Stocks, Bonds, or 5% CDs: What’s Best for You?

(Today’s guest post comes to you from David Rosenstrock, who is a certified financial planner with an MBA and the Founder of Wharton Wealth Planning, LLC.) Editor notes: As interest rates rise and certificates of deposit (CDs) have a reasonable interest rate again, (back to normal) many investors are flocking to buy them. But should the … Read more

Fawcett’s Favorites 11-7-22

Every week I find a few great articles I feel are especially valuable. Following are this week’s best. I hope you find them as useful as I did. This week’s favorites include what Pink Floyd knew about living life to its fullest today, cash management in early retirement, scary money facts, five money mistakes to … Read more

Is it Ever OK to Buy a Brand New Car?

Much of the financial blogosphere perpetuates the mistaken notion that it is never acceptable to buy a brand new car. They say all car purchases need to be used cars that are at least 2-3 years old. They are operating under the misguided notion that people should do everything the cheapest way possible. Can you … Read more

Fawcett’s Favorites 11-2-20

Each week I run into a few articles that I feel are especially valuable. Every Monday I would like to share some of the best with you, my readers. I hope you find them helpful. This week’s favorites include the lasting mental effects that a surgical complication leaves on the surgeon, trading our happiness for … Read more

Fawcett’s Favorites 10-12-20

(It was great fun to be a speaker in the virtual Financial Freedom Through Real Estate Conference last weekend. If you missed it you can click here to get access to the lectures. It’s rewarding to share my experiences to help others become successful real estate investors. Hope you found the experience helpful.) Each week … Read more

Calculating the Optimal Down Payment for an Investment Property

In my recent book, The Doctors Guide to Real Estate Investing for Busy Professionals, I give a detailed explanation about how I was able to buy investment property with no money down. Questions came up about what is the optimum down payment for an investment property.  Since my goal in acquiring property was to put it into my portfolio for the least acquisition cost, I didn’t calculate its optimal down … Read more