starting out Archive

Number Wanted


Well, right out of the date, I’m guessing that we can give the ‘best graphic accompanying a post’ award to Ryan for a real cracker! Ryan at least knows EXACTLY what he needs in order to get to his Number (BTW: a great place to start); I think it’s the ‘how’ that’s bugging him … [...]

Liftoff!


Liftoff! Well, as I mentioned before, we actually lifted off before we reached the launch pad …. ooops But, in personal finance – thus, this ‘grand experiment’ – we’ll actually be doing a lot of back-tracking even as we move forward at great (I hope!) speed … … in fact, some horses have jumped right [...]

Under the spotlight: Josh


Under the spotlight: Josh I’m starting a new ‘occasional series’ where we put one of our 7 Millionaires … In Training! – or, any other reader – under the spotlight when there is an interesting or unusual aspect of their journey towards their Number / Date that needs to be discussed. Josh is the lucky [...]

Onward!


Onward! Photo credit: Maggie’s World This is the last of our transition posts! IMHO – where H = humble as well as honest – it starts to get VERY exciting / challenging – interspersed with long periods of boredom – from here … …. so, let’s make this a last-but-best post: Mark knows his path [...]

Did I Tell You I'm Afraid of Heights?


Did I Tell You I’m Afraid of Heights? Isn’t there a song that goes: “you picked a fine time to tell us, Lee ….“? But, it’s never too late, especially not for Lee … and, I’m sure that there are some great ideas out there … so, let’s get them ‘out there’ and help Lee! [...]

Leaving the comfort zone…


Leaving the comfort zone… Jeff has made great progress, but he’s still at the stage where adding a single rental foreclosure can increase his Net Worth by 67%; over the next 18 months he will probably need to maintain that growth rate … another $400k in equity over the next 18 months should do it, [...]

The Transition


The Transition Josh’s strategy has been clear from the start – and, with a slight ‘jump’ in Net Worth recently, due to a positive outcome on a trade (a.k.a. bet) and a stake in a pharmaceutical company, he should soon have the capital to do what he wants to do: start a hedge fund of [...]

In Review


In Review If Scott achieves the same compound growth rate over just the next 12 months that he says that he has achieved over the past four years, he’ll reach his Number in less than a year and be almost twice as rich as Warren Buffett in just 4 more years! That’s the power of [...]

The Next Step


Photo credit: http://www.bangitout.com It’s always tough – but, good – to be first out of the gate (I imagine that’s a horse-racing term) … and, Ryan’s certainly taken the leap. Love the image, Ryan! One of the things that we’ll be exploring with Ryan as we go along is how best to commercialize his ‘new [...]

Making Money 201?


Making Money 201? I now realize that I was a little premature running the photo of the space shuttle actually launching off the pad; where we’ve really been until now is back at the Launch Control Center making sure that we are all prepared for the flight: suits [check]; oxygen [check]; flight training [check]; flight [...]