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Cheap & Easy Home Renovations
Appearance is everything when it comes to your home or rental property. Friends, family members, and tenants alike judge your place based on looks first and foremost and create their opinion of your place. This is why we take the time to do some cheap & easy home renovations to make them look newer, cleaner, and nicer. As a result, this increases our tenant pool, reduces vacancies, and gets us more rent in the long run. Also, we think it makes people prouder of the place they live, which is important to us as landlords. Take these cheap and easy tips from our 10+ renovations and apply them to your…
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New Years Resolution Guide to: Financial Health
Well, it’s that time of the year again. You’re feeling the holiday hangover from all the food you ate and all the alcohol you had to consume to deal with your family. Now you’re starting to wonder if spending all your money on presents was worth it. Spolier alert: it wasn’t. But, it’s a new year, and you’re hoping to turn a new leaf in your financial life. New Year’s resolutions are a little controversial. People either love them or hate them, and no matter where you stand on them, they rarely get acheived. But we are optimists damn it, and there’s no time like the present. So, we will…
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How Sacrificing My Job for Adventure Advanced My Career 5 Years
It’s no secret that while I (Mr. RRR) have a pretty good job that I enjoy, I’m pretty easily out-earned by my incredible wife. I’m not even remotely ashamed or emasculated by this fact, Mrs. RRR busted her ass to get through school and now she’s a relatively high earner, even though she hates it. But, earlier this year, we were approached with an opportunity for her to go work on a project in St. Louis. The perks were: 10% pay increase for the length of the project. Move 100% covered by her company Housing allowance. Per-diem’s for food. Furniture allowance (if you kept your moved belongings under a certain…
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The Million Dollar Bet, & What it Means for You
You might’ve heard the name Warren Buffett. He happens to be the 4th wealthiest person in the world at a net worth of $76.9 billion and is the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. You might not have known, however, that he has a one million dollar bet with the money management firm Protégé Partners. The bet is that an index fund (Buffett’s choice) will out perform an actively managed portfolio of hedge funds (managed by Protégé Partners). Now, why would Warren Buffett, widely regarded as one of the most successful investors in the world, bet against a portfolio managed by a team of active professionals? Before we dive into the…
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Craigslist: The Perfect Side Hustle
Craigslist where you can find anything from someone selling a business to someone soliciting for obscure sex fetishes. We are going to find a happy medium to cover in this article, even though both of those options mentioned could likely net you some significant compensation. However, like most things in life, with greater reward comes greater risk. Craigslist hustles can range from quite a few things, including the aforementioned niches, but today we are going to dive into flipping. Craigslist Side-Hustle Anyone who knows me knows that I love hustling on Craigslist (and now Facebook Marketplace). It’s the perfect forum for someone to get rid of something they no longer…
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Analysis Paralysis: What is It? And How You Can Overcome It.
Do you ever find yourself weighing all the options of a decision? Do you envision every possible outcome? At that point do you commit to a resolution, or do you continue this vicious cycle of constant analysis and never make a decision? If this sounds familiar, you may have ‘analysis paralysis’. According to the reliable source of Wikipedia, analysis paralysis is: is the state of over-analyzing a situation so that a decision or action is never taken, in effect paralyzing the outcome. I, like most people in the world, am guilty of this. I like to try to find the perfect solution to most any problem. This isn’t a huge issue…
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