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Why Your Home Is not an Investment

Most people want to believe that their home (primary residence), which is either a condo, townhome, or house that they live in and pay mortgage on, is an investment. Contrary to what they want to believe, a home is not an investment. I’m sure you’ve heard the usual arguments: If you’re paying someone else rent,…
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Coming From the Place of Your Dreams
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What’s Your Leadership Style?
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How to Get Financial Freedom
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Why You Need a Strong Financial Foundation

Building the right financial foundation, just like building the right foundation for a house, withstands the test of time. Everything becomes easier, too. Having the right financial foundation is important if you are to build a positive cashflow and ultimately achieve financial freedom. This hit me the other day, after getting back from my 10-day…
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The Evolving Definition of Financial Freedom

Over the years, my definition of financial freedom has evolved. For the first ten years of my financial inactivity and stagnation, it was this: Being able to part ways with and invest $10,000 into the stock market In retrospect, it all seems so trivial. Yet, for someone who’s never invested, lived in the lower middle…
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Where’s the FI-RE?

Financial Independence, Retire Early If you’re into building up wealth and a handsome nest egg for retirement, then you’ have likely heard of FIRE by now. FIRE stands for Financial Independence: Retire Early. While I like the idea of FIRE, you have to be careful what this really means. The people who achieved FIRE and…
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Defining Financial Freedom?

Depending on who you ask, you’ll get a different answer. For some people, defining financial freedom means having enough money to take their family on a vacation every year. For other people, it means have a enough money to cover life’s emergencies in the event of a job loss, visit to the emergency room for…
