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Soul Sustenance: Learning from Near Death Experiences

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Simply put, what are you giving up in your unknown future by the choices you're making right now. 90% of my time went towards a new real estate portal business I started. years later and a few million dollars invested, I had to kill the real estate portal business due to a brain operation.

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Unintended Consequences

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The intention was to get some extra money and get the real estate taxes paid. This caused the home to be condemned as unfit for human habitation and the real estate taxes not to be paid. Passive Income With Real Estate Want to Impress Your New Boss? Confer with others to see what you may have missed.

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Benefit from My Financial Mistakes

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Its good to be independent, but don’t overlook opportunities presented to you! Consequently, I overpaid for cars and real estate my entire life and I let others underpay me for my services. I failed at negotiation. Negotiation was not a skill that I learned. I bought new cars. Money Tips'

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #231

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Wayne presents Purpose of Budgeting posted at Young Family Finance , saying, “Are you left wondering why you should budget? David presents Wired Capital Markets posted at Wall Street History , saying, ” Looking into the workings of modern securities markets is like looking under the hood of a Prius hybrid car.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #236 – May 11, 2012

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The Skilled Investor , Editor Budgeting and Economics Little House presents The Five Tool Budgeter posted at Little House in the Valley , saying, “In baseball, a five-tool player is one who excels in some of the game’s major skills: fielding, base running, hitting for power, hitting for contact, and throwing ability.

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Bond Laddering for Retirement

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Some retirees have real estate, stocks, mutual funds and the like but if you are really looking for specific cash flows, you might want to take a look at bond allocation in your portfolio. They give you the ability to manage your cash flows. Bonds are called fixed income securities for a reason.

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Save Money – Develop Important Home Owner Skills

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It’s pretty standard advice to new homeowners that they should have a lawyer present at closing, yet we didn’t. you own real estate, you have been, or someday will be, confronted with. Here is my take on the skills every homeowner or landlord needs to have. Skills that will save you big bucks over time. Persistence.