Author: Blue Lobster

As you know, I hate paying bank fees. Thankfully, there are many great options available so I never have to. (And if you’re still paying bank fees, please tell me why? You don’t have to pay them either if you’re willing to spend roughly 20 minutes setting up a free online bank account.) However, I […]

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Yes… it’s true. I’m a Single Person who loves to watch YouTube videos about people – almost always women – who do huge grocery shops and create videos about it. Since the Pandemic, and before I found these videos, I thought I was buying lots of food when I went to Costco. I’d buy two […]

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It’s taken me a few years but I finally understand how to create money from real estate re-financing. It’s another aspect the money-making magic of properly investing your money. Right off the top, I want to tell you that I have never done this. In other words, my understanding of the process is only theoretical […]

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The question often arises about whether it’s better to invest your money or to pay down debt. My position is that you should do both. The reality is that the younger you are, the more time your money has to compound if invested. From the tiniest acorn did the mighty oak grow, and all that. […]

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Learning doesn’t stop with graduation. You should never stop reading. Read everything that you can get your hands on. Reading opens your mind to new ideas & perspectives. No one says you have to agree with everything that you read, but you owe it to yourself to learn as much as you can in the […]

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It’s been 4.5 months since the World Health Organization declared that the globe was in the grips of a pandemic. Since then, there has been much upheaval in people’s lives due in no small part to the financial impacts of lost jobs, the inability to travel, and social isolation. What are we supposed to do […]

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House-hacking can be an amazing tool for building wealth. You know how sometimes you’re on YouTube watching one thing and then a suggestion pops up on the side of the screen? And you decide to hit play instead of scrolling past it? Well, this week held one of those so I indulged my curiosity and […]

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If I can impart one nugget of wisdom to you today, it is this. You need not make every mistake yourself in order to learn a lesson. You’re always free to learn from others. I’m not promising that you’ll avoid making your own mistakes – that’s utterly impossible. What I am promising is that some […]

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