Joshua King

Who you choose to marry is the most important financial decision of your life-don't take it lightly. The good news is that if you learn to control your finances, you'll find someone whose goals align with yours. If you and your spouse can work together, love each other, and prepare for the future, these could be the best years of your life. Finally, you'll have to pick a home you can afford while allowing you all to save and invest for your future....

Our parents taught us to work hard for money because that is how they survived. They told us to pay all of our bills on time and stay in good standing. These are amazing lessons and will ensure that you always have lights, power, and food. However, if you ever want to get out of the rat race, you'll need to obtain income-producing assets. These assets will work FOR YOU as you sleep, work, eat, and play. To be truly free, you will need an army of...

Give people enough time, and they will try something stupid. I read people are holding two 9-5 remote jobs at once. This means they entirely disregard one job or work two positions at a 50% effort level. Do not try this at home. Pulling a con job on your employers is not the path to great wealth. However, if you work remotely while starting an online business, you open yourself up to all kinds of possibilities. Money is an exchange of value, and it...

Nobody, and I mean, nobody, wants to manage rental properties. Nothing is rewarding or satisfying about running a rental. Your best-case scenario is if nobody calls you and you receive all your money on time. However, if you want to become rich, real estate is the way to achieve this goal. So, we are stuck either managing our properties or hiring a property manager. Currently, I have a home that I manage myself and another where I hired a property...

We all need to get ahead in life. If your parents gave you rental properties and dividend accounts, congratulations. If not, welcome to the world of struggle. To get ahead, we can try it the old-fashioned way. We can try to work more hours, save more pennies, and stop spending entirely. Another way is to increase our income by house hacking. When we get roommates, we create an incredible revenue stream that eventually sets us free. Yes, we will...

America is expensive. So what if we took our well-deserved passive income and moved overseas? Could we find happiness away from the glitz and glamor of the USA? I believe that we can lead extraordinary lives overseas and find interesting people and places. I know that my wife and I plan to spend significant time overseas in Turkey. Welcome to the Living Overseas Passively book series, where we will prepare ourselves to live overseas, entirely on passive...

We all believe we know how life is supposed to play out for us. We go to college, get married, get a high-paying job, and eventually become wealthy. This plan sounds foolproof until we realize we aren't getting rich any time soon. Usually, around age 40, we conclude that we will not become wealthy. This plan fails because we exert no leverage and don't have things growing in the background. If we can execute the same plan but have dividends, business,...

Well, credits cards aren't evil, people just misunderstand them. As investors, we need to leverage every option at our disposal. Credit cards, when we use them correctly, can have massive benefits. We can use them as tools for emergencies, creating cash flow and spending rewards on our wealth-building journey. However, please understand that our financial lives must be near-perfect BEFORE using credit cards. We don't ever want to get into credit cards...

Bonds for every occasion. Bonds are an integral part of your retirement planning and portfolio. Bonds (or fixed income) allow you to invest in assets that pay you interest safely. You may not achieve capital appreciation, but you keep your principal secure. This means that you don't have to lose sleep during market downturns. During retirement, there is nothing more important than your financial security. Building the correct allocation between...

I love immediate income! That is the benefit of income investing-you'll see results in real-time. Income investing is the art of investing in high-yielding products to live from your investments someday. Dividend growth investing and income investing require two separate and distinct mindsets. Income investing requires you to understand the best time to purchase your securities. If you understand the basics of closed-end funds, mortgage REITs, preferred...