Decumulation is the process of spending down your net worth so you don’t die with too much money. If you die with lots of money left over, you’ve essentially wasted all the time and energy it took for you to accumulate that money. At the same time, nobody wants to run out of money before […]
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This post will show you how to reduce mortgage fees and get the best rate possible. I have been refinancing and taking out new mortgages since 2003. As a result, I’ve become an expert at squeezing as much value as possible out of every mortgage. Mortgage fees are an inevitability. How do you expect anybody
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It’s safe to assume the vast majority of you reading Financial Samurai want to be rich. I trust those of you who’ve been reading this site between 2009 and 2012, when I was writing heavily about investment strategies, have indeed become much richer. The compounding forces since then have been enormous. We are probably one
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As an entrepreneur, you create something from nothing. That something becomes your baby. It’s so much a part of you it’s practically all you think about 24/7. But, there may come a day when you’re approached about selling your business. Or perhaps you’ve run yourself into the ground and are dreaming about selling your business
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There are good reasons to go to business school and then there are bad reasons to go to business school. Let me share one of the worst reasons I’ve ever heard. I’ve changed some names and figures for privacy reasons. I caught up with a friend, Peter, who is a partner at a private equity
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Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a 5/1 ARM and a 5/5 ARM or a 7/1 ARM and a 7/6 ARM and so forth? Let me explain in this article because the difference adds to another dilemma mortgage borrowers should consider. An adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) is a home loan with an introductory
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Since 2009, I have encouraged Financial Samurai readers to take out an adjustable-rate mortgage instead of a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage. The rationale was that we were in a downward interest rate channel, so why pay more in interest if you don’t have to? Further, the average homeownership tenure back in 2009 was only around 5-7
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I’ve got some exciting news folks! Over the past 16 months, I’ve been in talks with a couple executives at Netflix about a potential new show. They only live 50 minutes south of me in Los Gatos. Today, I’m proud to announce I’ll be producing a new Netflix original series called Love Is Money! The
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When you’re young and naive, you tend to want to do things the right way. You’re taught by adults that cheating and lying are wrong. As you get older and wiser, you start to become aware of people gaming the system to get ahead. What you also realize is those who game the system seem
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Even though a no-cost refinance sounds great, there’s really no free lunch. A no-cost refinance has costs. The costs are just not visible upon closing. The refinance costs are baked in by charging the borrower a higher mortgage rate. Here are all the mortgage fees in a no-cost refinance. It’s like marrying someone for their
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