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  By Retire Before Dad in Entrepreneurship, Investing, Real Estate, Stocks 7
  When I lost my job last year, my former employer didn't have the means to pay me a severance. Not even close. Our family had emergency savings, but it was our multiple income streams that kept us afloat. Five years earlier, a job loss would have been much worse. But since I saved and invested […]
  How to Invest in Websites for Extra Income
  By Retire Before Dad in Entrepreneurship, Investing
  In a recent post about alternative investments, I wrote about how to invest in websites (#7 on the list). There are a few ways to do it and I barely scratched the surface. Another blogger read that post and offered to go further in depth with a guest post, specifically about buying niche websites for […]
  Another Clickbait Title to Coax You Into Reading Something Useful
  By Retire Before Dad in Entrepreneurship, Unusual
  I once clicked on an ad that said something like "You won't believe what OJ Simpson's daughter looks like today!". The link took me to an article called 31 Celebrity Then and Now Photos that will BLOW YOUR MIND! (paraphrasing). Each celebrity then and now photo was on a separate page, requiring that I click […]
  Starting a blog five years ago changed my life. Before my blog, I watched too much television and lacked self-motivation. The blog empowered me to make better use of my time. I became more productive, more thoughtful about investments and money decisions, and eventually, I replaced the part-time income my wife once earned. Through the […]
  By Retire Before Dad in Entrepreneurship, Investing, Personal Finance
  Diversification is said to be the only free lunch in the investment world. If your portfolio is heavily weighted toward one asset class, you may benefit from exploring other places to put your money. The alternative investment ideas in this post may be a good starting point for your search. Conventional investments include stocks, bonds, […]
  Buying compact discs (CDs) used to be a thing. That's how we bought music back in the 1980's and 1990's. I spent a few thousand dollars on CDs throughout high school, college, and my early working years. One summer, I worked in a record store to earn money because my internship at a financial services company was […]
  By Retire Before Dad in Career, Entrepreneurship, Family, Personal Finance
  The warning signs grew more obvious over the course of last summer. But I still thought I'd survive the impending funding cuts that my IT project was facing. By the time fall arrived, I had already dodged a few rounds of layoffs. But it wasn't much longer before my number was up and I was […]
  Are "Smart" Money Moves Preventing Us From Becoming Rich?
  Back in January of 2017, most personal finance professionals, advisers, bloggers, and just about anybody willing to give you money advice said to avoid investing in crypto-currencies such as Bitcoin. The price of Bitcoin at the close of 2016 was $963.74 per $1 USD. On the last day of 2017, the price was $14,156.40. That's […]
  By Retire Before Dad in Entrepreneurship, Investing, Personal Finance, Travel, Unusual
  After choosing a domain name and starting my blog back in September of 2013, the software behind the scenes called WordPress asked me to declare a tagline. Unprepared, the first three words that came to mind were Invest. Retire. Travel. Those three words accurately presented the message I wanted to convey to my readers so I went […]
  Normal people earn a paycheck and spend most of it every month. Wealthy people invest their money and time into income producing assets and business ideas that make money. What better way to start 2018 than by creating new passive income streams to help free your time and build wealth? To get you motivated, I've compiled a […]
  2017 was an exciting year for me as an investor, blogger, and professional nine-to-fiver. The year started off as expected. But in the last quarter, I was let go from my job putting a halt to most new investments. The extra time has provided the opportunity to focus on my family and to work on […]
  Around friends and neighbors, I'm using the phrase "in between jobs" to describe my current employment situation. That's a convenient euphemism to make it sound less bad. Most people aren't familiar with my business so they only see a jobless Dad of three kids married to a non-working Mom, dealing with a mortgage and the same […]
  By Retire Before Dad in Entrepreneurship, Investing, Lending, Real Estate
  If you're unemployed today, this article may not be for you. This article is about learning to protect yourself from a future job loss by creating sustainable income streams that will continue to pay you even if you're not working. Of all the financial advice I read and practice, the one nugget that continues to drive […]
  By Retire Before Dad in Career, Entrepreneurship, Family
  In the intro to a recently published blog post, I mentioned that there's been some turbulence at my nine-to-five workplace. Funding was tight, but it looked as though I'd survive any downsizing. Well, things got worse. My project was hit hard, and the surrounding projects were hit even harder. I found out two weeks ago […]