Real Estate Investing Success Through Failures
Show Summary Chad Weeden has gone from the Army to failing in his business as an entrepreneur to super success as a real estate investor. He attributes it to 3 factors…
Show Summary Chad Weeden has gone from the Army to failing in his business as an entrepreneur to super success as a real estate investor. He attributes it to 3 factors…
The PropTech Power List is a recently released top 50 ranking of the most influential people in property technology, published by Proptech Angel Group. To be included on the list, individuals must sell, use, or discuss technology for building owners. Influence is quantified using LinkedIn…
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Emmy winner Leslie Jordan, who documented his milestone home purchase in August, never moved into the West Hollywood condo he bought before he died.
Show Summary Steve Berneman helps investors get their deals done in a totally different way than you may think, as their title agent. Founding Blueprint Title, a national title agency 100%…
While in college, you have theĂ‚Â opportunity to learn about using credit—in particular, credit cards—responsibly. By doing so, you’ll also build theĂ‚Â credit history that may be invaluable just a few years down the road. About student credit cards While it can be difficult to get approved for a new credit card with a limited credit history, […]College students may decide to open a credit card for convenient, safe spending. Check out six of the best student credit cards here.
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Saving money can be easy, and successful savers have known the secret—to pay yourself first—for decades. If you don’t follow any other financial advice, do THIS!When you pay yourself first, you set aside money each payday and dedicate it to reaching your financial goals, like retirement savings.
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One of the very best investment vehicles to prepare for retirement is a Roth IRA. It gives you an opportunity to provide tax-free income once you retire. But a Roth IRA itself is not an investment. That’s why it’s important to know the best investments for a Roth IRA in 2023. The table below summarizes […]
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One of the most important aspects of financial wellness is learning how to start saving money. That is why, Chapter 1 in our savings series focuses on this important habit. While learning how to start saving probably seems simple at the surface, the concept remains challenging for many: As of late 2020, 34% of Americans
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If you find yourself in the enviable financial position of earning more money than you are spending, you might be wondering what’s the best use of your extra money each month. You might want to start saving for emergencies or upcoming large expenses. Another possibility is to start paying down your credit card or other
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I used to be a collector. I collected trading cards. I collected comic books. I collected pins and stickers and mementos of all sorts. I had boxes of things I’d collected but which essentially served no purpose.
I can’t say I’ve shaken the urge to collect entirely, but I have a much better handle on it than I used to. A few years ago, I sold my comic collection and stopped obsessing over them. Today, I collect three things: patches from the countries I visit, pins from national parks, and — especially — old books about money.
Collecting old money books is fun. For one, it ties to my work. Plus, there’s not a huge demand for money manuals, so there’s not a lot of competition to buy them. (Exception: As much as I’d love a copy of Ben Franklin’s The Way to Wealth, so would a lot of other people. That one is out of my reach.)
One big bonus from collecting old money books is actually reading these books. They’re fascinating. And it’s interesting to trace the development of certain ideas in the world of personal finance.
For instance, there’s this persistent myth of “lost economic virtue”. That is, a lot of people today want to argue that people were better at managing their money in the past. They weren’t. Debt (and poor money skills) has been a persistent problem since well before the United States was founded. It’s not like we, as a society, once had smart money skills and lost them. The way people manage money today is the way they’ve always managed money.
Or there’s the notion of financial independence (and the closely-related topic of early retirement). The standard narrative goes something like this:
When you read old money books, however, you soon realize that FIRE isn’t new. These ideas have been kicking around for a while. Sure, the past decade has seen the systemization and codification of the concepts, but people have been preaching the importance of financial independence for about 150 years. Maybe longer.
Today, using my collection of old money books, let’s take a look at where the notion of financial independence originated.