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How Much Money Is Enough? – It May Be Less Than You Think
How Much Money Is Enough? A hot topic these days among the FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) community is financial freedom. Specifically: “How much money is enough?” or… “How much money do I need to stop working and enjoy life?” To answer this, it depends on who you ask. What do you think? Have you…
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Multiple Streams of Income – 4 Ways To Make Money In Real Estate
Multiple Streams of Income – How To Make Money In Real Estate Are you where you want to be in your financial journey? Most doctors and other high-income earners that initially join the Passive Investors Circle typically don’t seem to be. Why? For the most part, they haven’t taken the time to evaluate their investments.…
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7 Ways to Invest in Real Estate Without Buying Property
7 Ways to Invest in Real Estate Without Buying Property [Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a guest post from Andrew, the founder of Wealthy Nickel. He has a passion for helping people pursue financial freedom through saving money, making money, and building wealth. Andrew documents his family’s journey to financial independence through side hustles while…
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What’s The Preferred Return In Real Estate Investing?
Preferred Return A new member in our Passive Investors Circle asked a question that many investors also want to know….the return on investment. More specifically, she asked about something that she’d heard discussed on a podcast, the preferred return or “pref”. Her question was: When a syndicator purchases an apartment complex, how can they determine…
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Want Lower Taxes? Here’s How Passive Income Is Taxed
How Is Passive Income Taxed? If you’re an avid reader of the Debt Free Dr site, then you know how much I stress the importance of creating multiple streams of passive income. Related article: Passive vs Nonpassive Income: Which is best? If you want to work until you physically can’t work anymore, then you don’t…
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How to Invest in Agriculture: 5 Ways to Profit Without Farming
How to Invest in Agriculture: Five Easy Ways to Profit ($$$) Without Farming [Editor’s Note: Today’s article in a guest post from Michael Dinich who blogs over at Your Money Geek. He’s worked in the personal finance industry since 1999, where he helped families plan for retirement, reduce taxes, eliminate unnecessary expenses, and plan their estates.]…
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Mobile Home Park Investing For Passive Investors
Mobile Home Park Investing For Passive Investors A couple of months ago I decided to listen to a podcast called the Millionaire Mindcast Podcast. I must admit that it really opened my mind to how millionaires think about investing and money. Paul Moore of Wellings Capital was an interviewee who had a fantastic story and…
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7 Steps – How To Become Financially Independent
How To Become Financially Independent (FI) Recently while listening to a podcast, I was reminded about something I’d heard of several years ago when I first started practicing, Parkinson’s Law. It was developed by English writer Cyril Northcote Parkinson and states that, “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” For…
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6 Things You Didn’t Know About Paying Off Debt
6 Things You Didn’t Know About Paying Off Debt [Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a guest post from Sam is the co-owner of How To FIRE, a blog that discusses financial independence and early retirement. She uses her BS in Finance and MBA to help others get control of their finances through budgeting, saving, investing, side hustles…
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What Is A Good Cap Rate And Why It Matters
What Is A Good Cap Rate? When I first started passively investing in real estate a few years ago as a periodontist, I began with zero real estate experience. This is similar to the many doctors turned real estate investors I speak with weekly. As someone that loves to read, this didn’t bother me too…
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The Magic Of Thinking Big Summary -12 Lessons Learned
The Magic Of Thinking Big Summary Occasionally I like to take a break from writing about finance and passive real estate investing and grab a book from my shelf that I think would benefit you. Well, today is your lucky day. Author David J. Schwartz wrote The Magic Of Thinking Big, which has played a…
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How To Build Wealth With Real Estate – 5 Ways
How To Build Wealth With Real Estate – 5 Ways I recently had an interesting call with a new member of the Passive Investors Circle. He wanted to start investing in real estate but ultimately admitted that fear was holding him back. Once I dug in to learn a bit more of his situation, he…
