Category: General Investing
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Book Recap Series: How to Invest in Real Estate by Brandon Turner, Joshua Dorkin
These book recap series posts are simply my way of jotting down important takeaways from the book. The books I have decided to focus on are topics that are of interest to me including personal finance, wealth building, business management, leadership, investing, and real estate. If you have business book recommendations, reach out to me…
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Book Recap Series: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
These book recap series posts are simply my way of jotting down important takeaways from the book. The books I have decided to focus on are topics that are of interest to me including personal finance, wealth building, business management, leadership, investing, and real estate. If you have business book recommendations, reach out to me…
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Book Recap Series: The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason
These book recap series posts are simply my way of jotting down important takeaways from the book. The books I have decided to focus on are topics that are of interest to me including personal finance, wealth building, business management, leadership, investing, and real estate. If you have business book recommendations, reach out to me…
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4 Easy Financial Rules and Principles I Use to Increase My Net Worth
As I have crawled out of my terrible money situations in my 20s to being debt free and on the road to becoming financially free, I have practiced these easy financial rules to increase my net worth without stressing. 1. When budgeting, be conservative with your estimates or increase the actual amount as a cushion…
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11 Money Habits and Tips I Wish I Knew When I Was In My 20s And Still Helpful Today
A while ago, I wrote a piece about a conversation I was having with a colleague and the money tips I gave to a person in their 20s. In reality the money tips should be helpful no matter what age you are. This post is inspired by the many readers from the sports cards community…
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My Second SWOT Financial Analysis Strengths and Weaknesses
In 2018 I completed my 1st SWOT financial analysis focusing on my financial strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. As mentioned in my first post, this is inspired by my day job and also a blog post I came across a while back. Investopedia has a good overview of what this is in the context of…
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Podcast Episode 2 Sharing My Embarrassing Money Moron Moments and How Podcasts Saved My Financial Life
Although my About OMG My Money page has details on my personal finance journey, I think hearing the money moron moments directly provides another layer of OMG-ness. In this episode I share my embarrassing personal finance disasters, how I became debt free, and how podcasting saved my financial life. Why Start OMG My Money I…
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A Look Back One Year Later After Paying Off My $77,000 Student Loan Debt and Becoming Debt Free
Over a year ago, I became debt free by paying off my massive $77,000 student loan debt. If you are unfamiliar with my money moron journey, I took out four years of student loans without saving money, missed payments resulting in my student loans defaulting during my 20’s, and got my act together in my…
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Sports Cards Buy Low and Flip or Buy For Going Rate and Set New Price Standards
An instagram follower asked if it is better to buy low and sell high or buy at the going rate (market value) and set new pricing standards. The obvious answer is to buy low and sell high. But let’s think this one through. Anyone who is in the sports cards hobby for money will prioritize…
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My Take On The Gary Vaynerchuk Belief That Sports Cards Will Explode
The Gary Vaynerchuk aka GaryVee post I am referencing is this one. Let me start by saying that I am a fan of Gary’s. His career journey especially over the past 15+ years is incredible and inspirational. As a full time digital marketer, I experienced the digital evolution of what was happening from the mid-2000s…
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Are Sports Cards an Alternative to 401k or Roth IRA Investing
An instagram follower, @nickscards, recently asked if sports cards are a legitimate alternative investment to 401k investing. This is a great question because I know from talking with many in the sports cards community that some will forego the 401k or roth IRA in order to put that money back into sports cards. I hope…
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Why I Choose Sports Cards As My Main Alternative Investment
To start I want to clarify that I do not classify real estate as part of my alternative investment class. Many readers of this blog will most likely relate more to the tangible non traditional assets. These assets include antiques, art, wine, jewelry, precious metals (gold, silver), coins, and sports cards. I would never put…
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What Sports Cards Means To Me Financially and Mentally
In my previous post, I mentioned 3 reasons to niche down on this personal finance blog. Unlike the sports cards blogs out there that talk in depth about the hobby, my focus for the new direction in this blog is to combine my two passions for personal finance and sports cards. Sports cards are my…
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My $77,000 Student Loans Are Fully Paid Off After Defaulting!
I fully paid off $77,000 ($76,524.22 to be exact) in student loans! If you want to skip to how I paid it off, scroll to the bottom =) What a weight off my shoulders. One of my many money moron mistakes I made in my 20s can finally be put in the past. I went…
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5 Dumb Excuses I Made For Not Saving Money
I made some dumb financial mistakes in my 20s such as defaulting on my student loans, but it all started with not saving money. This was the catalyst for all my eventual money mistakes. I want to share the excuses I made for not saving money in hopes of encouraging you to start saving money…
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4 Simple Money Advice I Gave to a Colleague in Their 20s
Recently I was talking to a colleague in her 20s and we started to talk about interests. I started to bring up my interests in financial independence, investing, and going on my podcast and audiobook binges related to those subjects. Throughout this conversation I realized that her financial mentality is exactly the same as it…
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OMG My Favorite Personal Finance Blog Posts of the Week
For this week I rounded up the following blog posts that I enjoyed reading. OMG My Money’s favorite personal finance posts of the week How to automate your money by Let’s Automate Your Money – click here My take – I am a big believer in automating your money. It is one or 10 less things…
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August 2018 Post Recap
Last month (August 2018) I posted 15 total blog posts, slightly lower than the 21 blog posts in July 2018. With so many posts, I thought I would start a monthly post recap to share the most viewed. I do not think I can do a weekly recap so baby steps for now. Most viewed…
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My 3 Year Financial Plan
I have to admit, the older I get the less I want to think about long term plans. Similar to how I have been thinking about how the next Olympics is X years away and how old I will be. I am getting closer to the big 4-0, which is crazy to think about. Back…
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Your Opinion Matters Testing Retirement Investment Strategies in Old Employer Account
I have been thinking about this for the past couple months and I want to take action within the month…just to take action instead of sitting around. I really want your opinions on testing retirement investment strategies left in your old employer retirement accounts. I am in my mid-30s and I am very open and…
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