Investing

The Vanguard Total Stock Market Fund, ticker symbol VTSAX, gets a lot of attention and love from authors and investors … Read more

So you want to increase investment returns and it’s too late to buy Bitcoin and Tesla back in 2012. Lacking … Read more

Some of the best real estate investment returns in recent years have come from “18-hour cities,” emerging real estate markets … Read more

In 2021, I made my ninth pair of “backdoor Roth” IRA contributions with Vanguard. It’s a great way for high-income … Read more

Happy New Year! Yes, 2020 is over. The no good very bad year that was 2020 is no longer. Thank goodness. … Read more

As the New Year begins, many a high-income professional who earns too much to make a direct Roth IRA contribution … Read more

I know what you’re thinking. Massive leverage is the key ingredient in any recipe for disaster when it comes to … Read more

After several years of quarterly updates, I stopped publishing regular updates to the PoF portfolio. My investments were basically on … Read more

Do you believe in paying yourself first? That is, directing earned income first to your retirement and savings accounts before … Read more

I’ll be honest; cashflowing real estate wasn’t a big part of my FIRE plan. I did actually receive steady cashflow … Read more

Have you wanted to invest in apartment buildings but don’t know where to begin? For many renting is a way … Read more

I haven’t been particularly excited to share my investing mistakes with you, but I’ve made a couple of them in … Read more

Some prefer to ask whether or not one should pay off debt rather than how to pay off debt, but … Read more

BRRRR! Is Dr. Peter Kim shivering or just talking about one of his favorite real estate investment strategies? If the … Read more

For the first decade or so of my working career, I shoveled money into mutual funds and didn’t put much … Read more

Is it actually “passive income” if you manage your own rental properties? Of course not, but that doesn’t mean it’s … Read more

A $150,000 salary — to most Americans, that would sound pretty good. To many people worldwide, that salary is unattainable. … Read more

As an investor in international stocks via several index funds, I’ve considered and reconsidered where I ought to hold those … Read more

Sounds simple enough. Buy one property a year until your cash flow exceeds your expenses and, voilà, you can afford … Read more