep in mind; this is living a down-to-Earth, “below your means” lifestyle. If you want the full “American Dream,” you will need much, much more. Why did I decide to put a number…
I Have Everything I Want in Life… And Then Some
There are rare moments in life where you can truly appreciate everything you have worked towards. Whether it is coming home from deployment or surviving cancer, you will know when it hits you. I have had many of these moments throughout my 22 years in the Marines and 15 years of marriage, but none may…
The Magic of an Automated Business
I’ll be the first to admit that I usually leave an automated business out of most of my passive income discussions. For the most part, I write about rents, royalties, and dividends because they are the sexiest passive income sources. For example, my article “Mailbox Money: The Power of Rents, Royalties, and Dividends” is a…
The Business of RV Life
Do you dream of one day cruising around the countryside in an RV, visiting national parks and museums? Well, there has never been a better time to become an RV person or family. Not only are housing prices growing out of control, but the pandemic has shown that the ability to travel independently will be…
Write a Book in One Week
So many people want to write a book throughout their lifetimes but come up short. They have the knowledge and the skills; however, they intimidate themselves by making this a daunting task. But writing a book can be a straightforward process, one that you can complete in a week. Yes, from start to finish. Now,…
Start a Community Garden and U-Pick-It Farm
For the last six months, I have been saying it; the world is ripe for a return to Earth. We have gotten too far away from our roots (no pun intended), and returning to the ground is the only way to reset our core (and life) values. Josh, what the heck does that mean? It…
Mothers as Entrepreneurs 2: 7 Great Work From Home Strategies
Welcome back, everyone! Despite the name, this is an all-inclusive article focused on anyone looking to make money from home. I like to focus on mothers because they stand to gain the most from building a home-based business. This article is part two in the series, and you can find part one here. It has…
Create an eBook Series for Passive Income
Making money from home while doing something you love would be everyone’s ideal dream. At least, I would assume most people would love to have freedom of time and money. However, starting a passive income stream takes time, energy, and knowledge. I became fascinated with the idea of creating royalties after reading “Rich Dad, Poor…
Basics of Design 106: Typefaces & Colors
We are approaching the end of our Basics of Design series (101, 102, 103, 104, 105), and we have some major topics to discuss. So today, we jump into typefaces (fonts) and colors. Typefaces come first. There are six styles of typefaces. The styles are sans serif, modern, slab serif, old-style, script, and decorative. Never…
Basics of Design 104: Alignment
Welcome back to the Basics of Design series (101, 102, 103). Today we discuss the easiest of the four principles and the one that we can mess up the fastest. Alignment has two basic rules that fall under it. 1) First, alignment covers the alignment of the text on the page. Just like when you…
Basics of Design 102: Contrast
Here we go with our first principle of design: contrast. We use contrast to attract the reader’s eye and also lead them along with the page. If we did not use contrast, everything would seem important, or everything would seem unimportant. We can use contrast with color, size, weight, boldness, fonts, etc. We want to…
Basics of Design 101: Don’t Leave Home Without It
I never knew that I had a creative streak. I grew up in the US Military and had never really had to exercise my creativity throughout my career. As a technician, I had to come up with some unorthodox methods to solve some issues, but never creativity as a design aspect. Then, I went and…
Run a Property Management Business
Life is good, isn’t it, especially when you have money? Even though my wife and I have our financial act together, we are always on the hunt for ways to add additional income streams to our portfolio. I just finished a book on opening a business in the physical world called “How to Start a…
Start a Family Business
I’ll admit up front that this article isn’t a feel-good puff piece. I am writing this article to shed some light on our children’s hardships as they enter the workforce. I will recommend some things we can do now to help them along their way. Let’s take a look at the reality of education and…
Become an Entrepreneur before You Start a Business
Over my 40 years, I have witnessed many people start businesses. Some of these businesses fail, and some actually become successful. However, I have met very few actual entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs are hard to find, although people with companies are everywhere. Josh, what the heck are you talking about—with entrepreneurs? Business owners and entrepreneurs are two…
Retire Rich, Retire Comfortable with a Business
They say that working in the workforce is what gives our lives meaning and purpose. When we retire, our lives tend to fade away, and we lose ourselves. I am currently 40 years old, and I could retire right now, and my life would gain ten times more meaning and purpose. Why am I so…
