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Account Closed How Investing in the Stock Market Saps Your Wealth
13 January 2021 | 243 replies

Today, in Sept 2018 the Stock Market is at 28,000. An all time high. The average wage is $26 per hour. It takes 1,077 work hours to “buy the market”. That is, if you buy one share each of the stocks of the Dow, the co...

Omar Cantu Failure to launch, no luck so far
2 August 2017 | 150 replies

Hi, I'm 23 yrs old and have been trying to get started in real estate investing. But no luck. I know this wasn't going to be easy but it almost feels impossible. I finally tried to get pre qualified for a loan of abou...

Giovanny Garcia Should I do the full 20 years
14 January 2019 | 131 replies

Hello BP! I am an Active Duty Army Staff Sergeant (E-6) currently at 9 years 5 months Time In Service with 10 months left of Active Duty service. This will put me at exactly 10 years 2 months TIS. I am struggling w...

Shan Vincent Has anyone used WealthAbility?
16 May 2024 | 158 replies

Hi Everyone,  I wanted to see if anyone has used WealthAbility by Tom Wheelwright.  The amount they charge to analyze your information and give you a plan is pretty steep, so I wanted to see if anyone has used them an...

Chris Jensen How do you really feel about Zillow and Trulia?
19 December 2019 | 68 replies

So I've thought about this for a long time, and I'm genuinely curious.  Do real estate agents and brokers really hate sites like Zillow and Trulia?  They're my go-to sites for doing initial, preliminary research on a ...

Joshua Dorkin What Excuse Do You Have for NOT Investing?
13 December 2007 | 48 replies

For all of the newbies out there, I was wondering what excuses you have for not investing. I think it might be helpful to share with everyone here!

For the veterans, I'd love to hear some of the excuses you used b...

Duncan Taylor Would You Use Big Data If You Could?
30 July 2021 | 40 replies

I'm a big fan of big data. You might even call me a fanboy when it comes to the benefits of big data as an investor. With big data I am able to reduce my costs, better manage my assets and as was recently pointed o...

Jeremiah H. Not sure what to do with a house with equity and need advice
17 August 2015 | 56 replies

I purchased a SFH for my primary residence about 3 years ago via short sale. Purchase price was 133K, I put down 20% with a 2.99%APR on a 15 year loan. I owe around 90k on it currently and it's worth roughly 180k. We ...

Greg Hoffman Should My Realtor be doing MORE?
6 March 2020 | 31 replies

Is this normal? 
Met with RE agent yesterday and described what we're looking for... 
"Important that its a DEAL not RETAIL" I said
"Ugly needs Cosmetic work, can add equity with upgrades" I followed up 
We gave o...

Wesley Wong Dilemma: Own our own place or start investing
18 January 2016 | 39 replies

My wife and I both work and have no kids. We live in Seattle, Washington, where the market is really hot right now. We started looking for our own place back in October, but have yet to land anything. We've put in som...