Product Reviews

NewRetirement (Boldin) Review: An Excellent Retirement Tool

As of September 3, 2024, NewRetirement has been rebranded as Boldin, to appeal to a wider and younger audience. Boldin’s retirement planning software is for DIY investors and retirement planners, and is also being sold to corporations as an employee benefit. So in this NewRetirement, Boldin review, I will refer to the company as Boldin […]

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Streitwise Review 2021: A Secondary Market Real Estate Platform

One of my goals in thew new decade is to learn about as many passive real estate investment opportunities available. I have over $500,000 of capital that should be returned over the next two years. The capital will be reinvested in various real estate opportunities to sustain and grow my passive income portfolio. This article

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Edly Review: A Way To Invest In Income Sharing Agreements (ISAs)

An Income Sharing Agreement, or ISA, is an alternative way for students to pay for university. Traditionally, students take out loans and take all the risk. If a student graduates from college with no job or a low-paying job, a university isn’t going to make up the difference. This asymmetric risk profile is one of

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The Definitive Guide To Farmland Investing: A Trillion-Dollar Asset Class

I’m pleased to share with you a comprehensive guide to farmland investing by FarmTogether, a leading farmland investing platform and Financial Samurai sponsor. Not only is this article full of information, it will evolve with updated information as the landscape changes. Farmland might be the world’s most promising untapped asset class, and the newest opportunity

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AcreTrader Review: Unprecedented Access To An Overlooked Asset Class

AcreTrader is a proud new sponsor of Financial Samurai. In my quest to continuously learn about new alternative assets and new promising investment platforms, I’ve invited AcreTrader to write a guest post about farmland investing. During times of uncertainty and stock market volatility, it’s nice to invest in real assets. Mark Twain once said, “Buy

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DiversyFund Review: A Private REIT With No Management Fees

DiversyFund is a real estate marketplace that enables nonaccredited investors to diversify into real estate investing for as little as $500. As an experienced real estate and real estate crowdfunding investor, this is my detailed DiversyFund review. DiversyFund was founded in 2016, but really only received its Series A funding in early 2018. Therefore, DiversyFund

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EquityMultiple Review: Real Estate Investing Made Simple

In my quest to understand all the top real estate crowdfunding platforms, I’ve put together this comprehensive EquityMultiple review. EquityMultiple actually contacted me back in 2017, a couple months before my first child was born. At the time, I was too focused on ensuring everything went smoothly with my family to pay attention to anything

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Vinovest: Investing In Fine Wines As An Alternative Investment

During shelter-in-place, alcohol sales skyrocketed as millions of Americans entertained themselves at home. The rise in alcohol sales got me thinking about whether there is an investment opportunity in wine. After all, when times are good, people drink. And when times are bad, people might drink even more! It just so happens there is a

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Fundrise eREIT™ Review: Real Estate Investing For All Investors

After publishing my post, Focus On Trends: Why I’m Investing In The Heartland Of America, a couple readers pointed out that Fundrise, one of the leading real estate crowdfunding platforms, offers various eREITs. Further, on February 13, 2019, Google announced they are investing $13 billion in heartland real estate to expand their offices and data

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