I started investing in private real estate funds and syndication deals at the end of 2016. I'm now firmly in the window where distributions will start to be paid. Let me share with you my key lessons learned to help you make better private real estate investment decisions. If you want to go deeper into real estate, I discuss real estate over three chapters in my Wall Street Journal Bestselling book, Buy This, Not That. Amazon is having a great 31% off sale. Also, shoutout to Fundrise, my favorite real estate investing platform that focuses on single family and multi-family homes in the Sunbelt. Relocating to lower-cost areas of the country is a multi-decade trend I am investing in thanks to technology. 

My new book, Buy This, Not That: How To Spend Your Way To Wealth And Freedom, is now LIVE! Order a hardcopy online today by clicking the link or call your local bookstore and order from them. After a long 2.5-year journey, my wife and I reflect on what it took to create this new bestseller. When in doubt, do hard things! I'm certain BTNT will help change your life for the better. You can purchase on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or anywhere that sells books. It is a #1 bestseller on Amazon in Retirement Planning and is tracking to be a WSJ Bestseller. Thank you for your support and I'd appreciate a postiive 5-star review online if you enjoyed it.  -Sam, Financial Samurai 

If you don't speak up for yourself, nobody else will. As a result, you must fight for every opportunity you think you deserve. Don't be shy. Don't feel like you don't belong. Because you do. Mentioned posts: How To Convince Someone You Are Bad When You're Actually Pretty Good I Could Have Been A White Man, But I Remained Asian It's launch week! Pick up a hard copy of Buy This, Not That: How To Spend Your Way To Wealth And Freedom. And if want to listen to audio, it's over 12 hours long!

Here is a logical and smart way to determine your financial satisfication and happiness. The Financial Samurai Wealth Reality Ratio will also determine whether you are reasonable or delusional in your wealth accumulation goals. The ratio will also help you determine how big of a net worth you need to feel wealthy before relocating to another city. You'll find more of this type of insightful and derivative thinking in my new bestseller, Buy This, Not That: How To Spend Your Way To Wealth And Freedom. Order a hardcopy today! It'll be one of the best personal finance books you'll ever read. 

Thinking of retiring early to pursue new interests? In June 2022, I celebrated my 10-year anniversary of early retirement, or as I like to say, fake retirement. Here are my 11 most important takeaways. FIRE is worth it! To help you achieve financial independence sooner, pick up a hard copy of my new book, Buy This, Not That: How To Spend Your Way To Wealth And Freedom. It's full of actionable advice that also helps you tackle some of life's biggest dilemmas with less regret. Also sign up for my free weekly newsletter so you never miss a thing. Financial Samurai started in 2009 and is one of the largest personal finance sites today with over 1 million organic pageviews a month.  

Mythoughts on investing in stocks and real estate for the second half of 2022. I'm getting more optimistic that inflation is currently peaking. As a result, I'm deploying more capital to both asset classes. Sign up for my free weekly newsletter here. Also, pick up a hard copy of my new book, Buy This, Not That: How To Spend Your Way To Wealth And Freedom. 

The bear market is here again! But there is a silver lining that I want to talk about in this episode. It's for all you hard-working, burned out folks out there! Post mentioned: 10 Years Of Fake Retirement Later: Important Lessons Learned Please pre-order a hard copy of my upcoming book, Buy This, Not That: How To Spend Your Way To Wealth And Freedom. It'll be the best book you'll ever read.

Most of the personal finance community loves to recommend index funds as a way to get rich. However, the truly rich didn't get rich by investing in index funds. They got rich by taking concentrated bets in individual positions and building businesses. Let's discuss! Posts mentioned: https://www.financialsamurai.com/the-two-levels-of-rich/ https://www.financialsamurai.com/what-is-considered-mass-affluent-definition-based-off-income-net-worth-investable-assets/ https://www.financialsamurai.com/who-makes-a-million-dollars-a-year-exploring-the-top-0-1-income-earners/

As a landlord, you are always faced with a dilemma about whether to sell or keep renting out your property after there's turnover. As a result, let me go through the pros and cons to help you make the right decision. I use this methodology for tackling some of life's biggest dilemmas in my upcoming book, Buy This, Not That: How To Spend Your Way To Wealth And Freedom. You can check out the latest rent and inflation charts here. 

Hi everyone! Thanks to all of you who pre-order a hard copy of my new book coming out on June 28, 2022 with Portfolio Penguin. If you haven't ordered yet, you can click here to purchase on Amazon or anywhere you like to buy books. I think it's going to be the best personal finance book out there. In this episode, let me share with you 5 reasons why I wrote the book.  www.financialsamurai.com/buythisnotthat