Turnkey properties make it incredibly easy to invest directly in real estate without the hassles of wrangling contractors, pulling permits, or dealing with power-tripping government inspectors. Turnkey properties require little or no work to rent. Many even come with paying…
I bought my first 10 rental properties in a rush within two years of each other. I lost money on almost all of them. Rental properties come with plenty of perks: tax benefits, appreciation, ongoing passive income, returns that adjust…
Few people enter into a lease agreement planning to break it, but life can throw you curveballs. Maybe you lost your job and you can’t make the rent, maybe you have a problem with your neighbor, or maybe your landlord refuses…
At the peak of the Great Recession, a quarter of U.S. homeowners were underwater on their mortgage. By 2020, Attom Data Solutions reported that only 6.2% of homeowners with a mortgage were seriously underwater. But that still comes to 3.4 million…
The last place you want to find yourself is in the Internal Revenue Service’s crosshairs. In a tax audit, the IRS puts your entire financial life under the microscope – your income, your assets, and your expenses. And if you…
As millions of workers around the world start telecommuting for the first time due to the COVID-19 pandemic, few know what to expect. They only know the image peddled by all those “Work from home!” ads littering the Internet. I’ve been…
Retirement benefits are one of the greatest perks of joining the military. There was a time when those benefits were only available to “lifers” – those who spent at least 20 years in the service. But in 2018, the U.S….
Most of us take our health for granted. Until it disappears, at which point your whole world changes. That day could come tomorrow, or it could come in 50 years from now. But sooner or later your health fails you…
Sometimes, buyers can score a great deal on fixer-uppers. Other times, it’s the seller who scores a great deal – by dumping their money pit on an unsuspecting buyer. When you buy a fixer-upper, you can’t expect to defer your…
In Spring 2020, millions of workers around the world started telecommuting for the first time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some can’t stand it and can’t wait to get back to the office. Others had secretly wondered about it for years,…
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