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Results (127)
Andrea Hewitt Dealing with opinions of family and friends
13 April 2008 | 30 replies

One of the biggest psychological obstacles that I have come across since I began my investing life recently is the fear that is reflected off of my friends and family. They fear that we will fail in our investments an...

Joe Fairless Here’s What Is Possible in 9 Years as a Real Estate Investor
15 February 2022 | 87 replies

“To whom it may concern” is how my letter started out.It was 9 years ago and I had finally, after 10 long months of looking for my first investment property, found a deal. It was a 4 bed, 2 bath house in Duncanville, ...

Timothy W. Do you keep a supply of food on hand?
16 September 2009 | 70 replies

This is not to be apocalyptic but to bring back to the front of people's minds a tradition that seems to have been lost recently. People used to keep pantries with significant stores of preserved food on hand in the ...

John Wijtenburg Is "live below your means" really good advice?
1 December 2019 | 72 replies

I think a lot of people have trouble reconciling an abundance mindset with the omnipresent, "live below your means," advice.To achieve great success, we're told that we must take risks, act as if, and spend money to m...

Dorian Jones Is being overly ambitious bad?
4 September 2017 | 43 replies

Hello BP family. Let's get right to it. I've always been an ambitious go getter since I was a kid. Never followed the pack always stood alone and wanted more than the average. I grew up in a low income area, but alway...