Investments does not just include market investments. There’s also businesses, pass through work, refurbishing houses, and more.
I don’t like higher gas prices. Like most people, I blame it on oil companies or the time of year, particularly when holidays are around the corner. Nobody, it seems, likes suffering inflation. Higher prices for consumer goods are spooky and alienating. So what’s really going on when we’re suffering from inflation? Poor Monetary Policy…
My first home-hunting trip resulted in purchasing a fixer-upper: A structurally sound house, albeit small, with historic features like clapboard siding and corner boards and one-over-two-pane stained glass windows. My list wasn’t long, and the house sounded right up my alley. If you’re young, a fixer-upper offers possibilities. But there are so many factors to…
Is self-insuring coastal property a way to solve the rising cost of hurricane insurance? Is there a coastal retirement property that looks like a good investment today, considering wind and water damage insurance rates, not to mention the Herculean struggle to collect on claims? A married couple, friends of my Mother’s, owned a quarter million…
Full-time RVing may look attractive whether it’s a budget decision or a retirement choice. Is it easy to live full-time in an RV? I intend this blog to be a good place to start the discussion. RVing offers exciting alternatives if you don’t want a regular life and a regular job. Full-time RVing and tight…
If you want a shortcut to start the budget, budget templates present the best way to get started. In this blog, I’ll demonstrate the mechanics of these free budgeting templates. Microsoft Office, Google Sheets and the Open Office Suite offer a free budget template, and with the templates comes the insight and knowledge to control…
When you start a budget, concepts like “base budgetary needs” and “existing income” comes up! Who gets this stuff? Sure, you could wing it, but this is the place to start if you want to understand a personal finance budget. A budget provides a path to pursue short and long-term financial goals and, along the way,…
The desire for a reliable game plan during Covid caused many people to compile a Do’s-and-Dont’s list. In this blog, I will discuss things you can do to lessen the effect Covid has on your personal funds, and this is the place to start thinking about a list. Personal Finance: Things to Do 1. Set…
It’s tough to come up with the money for college today, and you could end up looking for a debt payoff app. That makes college investment more literally a buy than it has ever been. How to get a Return on Your Investment This blog will look at four skills to get a return-on-investment from…
C’mon, the Gig economy existed before Covid, sure, but Gig work became a reality after a pandemic made the Digital Economy the place to find work. To get the whole community to embrace Uber, Upwork, Handy, Lyft, Fiverr, Doordash, Ange, Uber, Guru, or Grubhub, it took something as devastating as Covid to turn away from…
Making Money tool – Bookscouter, a book scouting lookup tool There’s still an opportunity to flip books on the Internet and turn them into cash, and while it takes savvy and energy, it doesn’t take much commitment: A stack of books, a computer, and a vehicle is the minimum requirement. That’s about as low a…
