This isn't done with a day trade mentality...small tweaks work just fine.Our long-term goal is for our leverage ratios to drift down slowly over time so that we "get rich slowly" and have a portfolio of free and clear assets long term.

So, one thing that can help someone new get started is working in a real estate trade job.When I learned a lot over the years working at in the real estate / construction industries primarily.

Site or computer hung up, double post, sorry!

Learning a trade.

And the way I see it, she pays for her indulgences (shoes, food, clothes) and I pay for mine (DJ gear, electronic gadgets, computers).

Well, actually one guy wanting to trade me a mobile on a small lot for it as a down payment.

If I were looking to make a career out of this, that would mean trading off quality time *today* for more sometime in the future (1 year?

I am not sure exactly when it will be released into the show stream.But, in general the amounts you are setting aside each month for long term maintenance needs might be best be held with a tiered strategy with some/much of it set aside in ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds).

When my buyer, an older couple, couldn’t get a loan for the amount of their offer, someone suggested asking them what they had to trade, maybe a cabin in the woods, or…I did ask her that day, and she said the only thing they had was some antiques.

  If you like construction, go into the trades.