Rogue Retirement Lounge with Matt Franklin: Entrepreneur, Investor, Bitcoin Enthusiast

Lots of retirement news to cover today:

Here's the article about the landlord who's homeless due to her deadbeat tenants: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eviction-ban-landlord-homelessness-tenants-rent/

The NY Times ham-fisted article on Bitcoin's calamitous environmental impact:  https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/09/03/climate/bitcoin-carbon-footprint-electricity.html

Lyn Alden's excellent article on Bitcoin's REAL environmental impact: https://www.lynalden.com/bitcoin-energy/

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Have a great weekend!

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Today's good. We find out rents are going way up, so be happy you bought that investment real estate!!

Crypto and Bitcoin news and YOUR retirement!! Mark Cuban lashes out, which is awesome, and I miss out on some serious NFT profit, which sucks.

Speaking of NFTs, check out my new on on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lairdgrainger/

And while you're there, follow me! I'm a social media dummy, so I need all the friends I can get.

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So you say you want to buy real estate as part of your retirement, but maybe you don't have enough cash for the down payment? Well, real estate investment trusts might be the answer.

In today's episode of the Rogue Retirement Lounge, I do a deep dive into REITs. What they are, how they work, advantages, disadvantages, and on and on and on.

And remember, Dave Ramsey PROHIBITS investing with REITs, so if you follow his investing advice, please avoid this episode. Oh, and don't have PRE-MARITAL SEX!!!!!

Most important note for you today: Sign up for a Blockfi account, so you can buy cryptocurrencies with MINIMAL fees, and earn interest on those cryptos. CLICK HERE and they'll give you some bonus crypto when you fund your account. This is the FUTURE, my friend. Retirement planning is all about diversification and I would say that crypto should be part of anyone's portfolio...

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Today's episode is JAM-PACKED with retirement news just for YOU!

40% of Americans fear retirement worse than death. Read the whole article here:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/40-americans-fear-retirement-more-210049829.html

Oregon high school students no longer have to be able to read, write or do math to graduate. Seriously.

Read the Wall Street Journal article here

Wanna use Bitcoin to buy your house? Well, the second-largest mortgage lender is about to make that possible.

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We've got some viewer mail for you, and we end today's show with a little wrap-up on how your dollars' value has faired since Nixon took us off the gold standard.

As always, check out my retirement planning podcast website at www.rogueretirementlounge.com

Hey, have you followed me on Twitter yet? You should! Here's the link: https://twitter.com/LoungeRogue

Here's a link to the Andrew Stotz video. IT'S GOOD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJaVC7xxzQk

If your retirement plan includes stocks, you'll want to watch that video.

Did you hear about Gene Simmons buying a boatload of Bitcoin? Listen and learn!!

And Orthodox Jews' exodus from NY to Florida. Here's the article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/orthodox-jews-leaving-brooklyn-florida-taxes-lockdowns-school-choice-11628265034?st=fsaqrpsk9bgigfb&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

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In retirement news today we cover a lot of ground...

I finished Atlas Shrugged and I hope you'll read it if you haven't yet.

Infrastructure bill passes and things ain't looking pretty when the budget bill passes.

Dig this chart of the P/E ratio for the S&P 500 going back to 1950: https://www.currentmarketvaluation.com/models/price-earnings.php

Crypto retirement news...

Here's a link to the online event with the author of the new Thomas Sowell biography: https://oregoncatalyst.com/5   4732-cascade-policy-institute-online-event-discovering-life-thomas-sowell-authorunsigned.html

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And as always, be sure to email me at [email protected] with questions about YOUR retirement

Before you listen to today's episode, check out this article in the Washington Post about a widow who lost her house because her dead husband didn't have life insurance. It's sad.

Today's special guest to help us unravel the mysteries of life insurance as it relates to our retirement planning is Daphne Jones, from sunny Houston, Texas. She's a wealth coach and co-host of the Smart Women, Smart Money podcast.

This is a basic intro to life insurance and we get into the whole "term vs. whole life" debate. Remember, Dave Ramsey forbids you from buying a whole life policy. But what if you become uninsurable in your later years, but you still want life insurance? Well, you'll be out of luck.

There's a lot of food for thought in here, so sit back, crack open a beer and get yourself a quick education on what can be a confusing topic.

To get on Daphne's calendar for a complimentary wealth checkup and review, go here: https://calendly.com/daphne-tsmc/comp-session

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And if you have any questions you'd like me to answer on the show, email me at [email protected]

Today we're talking about the eviction moratorium and some potential unintended consequences.

How are retirees affected when this kind of thing happens?

Do you have real estate as part of your retirement plan? Do things like this scare you?

Also, we talk about my new Bitcoin node. Is Bitcoin part of your retirement plan? I think it might be sooner than you think.

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And if the mean things I said in today's episode upset you, please send your hate mail to [email protected]

Let's face it: The more woke we become as a society, the more we're going to need to feel good about the environmental, social and governance policies of the companies we invest in for our retirement.

Okay, maybe not all of us.

But either way, ESG is becoming a buzzword in the investing world and a lot of us are very concerned about how companies treat the environment, their employees, their customers, etc.

So today I'm giving a little rundown on what exactly ESG investing is and how you can be a more socially responsible investor while you plan for your retirement.

Also, I have an update on my progress relating to the CRAZY Damien Hirst NFT circus.

Want to learn more about this batch of 10,000 NFTs? Here are a couple links:

https://currency.nft.heni.com/marketplace?

https://opensea.io/collection/thecurrency

Do you have a question I can answer on air? Or would you like to just chat about retirement planning? Email me at [email protected]

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Is gold about to jump? As our currency keeps getting debased by Fed liquidity, gold is the original safe haven asset. So how much are you buying?

If you want to follow gold and precious metals, you need to subscribe to the Gold Newsletter. Full stop.

And if you want to read that Barron's article about the upcoming gold rally, click here.

Damien Hirst's "Currency" NFT project can be found here.

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And please email me if you have any questions! [email protected]