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Can You Use A 529 Plan For SAT Or ACT Test Prep Or Tutoring?

Can You Use A 529 Plan For SAT Or ACT Test Prep Or Tutoring?

SAT and ACT prep courses can get expensive quickly. Unfortunately, you cannot use a 529 plan to cover the cost. The post Can You Use A 529 Plan For …

WCICON25 Columnist Panel

WCICON25 Columnist Panel

Sharing one of our fan favorite sessions from WCICON25, as the WCI columnists joined Dr. Jim Dahle to talk about spending extravagantly. The post WCI…

4 Fastest Ways To Improve Your Credit

4 Fastest Ways To Improve Your Credit

Are you in need of a quick credit score boost? If you have a credit score in the mid-to-upper 600s, you may be looking to hit that magical number of …

The Essential Role of Due Diligence in Real Estate Investments

The Essential Role of Due Diligence in Real Estate Investments

Let’s face it: When it comes to investing your hard-earned money, the stakes are incredibly high. One wrong move or overlooked detail, and your finan…

Home Flipping Margins Tighten as Deals Become More Scarce

Home Flipping Margins Tighten as Deals Become More Scarce

There’s some good news and some bad news regarding home flipping. The good news is that despite high interest rates, it’s still possible to turn a pr…

Screening Smarter: How Proactive Tenant Vetting Outperforms Reactive Evictions

Screening Smarter: How Proactive Tenant Vetting Outperforms Reactive Evictions

Let’s be honest—we’ve all made at least one rookie mistake in real estate. For many landlords, that mistake starts with a rushed tenant placement. Ma…

How Automation Makes Investors More Money

How Automation Makes Investors More Money

I didn’t become a real estate investor to spend my weekends buried in Excel. But there I was: Every Saturday morning, like clockwork, I found myself …

Why I Don’t Offer Hourly Financial Planning

Why I Don’t Offer Hourly Financial Planning

"I'd gladly pay you $150 or $200 per hour for a few hours of your time. I'm curious why you don't work hourly?"

Why I Don’t Offer Hourly Services

Why I Don’t Offer Hourly Services

"I'd gladly pay you $150 or $200 per hour for a few hours of your time. I'm curious why you don't work hourly?"

Sleep In, Stay Broke: Wake Up Earlier for Financial Success

Sleep In, Stay Broke: Wake Up Earlier for Financial Success

I’m convinced that if you wake up just one hour earlier every day for the next 10 years, you’ll not only accomplish far more, but also build signific…

How to Invest in Hotels Without Money or Experience

How to Invest in Hotels Without Money or Experience

Tired of rentals that give you little or no cash flow? Burned out from managing multiple properties across different markets? For the entrepreneur wh…

Change Your Financial Future with ONE Real Estate Deal

Change Your Financial Future with ONE Real Estate Deal

All it takes is one (yes, ONE!) real estate deal to change your life and jumpstart your path to financial freedom. You could stop after just one, but…

11 Best Places To Sell Your RV for the Most Money

11 Best Places To Sell Your RV for the Most Money

Do you want to know where is the best place to sell your RV for the most money? Over the last 10 years, I’ve bought and sold a few RVs – …

Credit Card Debt Stands At $1.18 Trillion In 2025

Credit Card Debt Stands At $1.18 Trillion In 2025

U.S. credit card debt hits $1.18 trillion. Young adults face rising delinquencies and high rates. The post Credit Card Debt Stands At $1.18 Trillion …

Who Gets Merit Based Scholarships At Private Colleges?

Who Gets Merit Based Scholarships At Private Colleges?

We analyze the data of which colleges award and which students receive institutional merit scholarships and financial aid. The post Who Gets Merit Ba…

Happiness Through Addition

Happiness Through Addition

Happiness Through Subtraction is still an effective strategy, but you need to be aware of the positives you may be removing in the process. Read more…

Solutions for Money Anxiety w/ Financial Therapist Lindsay Bryan-Podvin (Bestie) – Episode 1001

Solutions for Money Anxiety w/ Financial Therapist Lindsay Bryan-Podvin (Bestie) – Episode 1001

There’s more to successfully handling your money than just figuring out the financial nuts and bolts. Money has emotional and psychological component…

Would you buy this $1.6M kitchen redesign business?

Would you buy this $1.6M kitchen redesign business?

We take you inside a promising deal: experienced operator, growing biz, legacy-focused sellers. What could go wrong? Everything, it turns out. But no…

Lessons from a Shift in the ER on Christmas Eve

Lessons from a Shift in the ER on Christmas Eve

Last Christmas Eve, I had to take a shift in the ER. Here's what happened and everything I learned from my experience. The post Lessons from a Shift…

How to Generate $7K Monthly Cash Flow with Out-of-State Properties

How to Generate $7K Monthly Cash Flow with Out-of-State Properties

This implementation guide is based on episode 381 of the Real Estate Rookie Podcast featuring Bailey Kramer, who rapidly built a successful real esta…