It’s hard to believe I have been doing this for two years! It seems like it was only a few months ago when I was sitting at the break table at work having a financial discussion with one of my friends who suggested I should go into financial planning as …
I bought my first home in Benton Harbor, MI for $48,500 at the age of 20. This move was the stepping stone that got Mrs. C and I on a solid path towards building wealth. I still own that house, although I moved to a house on a larger piece …
From time to time people ask me what I think about investing in gold. I usually say the same thing: Buying gold is not investing, it is protecting a store of value. Investing is when you put money into something that has action going on to generate money. Buying stocks …
One of the amazing aspects of the internet is the shear amount of historical information available at your finger tips instantly. 20 years ago to research family history you would need to spend most of your time in courthouses hunting physical records and chances are your family didn’t always live …