May 30, 2018 I feel like I am at an AA meeting: Hi, my name is Rick, I eat sugary sweets whenever I can, I eat cookies, I have at least 4 or 5 Cokes a week and I am a fatty. Everyone says in unison, “Hi Rick!!”. I am addicted to sugar and it […]
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May 5, 2018 WOW isn’t that an ugly house? Yes, but it’s our house. As a real estate investor I come into contact with lots of houses every week. I always think, “This one could be ours”. But NO my wife always tells me. When she saw this one she said, “This is going […]
View Full ArticleApril 19, 2018 The experts say that the three biggest expenses in our lives are Housing, Transportation and Food. See what Paula Pant with Afford Anything, has to say on her blog about the big three. She goes into more detail in a bunch of her posts. She is wonderful and one of my heroes. […]
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April 19, 2018 OR Last post we talked about making emotional decisions concerning housing. Unfortunately, people make those same decisions when it comes to their cars. Well, maybe not so much an emotional decision with cars as it is a “I have to be cool” decision. Everyone seems so concerned about everyone else is thinking. […]
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April 19, 2018 I wonder when I hear people complaining about rent, mortgage, car payments or some bill, “Why is Everybody Struggling?? It seems like many friends and even some family members are not only complaining, but struggling with bills. Is something wrong here? I thought we were in a great economy. Why is everybody […]
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October 26, 2017 I hear these days that lots of people want to be free from working and be financially independent. The only problem is that I think you cant handle the freedom. Freedom is good, but it must be matched with lots of discipline. If you don’t have it, you will never really be […]
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October 3, 2017 Octoberfest or Oktoberfest was pretty darn awesome, Prost!! Prost is the German equivalent of Cheers. My wife and I were in a few cities in Germany from September 6th to the 20th, 2017. We rounded out our tour in Munich to attend our first and hopefully not our last Oktoberfest, Prost! We […]
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September 10, 2017 I mean this in a good way, but yes Germans are VERY serious people. I think they take just about everything serious: cars, highways, transportation, food, soccer, and most definitely their beer. More on the last two later. The reason I am commenting on this is because I am on holiday in […]
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August 24, 2017 Everybody wants big changes in their lives, but All it Takes is Doing Little Things which will make the big changes. Have you ever realized that people don’t get rich overnight. They don’t lose 30 pounds in a week. And you know what, most people don’t buy a Porsche right out of […]
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July 23, 2017 Unemployment in the US, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics right now is at 4.4%. WOW. Some people think that we are at the top of the market. Stock market is at record highs. Everything is great in the US. Rates for everything right now are so low that you can get […]
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