Yieldstreet & Fundrise: A Case Study, Chapter 1
I'm always looking for new, diversified, creative ways for investing my money. This is what led me into the exciting world of music...
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Mission: Start the 3rd quarter of life without the chains of a corporate career.
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- Apr 10
- 4 min
Deep Dive Into a Music Royalty Investment: Full Monty Exposure!
As anyone who has ever found their way to my blog knows, I love investing in music royalties. It's a fantastic way to balance out your...
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- Apr 3
- 4 min
New Option Launched for Investors: beatBread
tl;dr Go here & tell them 3QFI sent you. Okay, for those that wanna learn more, there’s a new option for music royalty investors as...
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- Mar 28
- 3 min
Raw Thoughts About Retirement from Generation X (WARNING! It is bleak)
Like it or not Gen X is in the on deck circle for retirement. Every single one of us are over 40 at this point, with a large percentage...
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- Mar 27
- 2 min
Introducing MusicRoyaltyInvest.com!
I've been blogging a lot about music royalty investing. Here's the first article I published if you want to read more about it. I've also...
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- Mar 6
- 3 min
Annualized Royalty Returns (Am I Making any Money?)
It's been 6 months since my first music royalty investment (you can read more about my music royalty investments here). I thought it was...
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- Feb 27
- 3 min
Royalty Exchange's Counteroffer: A Game Changing Update
Royalty Exchange made an update to their platform that will fundamentally change the velocity of deals: the ability to counteroffer on...
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- Feb 21
- 4 min
Turnkey Real Estate Investments: Hands Off Approach
Real estate investments are a central part of my overall investment portfolio and plan for financial independence. I currently only own...
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- Feb 13
- 2 min
Music Royalty Retail Investment Market Opportunity
I've been actively involved on the retail side of music royalty investments recently. It's an asset class that does not get a lot of...
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- Feb 7
- 4 min
2019 vs 2020 Spending: COVID Impacts
I finally got around to analyzing our spending habits from 2020, the Year of COVID, to the previous year. Trends that I expected to show...
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- Jan 31
- 3 min
Top 3 Places To Invest
I have money tucked away in 15 different banks and brokerages. You can probably see from my portfolio cash flow overview post why...
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- Jan 30
- 7 min
How I Analyze a Royalty Exchange Investment
As I've written about previously, I've added music royalties to my investment portfolio. I find that they are a great way to diversify. ...
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- Jan 24
- 3 min
Importance of “Fun Investing” Money
One of the things I know about myself is I like to tinker with my investments. There’s no way that I could simply just put money into...
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- Jan 23
- 3 min
Cash Flows: How I Put My Paycheck to Work For Me
I have a structure in place for what I do with paychecks (standard biweekly paycheck, quarterly stock options or bi-annual cash bonus). ...
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- Jan 19
- 6 min
Investing in The Music Industry: A COVID Reality Story
I'm a music fan. I like my music heavy. I like my music progressive. I like my music loud. A day spent listening to hard, twisting,...
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- Jan 17
- 5 min
Should You Add Precious Metals to Your Portfolio?
Precious metals have been around since...well, before the Earth was actually formed. From an investment standpoint they predate any...
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- Jan 9
- 6 min
Investing in Music Royalties: Does it Rock?
Curious about investing in Music Royalties? Read some of the lessons I've learned about this diverse asset class.
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- Jan 3
- 4 min
Investing in Short Term Rentals: Palm Springs, CA
Making short term rental investments in Palm Springs California
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- Oct 25, 2020
- 5 min
Retirement Horror Stories! The fears that grip me.
Retirement Horror Stories! Find a safe, comfortable space to read these frightening tales!
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- Oct 18, 2020
- 3 min
Top 8 Personal Finance / Financial Independence Podcasts
I love podcasts. Love em. Every morning I take my old dog for a 45 minute walk in the park. I’ve got my my air pods in, listening to my...
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Yieldstreet: Platform for making alternate investments.
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Rakuten: Amazing site for cash back offers.