A brief overview of the two for beginners.

Encouragement for those of you that may be discouraged on the journey to financial independence. This is my personal story of discouragement and why I’m pressing on.

Talk about 2019 tax return filing.

Where should you invest your retirement savings.

Self-directed Individual Retirement Accounts. What they are, how to qualify and what the benefit is of having one.

What does it mean to be an accredited investor? What does that do for you? What types of investments can you get into as an accredited investor? These are questions that we will go through in this episode and I’ll share our experience as accredited investors with certain types of alternative investments.

We decided to sell one of our rental properties. I’ll explain why.

Don’t let your focus on the goal of early retirement cause you to not enjoy the journey in the process that it takes to get there. We have at times and it turns what should be an inspiring process and turns it into a stress filled process.

In this episode I’m going to break down one of our rentals to see how much it is or isn’t cash flowing. There are lots of other factors to consider including maintenance, cost of turnover and the cost of property management. We’ve been a little disappointed in the monthly cash flow, but as you’ll hear the equity growth may still make these worth owning.

From Dave Ramsey to BiggerPockets the influencers of our financial thinking and the journey from young married couple to where we are today. Caution this is a nostalgic road trip and contains a few detours along the way.