Housing is one difficult beast to work around and talk about these days. Home prices increased quickly during the COVID years (unusually so) and interest rates have jumped up to Pre-2008 levels again. Though it is expected that rates will go back down at some point in the future, we still don’
You likely hear/see financial educators or finance guru’s say things like, “Just go open a brokerage account online”, or “Make sure you own low cost Index Funds”. But, us financial educators who think we are being helpful, often neglect to notice that many people don
I love getting this question because of two reasons: As far as a detailed answer to actually help you make the decision, let’s go through a number of ideas you should think about when trying to figure out the best directions for yourself. There are all walks of life out there. Some people (I a
Just like the other sexy topics Midwest Money Mentor discusses, real estate investing is SOOOO Sexy. Right? Am I right? I know that I am right, because so many people talk about it, dabble in it, and brag about it. And that includes the people who were never successful with it (which many people are
Everyone is super focused on all the activities needed to get approved to buy a home, searching for a home, and taking the steps to close on a home, that many times they don’t ask some important questions about how things work with their mortgage after they close. Very surprising that humans d
Gol-darn high mortgage payments! Well, I guess that is just how it is, right? Those better not be the words in your brain. Where is your American Spirit of breaking the rules, not settling, and exploring the unknown? I can tell you, your American Spirit is going to be reinvigorated with this post be
In our last post with a similar purpose, we discussed what a stock is and some of the terminology and uses that revolve around investing in stocks. See link to that post below to jump to that post if you did not read it already. Around what “having your money invested” actually means, we
Just in case you were wondering, yes I type in Spanish (because Goggle Translate showed me how). What does that beautiful Spanish sentence above mean? Of course it means Sexy Finance Notes. You are welcome. Notas de finanzas Sexys. Make sure you try to say it like three times in an Antonio Banderas&
Compound interest is often touted as one of the most powerful concepts in finance. This post will explain how compound interest works and why starting to invest now can lead to exponential growth over time. Since this is such an important aspect of becoming financially free (or just retiring someday
Everyone loves to talk about the investing side of finance. And why wouldn’t they? It sounds super cool and you can make money while you sleep! I love to sleep (if someone could convince my child to sleep, that would help me actually enjoy this portion of my life) and I love having to do [&hel
