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April 2018 Progress

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Time flies, I can't believe it's May already. We're almost half way through the year. It's almost time for a midyear review, CY18. Quick summary on what's happening in April 2018: We got an updated house prices from our realtor ("Comps" / "CMA"). This explains the increase value on Equity chart below. I opened two real estate crowdfunding accounts: PeerStreet and … [Read more...] about April 2018 Progress

HSA: IRA on steroid?

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Health Saving Account (HSA) can be used as a tax-advantage saving vehicle, similar to IRA, but more! This is one of the pretax saving that gets overlooked by a lot of people, but it's actually one of the most powerful one. We will go over on how you can utilize HSA to reduce your tax bill, invest the money, as well as optimization strategy on how you can withdraw from … [Read more...] about HSA: IRA on steroid?

4 Simple Steps To Start Building Your Real Estate Empire

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We built over $550k of real estate equity over 10 years. We (mostly me) made many mistakes along the way that wiped out the equities, even brought us to negative equities at a time. True, that we could've accumulated more equities had I not made these mistakes. But I don't regret it. Mistakes made us wiser and more resilient if we learn from them. I started buying … [Read more...] about 4 Simple Steps To Start Building Your Real Estate Empire

Ultimate W2 Tax Strategy for Early Retirement

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I don't hate tax. I just hate overpaying it. I'm not going to get philosophical about US Tax system here since this is a How-to. Tax optimization strategy tend to get complicated depending on one's circumstances at a given time. My goal is to walk through our experience in this area and hope that you can leverage the information. You get to crunch your own number at the … [Read more...] about Ultimate W2 Tax Strategy for Early Retirement

Retireby is officially listed in Rockstar Finance directory!

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Announcement This just in! Retireby is officially listed in Rockstar Finance directory! For those who don't know, Rockstar Finance is an awesome blog aggregator around personal finance, financial independence, and early retirement. It features great articles related to personal finance, investing, FIRE, etc. daily.   Blogger's net worth We made it to the rank as … [Read more...] about Retireby is officially listed in Rockstar Finance directory!