In 2015 my wife and I bought our first rental property together. We were living in Los Angeles at the time and couldn’t afford to buy anything locally, which prompted us to start looking at out-of-state investments. We ended up making a real estate investment in Texas! There’s a lot to share about our decision to buy a rental property -- I’ll start with numbers and then get
Home Ownership
Can you retire with a mortgage? How about 15 mortgages!?
Good morning, all. Happy Monday! Some of you are excited to learn more about real estate investing. I’m no expert, but I do have a few rental properties and will share my experiences (and screw-ups) over time. I know real estate investing isn’t everybody’s cup of tea, so I'll keep posts like this light and sporadic. (Plus, J Money will kill me if I turn this site into a
Could you sell your house and all your possessions like Elon Musk?
Just saw this tweet and about spit my coffee out! No house!! Or possessions! From a BILLIONAIRE who can have anything and everything under the sun! Wowwww!!! So WHY???? "Possessions just weigh you down." BOOM. Damn truth right there. And of course he still needs a place to live and HAS to keep at least one of his own cars, right???!, but seeing how he's
Life on the other side of the globe!
Morning, guys!! Stumbled across an old comment on the blog I tagged to share some day, and decided today's that day before I forget again! :) It was dropped in 2018 so it's a tiny bit dated, but a majority of this still holds true and thought you might find it as fascinating as I did when I first read it... Amazing that no matter where you live, or who you are, you still
7 Ways to (Financially) Feng Shui Your House
If you ever wanted to talk about toilets on this blog, today's your day! Got this text from my Auntie who asked if I'd ever shared something like this on the site before, of which I could confidently tell her no - I had not, lol... But that changes today ;) Here's her text that opened up my eyes in more ways than one: She then sent me an article to prove that
Some life updates :)
Morning! Snagged that dollar up there at my local thrift last month - isn't it cool? :) Here's a bunch of updates on things we've blogged about over the months in case you were wondering on any of 'em... If I missed anything, just holler! Minivan -- Two months in now and still driving it! The newness has worn off and I don't enjoy it nearly as much as I was hoping
What are some of your controversial personal finance beliefs?
Answered this question on Twitter last year, then got re-sucked back into it all again when it bubbled back up randomly this morning ;) Now passing it on to you to give your brain a work out! Haha... Here were my answers to it, and then I'll list out some others from the community I found interesting as well... Maybe you have some controversial beliefs of your
Cheat Sheet on “The Automatic Millionaire”
Mornin'! So if you've never read the classic $$$ book, "The Automatic Millionaire" by David Bach, today you luck out and get a cheat sheet on it to tide you over until you wise up ;) The winner of it from our giveaway just emailed me saying she devoured it in two days and it's now one of her top 3 favorite finance books (as it is mine!), and then proceeded to tell me
Hidden Investment Opportunities in Mobile Homes
[Hi guys! I'm SOOO excited to share this piece by a long time internet friend of mine - Rachel Hernandez, aka Mobile Home Gurl - who I've been fascinated by for years. She's made a great income off investing in overlooked properties - specifically mobile homes! - and today stops by the blog to share the ins and outs of the industry, as well as some financials. Hope it inspires
A list of things I’ve never bought *new* before
I was talking with a friend the other day on how I never buy anything new, only to realize how DEAD WRONG I was when I actually went to jot them all down, haha... Literally only came up with two things, although they are the biggest things: A car A house Now secretly I'd love to one day experience both of these even though I know my wallet would kill me (I want to
