To be a successful Forex trader you have to focus on one important thing – you need to dedicate a lot of time to learn Forex trading. Learning Forex trading is mostly about learning to deal with yourself and learning the technicalities in order to actually start trading Forex. Leave the perception that the Forex …
For those of you who don’t know or haven’t already seen my reflection piece on the social interactions at FinCon or only know me from my primary blog (20’s Finances), I attended the Financial Blogger Conference in Denver this past weekend. The weekend forced me out of my comfort zone and allowed me to meet a lot …
Have you ever heard the term, ‘passive investment‘ and wondered what it exactly meant? If you look around the internet, this is a popular subject. I tend to take a more liberal approach to defining passive investments (as I think that a blog CAN be a passive investment) than many of my personal finance …
Inspired by the founder of the Yakezie network, in one of his posts about online income, I am switching gears in my life. I am officially shooting for the stars. I have been toying with my future plans for some time now. As most young people do, I thought I had my life’s plan figured out. …
The past 9 months or so have been a roller coaster for me. I started this journey with the belief that I might be able to quit my day job by the end of 2012. I think I will postpone quitting for a while, but only because it gives me more financial security. In fact, that is …
Over the past few months I have had to come to some harsh realities. I have not only updated my retirement plan, but have had some serious issues of whether I think it is possible to earn a living by writing. I know others do it, but what makes me so special? Sure, I can write …
Often when people think of investing in real estate, there is often one bad renter’s story that comes to mind. I know of several people who have taken a financial hit from bad renters. This shouldn’t discourage using real estate as an investment. In fact, real estate investing can be one of the most passive …
As time continues, and I keep working on building up my online portfolio of blogs, I can’t help but wonder if it is all worth it. Blogging full-time sounds great on so many levels, but is it all it’s cracked up to be? My wife and I recently went on vacation for a week to celebrate …
A few months ago I wrote a post about the benefits of owning blogs vs. staff writing. In the post, I came to the conclusion that my strategy is going to be owning multiple blogs. I do staff write for one site, but I am starting to think it isn’t worth my time. The truth is …
It was just last week that I was at a friend’s wedding. It was a great time to celebrate with them, and as it turns out, it was my first time at a bed and breakfast. For the first time, I got a close-up view of what it takes to run a bed and breakfast. …