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Building Credit and Paying for College

on February 1st, 2009 by Peter

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This audio segment explains why allowing a college or university to manage a student’s financial aid is not necessarily the wisest course of action, nor the one that can most rapidly support wealth and credit building.

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Investing In Real Estate

on January 21st, 2009 by Peter

On December 11th, 2008, I purchased another rental property: a duplex — nice that I finally got around to posting about it, I know. Sorry, I’ve been quite busy.

Anyway, I purchased the property [...]

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Category: How to Build Wealth

Constant Vigilance

on January 13th, 2009 by Peter

On Monday, I went to a local grocery store — Shop ‘N Save. The sign said $2.99 for baked ham. The deli worker charged me $3.99. I explained to the deli worker their error. Instead of looking at the card associated with the baked ham, the deli worker pointed above them at a sign that [...]

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Category: How to Build Wealth

Fill Your Head With Knowledge…

on December 28th, 2008 by Peter

… and your wallet will fill itself.

You’ve probably heard this phrase before, but it bears repeating.

Education enables you to compete. Education makes you creative. Education helps you to cut costs. Education opens doors of opportunity. Education is an asset [...]

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Investing and Responsibility

on December 14th, 2008 by Peter

With market turmoil and the evaporation of countless millions of dollars from retirement plans, an obvious question has to be posed: “how could so many ‘experts’ be so wrong about where to invest?” Well, in my mind, you could have replaced many of the so called ”experts” with a parrot — I’m sure that the fees [...]

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Category: How to Build Wealth