Embattled Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook is facing accusations of mortgage fraud—specifically, owner-occupancy mortgage fraud. The claim is that she took out two mortgages in two states, within two weeks, while designating both properties as her …

I recently had a zero-coupon Treasury Bill redeem in the amount of $102,000. This money is part of the 35% of my taxable brokerage portfolio that’s in bonds. Somewhere between a 60/40 and 70/30 equity/bond split is what I like to maintain at age 48, as a…

If you decide to forsake making maximum money to become a FIRE parent or stay-at-home parent, then you had best spend more time with your kids. Otherwise, you might as well go back to the office and grind under fluorescent lights for 10 hours a day to…

If my posts on the mistake of chasing value stocks or the need to invest big money to make life-changing money don’t resonate, consider hiring a financial professional to manage your portfolio. You may not be obsessed enough to consistently invest the…

Back in 2012, I thought I had finally conquered financial FOMO after walking away from a well-paying finance job. But after having children, I’ve noticed more and more relapses. If you’ve found yourself battling the desire for more money than you truly…

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On today's show we discuss what happens to the stock market after Fed rate cuts, is this 1996 or 1999, why value stocks need a recession, investors love options, how people invested before the Internet, why we need a correction and much more. The post…

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On today's Talk Your Book we speak with John Burrello, Senior Portfolio Manager from Invesco about their Income Advantage suite of ETFs, how options work, the risks involved in big payouts and more. The post Talk Your Book: Creating Monthly Income From…

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For the last three years, potential homebuyers and refinancers have been awaiting lower interest rates like a post-SAT teen hoping to hear back from their favorite college. But unlike anxious […]

For the last three years, 30-year fixed mortgage rates have mostly hovered between 6.5% and 7%, occasionally jumping as high as 7.79%. That kept many would-be sellers from listing their […]

You want to invest in real estate, but don’t know which property to buy. We’re about to make it much easier. These are the two best investment properties to buy […]

Welcome to another Rookie Reply, where Tony J Robinson and Ashley Kehr answer questions from the BiggerPockets Forums and Real Estate Rookie Facebook group. This time, we’re covering questions like: […]

This article is presented by REsimpli. Let’s be honest: Most real estate investors didn’t get into this game because they love spreadsheets, CRM data entry, or chasing down follow-up texts […]