Here’s How It Played Out 19 years later. Recently the Nasdaq hit a major milestone. It broke through the 9000 barrier. This got me thinking about my oldest house hack. A duplex I purchased in April of 2000 just as the dot-com bubble was about to burst. Let’s compare the return on my sticks and […]
What Kurt Vonnegut and Joseph Heller Taught Me About Real Estate.
“The government paid [Major Major’s father] well for every bushel of alfalfa he did not grow. The more alfalfa he did not grow, the more money the government gave him, and he spent every penny he didn’t earn on new land to increase the amount of alfalfa he did not produce. Major Major’s father worked […]
3 Ways I Turbocharged My Savings Employing Real Estate Debt and Some Behavioral Economic Hacks
I have a confession to make. I’m terrible at saving money. For years I would set aside a percentage of my income only to pull the savings out for what I considered an emergency. While some of the funds went to actual emergencies like car repairs or making payroll for my business, the majority of […]