Attitudes and Behaviors of the Affluent – How do you Compare? Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko have met with and conducted research among wealthy Americans since the early 1970s. As the title of their first book The Millionaire Next Door suggests, the profile of a typical millionaire might surprise you. For example, most […]
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Wealth and Cash Flow Lessons from The Millionaire Next Door
December 13th, 2012 
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No Comments »The Impact of our Federal Debt on Your Household’s Net Worth and Cash Flow
November 20th, 2012 admin The Bad News: The Average U.S. Household is Now Bankrupt (Really) As I write this, our federal debt – the sum of many years of annual budget deficits – stands at $16.1 trillion, or about $135,000 per household*. (No, that is not a typo.) As noted in our e-booklet, Wealth is Good, Cash Flow is Better, […]
Posted in Assets, Cash Flow, Debt, Debt Reduction, Liabilities, Net Worth, Retirement, Wealth, Wealth Accumulation Tags: bankrupt, cash flow, cash flow navigator, cashflownavigator, credit card, debt, deficit, financial independence, financial life cycle, interest, Keith Whelan, monthly payments, net worth, payment, principal, wealth No Comments »Get Ahead of Vehicle Debt by Staggering Purchases
October 22nd, 2012 admin Use the Savings to Speed Past Other Debts I was taught to set goals that are challenging but achievable. Accordingly, I set a goal to keep a car for 12 years before burying it. A few decades ago that would have been unrealistic but thankfully today’s vehicles, if properly maintained, can run for 200,000 miles […]
Getting Ahead Early, Part 3: Moving Forward in the Financial Life Cycle with the Help of Rental Income
June 29th, 2012 admin Creating a Cash Flow Source in Your 20s or 30s OK, so let’s say you’re in your 20s and with the help of a family savings and investment account (see Part 2 of this series) you have little or no debt and $20-25,000 in liquid accounts (savings, stock). What can you do to build on […]
The Money Pit, part 2: Beware a House That’s Too Small!
January 20th, 2012 admin I think we can call this “The Goldilocks principle of housing”. A few articles back, I wrote about misadventures during an earlier housing bubble, when we bought a house much larger than our family needed. With a super-sized mortgage, high property taxes and maintenance costs, it put a real strain on our monthly cash flow. […]
Turning Tax Preparation into a Positive, Rewarding Activity (Really!)
January 9th, 2012 admin In his song “Golden Moments,” James Taylor said: “All it really needed was the proper point of view”. I doubt he had tax preparation in mind when he wrote it. But if you look at the tax preparation process from a different perspective, it could take on a whole new meaning. Instead of being a […]
Posted in Assets, Cash Flow, Financial Planning, Net Worth, Tax Prep, Taxes, Uncategorized No Comments »Is Leasing Your Next Car a Good Idea?
January 5th, 2012 admin Have you ever heard someone say that a car, or a truck, is a big investment? I disagree.
How Do You Distinguish Good Assets From Bad Assets? (Hint: It’s About the Cash Flow)
December 19th, 2011 admin At the height of the 1980s real estate bubble I watched a TV news interview with a new homeowner.
Net Worth is Good, but Cash Flow is Better
December 14th, 2011 admin You might have seen some TV ads recently where people literally carry their retirement
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