In the trunk of my family’s Toyota we have an emergency roadside kit. It’s a backpack with all of the essentials we’d need should we unexpectedly get stuck on the side of the road. In 2020, all of us are stuck on the proverbial side of the economic road. The crisis related to the spread [Continue Reading]
How Will the Coronavirus Affect Real Estate Investing?
It’s the topic on everyone’s minds right now: the Coronavirus. Like all of you, I’m just a citizen of planet earth who is concerned and paying close attention. And I’m sad for the people who are actually directly affected by it. So, I don’t have anything new to offer on the details of the virus [Continue Reading]
An Early Retirement Blueprint With Erion Shehaj (Ep 101 Show Notes)
Erion Shehaj (aka the Investing Architect) is a real estate agent & investor who helps clients use real estate to achieve financial independence. He also has an amazing personal story. In 1999 Erion left his home in the Mediterranean and formerly communist country of Albania to do a high school exchange program in the United [Continue Reading]
10 Impactful Ideas From the First 100 Podcast Episodes (Ep 100 Show Notes)
Listen to the Podcast Here Show Notes We’ve made it to 100 Podcast Episodes of the Real Estate & Financial Independence Podcast! In honor of this milestone, episode #100 is titled “10 Impactful Ideas From the First 100 Episodes.” Below, you can listen to the entire episode and find a written transcript. Here are the [Continue Reading]
Mr. Money Mustache on Purposeful Work & Life After Financial Independence
Mr. Money Mustache (aka Pete Adeney) is a 46-year-old father who retired at age 30 after he and his then-wife saved about $800,000. He also started sharing his philosophy of simple, happy, bicycle-filled living on his now wildly popular blog at mrmoneymustache.com. I first met Pete at a meet-up in Ecuador called the Chautauqua. While hiking [Continue Reading]
The Best of 2019 at Coach Carson
Each year late in December, I take time to reflect on the past year (see my Annual Review). As part of that process, I review and summarize my writing and other creative activities around here at Coach Carson. Then I share the best (most popular) content of the year with you – including articles, podcast episodes, [Continue Reading]