Passive income is one of the most searched topics on the web today.

Who doesn’t want to make money while they sleep?

The American dream for some is having the big house with the white picket fence, but for others it is making money while doing nothing.

You can do this through passive income.  Just be prepared to do the work up front because it does take some work to set it up.

I want to share how you can earn some passive income through dividend investing.

Just like any other form of passive income, this takes work on the front end and a little time to build.  

The first step is getting started.

07:18 Bonus Benefit #1 09:42 Bonus Benefit #2 15:42 ETFs 16:47 REITs 18:14 Sample Portfolio 22:124 How To Build Your Portfolio

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Resources:

28 Passive Income Ideas To Build Real Wealth

How to Invest in Dividend Stocks

Best Long-Term Investment Strategies & Products

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When I was in college I absolutely hated writing papers.

The paper that I spent the most amount of time trying to write was my resume. It ended up being one page.

Anyone looking to hire me would have this one page to learn all about me and make a decision of whether or not to hire me.

Financial lenders have one document to look at to determine whether or not they want to lend you money. It is your credit report, which gives them the details of your credit score.

Today I am going to give you some tips on how to build up your credit score.

6:52 What affects your credit score? 11:04 Open a secured credit card account. 13:31 Credit builder loans 14:44 Credit building Apps 15:46 Review your credit report 17:23 Dispute any charges that are not yours

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Resources:

How to Raise Your Credit Score 100 Points or More in Less Than 5 Months

How to Dispute Your Credit Report and Get Negative Items Removed

What is a Bad Credit Score? (Plus How to Improve It)

7 Best Credit Repair Companies of 2022

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It is time for a vacation!  

If you aren’t going to an ‘all inclusive’ resort - figuring out where to stay can really be a hassle.

We have a hard time finding a place that will fit our family (4 kids) with enough space to ‘spread out’.

Maybe your vacation is a time to check out some potential investment properties.

A reader, Steve, sent in a question about potential investment properties that we are going to answer today.

Steve asks: My wife and I are in our mid-50’s, we are debt free and own our home. We would like to have a place that our family and kids can use while we explore future retirement areas near the vacation home.

05:56 The pros of buying a short-term rental. 07:08 Generating Income 10:22 Long-term capital appreciation 13:20 Great Tax Benefits 16:24 The Cons - Higher Down Payment/ Higher Interest Rate 17:33 Not all communities welcome short-term rentals 18:04 Bad renters/property damage 18:54 Not passive income

I encourage you to have detailed conversations with your significant other and your CPA before you purchase a vacation/short-term rental property.

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Resources:

How to Buy a Second Home that Pays for Itself

Real Estate or Index Funds – Which is the Better Way to Build Long-term Wealth?

How To Invest in Real Estate (12 Different Ways!)

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It was 2001 and I was an intern at an investment firm - actually the brokerage firm that hired me to become a financial advisor.

I experienced, for the first time, what a stock market crash is.

Until you see how it affects people, you just don’t fully understand the stress, worry, and defeat that comes with it.

At that time, I thought that would probably be the worst crash I would see in my lifetime.

Then 2008 rolled around!

I decided to add some perspective to the current situation, I would share the top 10 crashes in history.

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Resources:

The Best Online Brokerage Accounts: For Beginners To Experienced Investors

15 Ways To Start Investing Small Amounts Of Money

Betterment Investing Review: Make Investing Automatic

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This is a question that I didn’t think I would ever have to answer.

It is a very unique question that a reader, David, sent in.

“Fundrise or a 529 College savings plan - what is the best when you are investing for your kid?”

04:08 Investment Component 06:56 Tax Component

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Resources:

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Fundrise Review: How to Invest in Corporate Real Estate With a Small Investment

7 Roth IRA Secrets You’ll Wish You Knew Sooner

Topic No. 553 Tax on a Child's Investment and Other Unearned Income (Kiddie Tax)

Roth IRA Rules and Contribution Limits for 2022

There was a time in high school, and I totally deserved it, where I got sent to the principals office.

Luckily I learned from my mistake and didn’t repeat it. Getting in trouble with your teacher and/or the school is not something I wanted to do again.

As an adult, I would say the equivalent to this would be if I were in trouble with the IRS. No one wants to do something that will get them in hot water with the IRS.

Today I want to share 5 mistakes that you want to avoid when filing taxes.

03:33 Forgetting paperwork 07:11 Missing or incorrect information 09:02 Don’t wait until the last minute 11:27 Choosing the incorrect filing status 12:41 Missing a tax break

Resources:

Best Tax Software Programs

TurboTax Review: An Industry Standard for DIY Tax Prep

What Happens If You Don’t File Your Tax Return?

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What if you could go back in time and talk to the most successful investor of all time?

Do you think you would be an overnight millionaire? A billionaire? Maybe

Today we are going to talk about the top 11 investors of all time.

I found an article that talked about these investors and I wanted to do something a little different.

I wanted to find out what their first investment was or their best investment or both.

02:35 Benjamin Graham 04:53 Jack Bogle 07:21 John Templeton 09:40 Peter Lynch 11:53 Warren Buffett 15:39 Charlie Munger 17:47 Nassim Taleb 21:14 Ray Dalio 22:45 Peter Thiel 24:03 Carl Icahn 26:23 George Soros

Everyone wants to work until they are at LEAST 65 and can retire.

Oh wait….or is it that people want to retire early?

If you don’t want to stay stuck in your job until you are 65 or later, you have to start doing something different.

Tune in as I share 8 different strategies to help you retire early.

03:27 Get mentally prepared 05:34 Know your retirement target numbers 10:03 Have a strategy for health insurance 11:25 Cutting expenses now and for later 12:23 Pay off debt as soon as possible 13:23 Savings has to a priority in your budget 16:10 Increase your income and/or add additional streams of income 17:57 Invest aggressively but don’t speculate

Resources:

How to Retire at 50 in 7 Easy Steps

How to Retire at 55 (Safely!)

Here’s Your Plan to Retire in Ten Years

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Today we are comparing two heavy-weight investments.

Real Estate vs. Index Funds

Which one is better for building long-term wealth?

That was the question we received from Patrick, one of our readers.

Disclaimer: I am not a professional real estate investor.  The majority of my real estate investments are in private real estate notes and through Fundrise.

With that being said - let’s dive in and compare the two in greater detail:

06:10 Pros and Cons of Real Estate 15:01 Benefits of Index Funds 21:37 Risks of Index Funds 24:06 The numbers 28:30 The Winner Is…..

Resources:

7 Rules I Learned After Going Broke in Real Estate Investing

Fundrise Review: How to Invest in Corporate Real Estate With a Small Investment

Best Long-Term Investment Strategies & Products

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Do you miss the good ole’ college days where you were spending 12 hours a week in class and felt that you had no time.

Many of you are probably in a place where you are considering college or you have children that are young adults working towards their degree.

Either way, you understand how complex the student loan process can be.

Tune in and I’ll share the 4 things you need to consider when you are looking into student loans.

07:40 Competitive Interest Rates

10:13 Flexible Loan Terms

11:13 No Hidden Fees

13:49 Check Out Company Reviews

Resources:

https://studentaid.gov/

Here Are The Best Student Loans of 2022

How To Pay Off Student Loans Faster Than Ever

The Best Ways to Reduce the Interest Rate on Your Student Loans