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163 posts from the journey.

Written in real time from 2018 onward. Airbnb financial updates, the HOA saga, tenant disasters, and how I think about money.

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MoneyJanuary 26, 2020

Financial Independence Core Principle #3: Eliminate Your Largest Expense By House Hacking

Third and final core principle. House hacking is by far the most powerful way to begin your investing journey. When you think about getting ahead in your investment journey, eliminating your largest expense by house hacking becomes powerful. For 99% of people, the largest monthly expense you have is housing. If you are able to eliminate your largest expense by house hacking, you will put yourself in a position to aggressively save.

MoneyJanuary 25, 2020

Analyzing A Short Term Rental Investment - Understand Your Expenses

The ability to understand your expenses when analyzing a short term rental investment is critical. Income is only one side of the equation. If you are able to effectively understand your expenses, you will be able to put together projected cash flow numbers. This will help you determine if a property is worth investing in.

MindsetJanuary 25, 2020

Financial Independence Core Principle #2: Start Early to Realize the Power Of Compound Interest

Have you ever wondered why people talk about investing early in your life? The simple reason is the power of compound interest. If you start investing early in your life you will realize the power of compound interest and will greatly speed up your path to FI. This is an incredible way to build wealth at a young age.

MoneyJanuary 25, 2020

Analyzing A Short Term Rental Investment - Understanding the Inputs

Analyzing a short term rental investment for cash flow is critical to know if there is financial sense to the property you are looking at. With that, I wanted to share the sensitivity analysis spreadsheet I have created to analyze a short term rental investment. Let's jump straight into analyzing a short term rental property with first understanding the numbers!

MoneyJanuary 19, 2020

Financial Independence: Core Principle #1

I have been thinking about creating core principles to my to my content for a while. It is finally time to to solidify three core principles I will continue to reference on each post. Here we go!…

MoneyJanuary 18, 2020

How to Eliminate Your Largest Monthly Expense - Different Ways of House Hacking

The typical American spends 30% of their take home pay on housing. This isn't a bad thing, but it is the simple truth in America right now. Want to have a high savings rate and be able to invest more? Eliminate your largest expense. For 99% of Americans, the largest expense is housing.

Airbnb UpdatesJanuary 16, 2020

163 posts from the journey.

Financial Independence Core Principle #3: Eliminate Your Largest Expense By House Hacking

Analyzing A Short Term Rental Investment - Understand Your Expenses

Financial Independence Core Principle #2: Start Early to Realize the Power Of Compound Interest

Analyzing A Short Term Rental Investment - Understanding the Inputs

Financial Independence: Core Principle #1

How to Eliminate Your Largest Monthly Expense - Different Ways of House Hacking

Airbnb Superhost Tip - Why Addressing Someone by Their First Name Makes a Difference

December Airbnb Financial Update

Money Myth - Purchasing A New Car Doesn't Make You Safer

Weekly Challenge - Wake Up 30 Minutes Early

First Paycheck of Year - Where My Money Went

Raccoons Trashed My Airbnb Porch - How To Not Freak Out When Receiving A Bad Message