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Investing Passively in Real Estate With DiversyFund

June 18, 2019 By Michael Dinich Leave a Comment

This post was written in partnership with DiversyFund.

If you’re a reader of personal finance blogs, you know that real estate investing is a hot topic. Bloggers plug and review companies like Fundrise, Realty Mogul, and PeerStreet. A relatively new, but highly competitive fund in this space is DiversyFund. The team at DiversyFund asked us to take a look at their fund. We’re glad we did.

With that brief introduction, let’s dive in and take a closer look.

5 Awesome Ideas for Building Long Term Wealth

June 17, 2019 By Amy Beardsley 1 Comment

Building long term wealth is the cornerstone of the FIRE movement, but it takes more than cutting back how much you spend on groceries to get there. While watching your budget and keeping your expenses down help, you need lasting wealth if you hope to achieve financial independence.

So, what’s the secret to lasting wealth? Unfortunately, if you’re searching for the mystic yellow brick road leading to success, you’ll be disappointed.

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6 Smart Ways to Invest Your Money

June 11, 2019 By Michael Dinich Leave a Comment

You have a great job and make a good income. You’ve paid off your student loans and credit card debt. Now you’re ready to save and invest. But you’re not sure how to invest your money. I have good news: there are plenty of smart ways to invest your money, build wealth, and eventually reach financial independence.

Your Full-Time Job Is Often the Best Side Hustle

June 11, 2019 By Theodora Evans Leave a Comment

Working two or more jobs is not unusual these days when most of us are over our heads in debt and trying to save for the future. Whether it’s for making our mortgage or car repayments or having some money on the side to treat ourselves every once in a while, a lot of people look for a side hustle to bring in some extra funds. These range from running errands for other people to working online as a blogger, web designer or virtual assistant. But are side hustles worth it?

Sometimes we are not aware of how having several jobs can affect us and our full-time job. Often, there are more (and better) reasons to focus on our day job seeing as how it can provide us with some benefits that part-time ones are just not able to offer.

Read on to learn more about why you should concentrate on your primary source of income and some ways to improve and potentially get a promotion.

When Can I Retire?

May 26, 2019 By Ty Roberts Leave a Comment

When Can I Retire? is a question many have asked. There’s no perfect answer, because everyone has a set of unique circumstances that makes the answer different for them. But We can give you a ballpark answer to the question: When can I retire?

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