Teach Your Children Well: Money Lessons for Your Kids

Teach Your Children Well: Money Lessons for Your Kids

How do you teach a kid to ride a bike?  Do you tell them how to do it? Do you read them a book, maybe the user’s manual? Do you watch a video? No, of course not. You show them how to do it.  How do you teach a kid about money?  Do you tell them how to...
Recapping My Son’s First Lemonade Stand

Recapping My Son’s First Lemonade Stand

I want to help my kids be good with money.  It seems obvious, but here are my reasons: I want them to have financial independence and to earn a great livingI want them to have great lives, and to be able to pursue whatever they’re passionate aboutI want them to...
Family Finances: The Power of Ideas and Images

Family Finances: The Power of Ideas and Images

A picture is worth a thousand words.  Simply put, a picture can convey an idea more quickly and effectively than the written word.  Here are some of the most iconic images: Proverbs and rules-of-thumb are extremely effective at expressing ideas.  Here...
Money Problems: Overcoming Stress and Anxiety

Money Problems: Overcoming Stress and Anxiety

In a famous letter to the US government in 1854, Chief Seattle wrote “The end of living – The beginning of survival.” It was in the context of caring for the Earth, and his words are as true today as they were then.  I remember reading that for the first...

5 Questions You Must Ask to Prepare for a Tax Deed Auction

A tax deed auction can be incredibly fun to attend, and a highly-profitable venture for a real estate investor looking to purchase property for pennies on the dollar. But beware, buying a property at a tax deed auction comes with far more challenges than buying one...
Family Finances: Teaching Your Kids About Entrepreneurship

Family Finances: Teaching Your Kids About Entrepreneurship

We live in a time when entrepreneurship is revered and celebrated. Families watch episodes Shark Tank, and HGTV teaches us about making money in lots of different ways.  In spite of the popularity of entrepreneurship in popular culture, not everyone is cut out to...