10 Tips to Help You Keep and Grow Your Money
This goes without saying that a penny saved is a penny earned. With the current economic and financial situations, it’s no more a case of asking whether you should put aside some money each month or not. The real question is how can you save some money and make it grow too. If you want […]
Calculated Risk versus Guaranteed Risk
No company, no investor is in business to lose money. When it comes to your money, you want to take advice from the person who is in the best position to offer good advice. Your natural inclination is always going to be to minimize risk. At the very least, you want to limit your risk […]
Need Money? Don’t Get a Loan, Buy a House
Is Real Estate the Alternative to Alternative Lenders? If you’re old enough to remember the Great Recession, you, no doubt, have seen the its effects. They may come in the form of more vacant homes on your block or listening to the woes of a friend who has gone unemployed or underemployed for too long. […]
Do You Have a Plan B?
If your employer laid you off at the end of this week, what would you do? What’s your next move? Do you have a plan B in place that will help you fill in the void if your paycheck suddenly stopped coming? “No, no. Toyin, I would just get right out there and pound the […]
SELLING MAKES THE WORLD GOES ‘ROUND
“Nothing happens ’til something is sold” If you are not selling something to someone, then some is trying to sell you something. That’s what the world is all about. So what are you selling today? Or are you just going to sit around and let the world sell you everything and not sell anything to […]
The Cure for Underearning
Get paid what you’re worth I have a morning routine that works for me. I wake up, exercise, and read TheWall Street Journal. “The Journal” is 100 pages of business news, national news, world news – content that impacts my wallet. It’s where the mergers, acquisitions, stock plummets, and those all-important Greenspan and Buffett warnings […]
How to Get Nothing Less Than Exactly What You Want
Okay, new real estate investors. It’s the middle of the third quarter of 2014 and I’m wondering what goals you set for yourself this year that you have yet to reach. You did set goals, didn’t you? Well, what are they? A stable income? More money? A happy family? More time with your family? Your […]
The Phasing Out of Bank Tellers
Why I believe banking professional need to learn how to create wealth NOW If you work in the banking industry, your next phase of professional development shouldn’t be a trade magazine or another stuffy banking seminar. It should be learning how to create wealth. According to the Wall Street Journal, only about 10% of the […]
Up to 70% of Americans Are One Paycheck Away from Financial Ruin
If you feel like you are living paycheck to paycheck, you are not alone. It is estimated that up to 70% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. That means 7 out of every 10 Americans are one or two missed checks away from financial ruin. Are there that many poor among us? Actually, no. You […]
Realtor or Deal Finder? Which Role is Best For You?
The first thing most people think when they consider making money in real estate is becoming a realtor or becoming an investor. Either way, time and/or cost are often major considerations and even barriers. How Real Estate Agents Earn Money First things first. Real estate agents must be trained and licensed in the state in […]