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G. Brian Davis is a real estate investor, personal finance writer, and travel addict mildly obsessed with FIRE. He spends nine months of the year in Abu Dhabi, and splits the rest of the year between his hometown of Baltimore and traveling the world.
Rental properties come with a slew of advantages for investors, from ongoing income to inflation protection to leveraging other people’s money to tax advantages. They also come with labor and headaches, unlike true sources of passive income. Many landlords look…
Passive income is the holy grail of personal finance and investing. With enough passive income, working becomes optional because you can pay your bills with the income from your investments. It’s a state called financial independence, and most people don’t…
Whether you’re thinking about a major renovation project or simply need the occasional home repair, sooner or later, you need to work with contractors. For many property owners, it’s an experience akin to visiting the dentist for a root canal….
There are more self-employed Americans now than ever before. One Gallup survey found that 36% of American workers participate in the gig economy — and that was before the pandemic reshuffled the workforce. These workers face unique retirement challenges. As…
When my friend Deni found herself a broke single mom with four young children, she didn’t know how she would make her rent payments each month. To make ends meet, she rented out the master bedroom and moved her bed…
In my life as an online business owner, I use many tried-and-true methods of tricking people into spending more. And I do it because they work. If they didn’t, online stores wouldn’t use them. But that doesn’t mean you have…
Depending on who you ask, hard money loans are either the easiest and best source of funding for real estate investors or nightmare loans of last resort. Who’s right? Hard money loans are neither inherently good nor evil; they’re merely…
Student loan debt in the United States rises six times faster than the economy at large, with the average student borrower’s debt clocking in at nearly $40,000, according to EducationData.org. If you want to dodge that bullet, look to the…
It sounds so sexy: Buy a vacation rental property to rent out for most of the year, and occasionally use it yourself just for fun. And it can work out well — if you go into it with the mindset…
Bought a vacation rental and wondering how to maximize your income from it? First and foremost, shift into the mindset of an entrepreneur in the hospitality industry. You’re a businessperson now, and you need to think like one. In particular,…
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