[My Investor & Entrepreneur Profile Series features big ideas, questions, and answers from fellow entrepreneurs and investors. I hope you find these people as fun, interesting, and helpful as I have.] This article features Greg Pinneo, who was one of the first teachers & mentors I studied and really got to know well when I began investing in real [Continue Reading]
Archives for January 2016
Can Money Buy Happiness? Research Says Yes (With Caveats)
As with all scientific research, there are no absolute certainties. But a large number of economic, psychological, and social studies suggest that more money can buy happiness. For a good summary with references to relevant studies, see this article in Psychology Today. But there are some caveats and nuances. Sonja Lyubormirsky, researcher and author of The How of Happiness (I highly recommend the [Continue Reading]
The Friday Fab Five – January 22, 2016
The Friday Fab Five is a series where I share five articles, books, or resources that I’m currently using and enjoying. There are many wonderful resources about real estate, personal finance, entrepreneurship, and life out there, so I’ve narrowed them to some of my favorites that I think you´ll enjoy. Here are this week’s Friday Fab [Continue Reading]
Your Money Or Your Life, by Joe Dominguez & Vicki Robin
Your money or your life. If someone thrust a gun in your ribs and said that sentence, what would you do? Most of us would turn over our wallets. The threat works because we value our lives more than we value money. Or do we?” Joe Dominguez and Vicky Robin, Your Money or Your Life Your [Continue Reading]
Lessons on Real Estate Investing, Alligators, and Fleas
[My Investor & Entrepreneur Profile Series features big ideas, questions, and answers from fellow entrepreneurs and investors. I hope you find these people as fun, interesting, and helpful as I have.] This article features Dr. Louis Stone, who after my parents has been my most important mentor in business and life. Dr. Stone has been an entrepreneur, a [Continue Reading]
How to Transform Your Goals Into Reality This Year
It’s a new year. You’ve recovered from the holidays (almost), and now you’ve created goals and set your sights on what you want to accomplish this year. Are you worried that some of your most important goals will never turn into reality? Have big yearly goals in the past tended to get derailed at some point? [Continue Reading]