Although the Fed still plans to aggressively hike the Fed Funds rate as inflation and the economy is slowing down, look at the positive. Short-term treasury bills are yielding 4%!

Even though the yield curve is inverted, portending to a deeper recession, at least we can earn a higher rate on our risk-free money.

If you are a homeowner with a mortgage rate of less than 4%, you can now live for free! HOORAY! 

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You could view the Quiet Quitting Movement as just another weak excuse by the younger generation not to work as hard. Or, you could see it as a huge net positive for society to help alleviate constant stress and anxiety in a post-COVID world. 

The boundary between work and personal life has completely blurred for millions of work-from-home folks in particular. As a result, more people are burning out. 

Quiet Quitting is also wonderful for parents, whom I think suffered the most during the pandemic. Feel free to share your thoughts in my Quiet Quitting post.

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I started investing in private real estate funds and syndication deals at the end of 2016. I'm now firmly in the window where distributions will start to be paid. Let me share with you my key lessons learned to help you make better private real estate investment decisions.

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