Since I started “Make Money Your Way” in mid-2013, I’ve committed to donating 10% of my blogging income to support children’s education in my village. As mentioned in a previous update, I provided two scholarships to the top middle school students, enabling them to attend high school 150 miles away for the next three years….
This article is part of a 30-day series called the 30 Steps Program to Financial Independence. Have you ever hit the enter button on your computer’s calculator and watched the multiplication run endlessly until it reached a massive number? That’s essentially what compound interest does. If you have $100 at an interest rate of 5%,…
Buying structured settlement annuities directly from someone who receives them has multiple benefits, and you can gain significantly if you follow the process carefully. A direct annuitant is someone looking to sell part or all of their future periodic payments for a lump sum at a discounted rate. The purchaser buys these discounted payments, which…
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Over a decade ago, after reading “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki, I decided to become a full-time real estate investor. The book taught me the importance of passive income for financial independence, and I chose real estate as my path. My plan was to generate enough cash to buy and hold properties for…
Lewys Aron, also known as The Frugal Student, is a 23-year-old dividend growth and value investor from Wales, UK. Currently, he’s studying Welsh at Swansea University and has a passion for finance and investing. Instead of accumulating debt like many students and millennials, he will graduate with over £15,000 invested in dividend-paying stocks. While it’s…
This article is part of a 30-day series called the 30 Steps Program to Financial Independence. You can find other posts in the series here. As you move towards financial independence, you might start to notice some things you don’t actually need, like a car. Maybe you bought a car in college because everyone else…
It’s been a while since I last blogged! During this quarantine, I’ve decided to get back into journaling and blogging with a more personal touch. I hope this keeps us both entertained. You might feel like you’ve missed a lot, and you have—I’ll try to catch you up as we go along. In the meantime,…
IMAGINE YOUR PERFECT LIFE—HAS IT CHANGED? Now that you’ve spent some time thinking about financial independence, considering bartering, saving, and simple living, take a moment to think about your dream life. Has your vision of it shifted from a few weeks ago or last year? For me, my dream life is always evolving. One thing…
If you’re reading this, it means I still don’t have Internet access in Guatemala, but I’m working on it! Last week, a reader asked how I manage to travel and fund my way around the world. Since several people have asked me this in the past, I decided to respond with this two-part series. The…