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My wife and I live in Portugal and we have been doing investment in RE for some time now. We bought our first houses on our twenties, basically for buy and hold, using regular bank loans.
When she turned 30, she was...
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Hello, All book 8 of the year! Well on my way to book 52 for the year. Super Genes: Unlock the Astonishing Power of Your DNA for Optimum Health and Well-Being by Deepak Chopra MD and Rudolph Tanzi PhDGood book. Not gr...
Ok, so I can picture the raised eyebrows and perhaps even a curious look from @Joshua Dorkin right now... but please bear with me and read on.This topic has been raised by other users here, and here and several other ...
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Hello all. My family and I have had enough of getting ahead just to get knocked back down. We are ready to start seeking a 2nd string of income that can help us weather the bad luck. Both of us have good jobs and thin...
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Ill go first..Buy three properties
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For those of you who have jumped into real estate investments to reach the goal of financial independence, what is the lifestyle you have visualized for yourself after you have done so?For those of you who have reache...
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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 ...
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If you've been around these forums a while you may remember @Justin Goodin of Next Level Equity. He used to troll these waters for suckers very hard until I found out that his claimed experience and transaction histor...
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So for the last year or so, I have been thinking more about physical health. I’ll be 50 in less than a year. Overall I do not personally know any active, long-term investors that actually smoke. Maybe they are there I...