Investing

I just found a zero percent interest real estate loan. My dad forwarded me an email, and I stared at it scratching my head, “Is this a real? How are they able to do this?” Then I paused and thought…

“What do you think this place will look like in 100 years?” she asked me, while we were driving down a dirt road in the middle of the Costa Rican jungle. “Probably the same,” I said, while we bounced down…

Of all the topics that I wrote about in a recent post, I received over a dozen responses for the mention of two simple words: rural cult. I actually wasn’t even writing about cults or anything rural, but clearly those…

Despite ‘the progress‘ that has been advertised, the impending economic crisis seems to be palpable within society. Consumer confidence – which indicates household’s future planned consumption and savings habits – is near record low levels. Similarly, confidence from businesses has…

In 1878 Thomas Doolittle invented a process that changed the world – he figured out how to make copper strong enough to stretch into wire without breaking. Over the next several decades, with the help of people like Thomas Edison…

Over the years, I have written multiple times about how the odds are against individual investors in the stock market. Other than the Warren Buffett strategy of buying and holding for an extended amount of time, most small investors lose…

“Our economy is going to crash, but real estate will probably be fine. Maybe 2024 real estate prices will go down a little bit. But nothing like the housing crash in 2008. That won’t happen again.” I’ve heard that from…

In November of 2022, I wrote an article about how to survive this year and beyond. Although we’re not even mid-way through 2023, many of the predictions I made are already coming to fruition. Things like: Fed Funds rate hitting…

This is going to be an uncomfortable read. Surviving 2023 is going to be very difficult for many people. As always, there will be many opportunities if you know where to look. But, being able to act on those situations…

Looking for the best hurricane investments seems a little callous, right? I mean, shouldn’t we be helping the victims of a major hurricane, instead of trying to find ways to make money from the weather event? Well, making investments can…