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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...

Jon Q. Middle Class: Chips Are Stacked Against You
16 August 2016 | 45 replies

If you are middle class in America and you depend on W2 income for a living, the chips are stacked against you.1. Why are Americans who work for a living taxed more than investors who live off of their investments?2. ...

Bob Collett hostile rental owner environment
9 May 2019 | 46 replies

Hi AllA few weeks ago, the owner of a property I manage received a "ticket" from the city of Cleveland because the tenant did not properly place the trash basket out in front of the house.  The city sent a "ticket" fo...

Nathan Frost Overleveraged Advice Please Help
14 May 2024 | 125 replies

Hi, I was hesitant about writing this but want anyone out there that can help.  Please give me any tips or advice.  I rather sleep peacefully at night.  I could use the criticism and just want to not worry every month...

Matt Higgins Life isn’t going back to normal anytime soon is Real Estate?
10 April 2020 | 84 replies

Just read an article from the MIT technology review and read up on what we already know. Life is not going back to normal tomorrow, next month, or maybe ever.
https://www.technologyreview.c... 
until we get a lon...

Latia Rowland Turning Wholesalers into the Good Guys
18 June 2018 | 78 replies

I am in the process of looking for potential/motivated sellers in order to do some wholesale deals (enough to get me the money to do my own rehab/flip). As I've been researching, I see a lot that Wholesalers turn out ...

Richard Hadley Infinite Banking Concept
14 December 2022 | 79 replies

I'm throwing a question out about how to get started in the infinite banking concept and the ability to leverage one of my properties to get started, does anyone have any experience in doing this? And the other quest...

Wai Fung Infinite Banking Concept, Cash Flow Banking, or Bank on Yourself
29 July 2021 | 216 replies

Has anybody used a IBC, CFB, or BOY policy to purchase real estate and use the returns to pay back the policy at higher interest rates than the policy charges? If so, what are the pros and cons? What are your thoughts...

Stephen Rinaldi Buyers need to understand the mistake in "waiting for rates to drop"
13 April 2023 | 90 replies

The reason why this industry brings some of the best and brightest is that is so dynamic, no changes in the market are in a vacuum.  Clients that are expecting rates to slip, a sentiment that I agree with, are missing...

K S. My 100k house vs 100k in the S&P 500 (16 years later)
10 December 2023 | 289 replies

A turnkey home for 100k renting for 1k (1% rule) would net you worse than the stock market 16 years later. I went back through my 1099s and calculated my return and estimated closing costs, federal taxes, capital gain...