My family and I have enjoyed our timeshare for 30 years, and it has been a fabulous vacation memory maker for us. In fact, I know lots of very happy timeshare owners. I’ve never understood why timeshares get such a bad rap. Why don’t people see the great benefits timeshares give their owners? Often when … Read more
Yes I own a timeshare and it has been wonderful. My family has been enjoying our timeshare for 30 years and have found it to be far less expensive and a lot nicer than any other available vacation accommodation option. My wife and I recently finished a great timeshare vacation encompassing four back to back … Read more
Often when I speak live or make comments on social media, someone inevitably will conclude that the reason I was able to retire at a younger age than they could was because I was a specialist and made more money than them or that I didn’t experience a bad event that they had experienced. It … Read more
(Don’t forget to get your tickets to the PIMD Real Estate Conference coming in September. I hope to meet many of you in person, or you can stay home and enjoy the conference virtually.) One of the best decisions I made in life was to join the Navy and have the government pay for my … Read more
(Be sure you check out my latest Podcast appearance covering Designing Your Locum Tenens Life with Dr. Myrdalis Diaz-Ramirez of The maxAllure Mastermind.) Next Monday many of us will take the day off to celebrate our country’s independence. Thank you to those who report for duty at hospitals around our country making it possible for … Read more
Retirement means something different to each of us. Some dream of all the fun they will have in retirement as if retirement is what life is all about. They live a life of self-imposed relative poverty to reach retirement quickly. Others spend all they earn as they earn it and don’t believe they will ever … Read more
Happy Father’s Day Week! I was recently reminiscing about my first year as a new grandfather. My wife and I have a lot of fun spending time with our grandson two days a week while his parents are at work. He is a joy to play with and he is learning new things daily. One … Read more
Many people are unhappy with their job. For many of them it shows up as burnout. Others just don’t like what they do and want to do something else. This unhappiness has sparked the recent popularity of side gigs: Something you do other than your main job to make extra money to eventually leave your … Read more
Last March while we were traveling home in our RV from our snow birding trip to Mesa, Arizona, I turned sixty. On our way to Southern California to meet some friends, we stopped at a bakery to pick up a cake. We enjoyed celebrating my birthday that evening with our friends, but it didn’t set … Read more
(Today’s guest post comes from Patrick Bailey. Patrick writes in the field of mental health, addiction, and recovery. If debt seems to bug you, you will find this helpful) In a perfect world, you would never need to go into debt to buy a car or home, but the reality is that the cost of … Read more
