Strategies For Paying Off The Mortgage Early
I wrote about some things to think about when deciding whether or not to pay off your mortgage early a few months ago. My wife and I had a discussion about paying off our mortgage the other day (whic...
I wrote about some things to think about when deciding whether or not to pay off your mortgage early a few months ago. My wife and I had a discussion about paying off our mortgage the other day (whic...
In early 2012, Charles Schwab came out with a 401K where the fund line-up was composed entirely of low-cost index funds such as Schwab's own Total Stock Market Index Fund and the Vanguard Small Cap Va...
John T. Reed writes self-published real estate books. You should read this one before getting in to real estate investing.
I've been getting a lot of questions lately about the passive mutual funds available through an advisor from Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA), especially in comparison to the index funds available thro...
[My monthly column at Physician Money Digest discusses the recent changes to the Utah Educational Savings Plan. I admit I'm a little biased, but I thought it was the best plan in the country BEFORE t...
Depreciation allows you to defer taxes for decades, or maybe all together.
It's straightforward to get out of an investment in stocks but not so easy or straightforward when it comes to real estate. If you own real estate and REALLY need to get out, here are 7 ways to make it happen.
Variable universal life insurance is rarely a good idea. In this post I explore what it would take for it to be a good idea for you.
The LEAP system advocates using whole life insurance to solve all of life's financial ills. It's more of a method to sell insurance than a financial system.
No reason to only save $17.5K toward retirement just because that's the limit on your 401(k). Try these other options.
For most of us, when we buy our first house, having a mortgage or not isn't really a decision we have to make. Few Americans, even high-income professionals, can afford to pay cash for a house. In f...
If you're planning on renting out your house after you move out, it would behoove you to figure out if it is a good investment prior to moving in.
[Editor's Note: This is a guest post from Aden B. Eng, MBA, a Canadian engineer who runs a service that analyzes a prospective investment property for profitability for a flat fee called Independent...
Zvi Bodie's safe investing philosophy is beginning to permeate the investing literature and financial advisor mindset. Read his book to understand why.
As regular readers are aware, I'm gradually increasing my portfolio allocation of Peer To Peer Loans (P2P) to 5%, or about 20% of my fixed income allocation. I rolled over Roth IRA money to Lending C...