We bought a house in our neighborhood last year, with the intent to turn it into a short term rental. Long term the idea would be to sell the property to one of our children so that they would be able to live in the same neighborhood they grew up …
I recently witnessed this clip of Tucker Carlson talking about the single biggest issue in society, and he pinpointed that the measure of society should be “can young people afford homes”. This is something that is often talked about, but rarely as the most important issue to our country. Regardless …
Here’s the conventional “wisdom”. The conservative safe investing playbook: Invest 10% of your income into a 401K with 60% going into a total stock market index fund and 40% going into a total bond market fund. Retire at 65 and withdrawal 4% of the starting portfolio balance every year until …
In 2023 my oldest son bought a $64,000 house about 2 miles down the road from us. This price was unheard of in this area…and for good reason. The property was in bad disrepair and full of JUNK. No rational person would think, “Yeah, this is where I want my …