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Podcast 321. Stocks, Strategies, and Success with Rizwan Memon

Join us on Average Joe Finances as our guest Rizwan Memon, an equities and derivatives trader with 18 years of experience. Rizwan shares his journey from starting trading at 16 years old with $5,000 to becoming a seasoned trader specializing in U.S. financial markets....

Podcast 320. Mastering Financial Independence with Tim Townsend

Join us on Average Joe Finances as our guest Tim Townsend, a wealth management expert from Australia, shares his journey from growing up on a lighthouse to running a successful wealth management practice in Melbourne, managing assets worth $400-$500 million. The...

Podcast 319. Breaking Financial Boundaries with Tracey Lundell

Join us on Average Joe Finances as our guest Tracey Lundell, a wealth advisor, shares her unconventional journey from aspiring diplomat to financial industry expert. Calling in from Canada, Tracy offers insights into her varied career, the importance of diversified...
Stimulus Round Two?

Stimulus Round Two?

As the world continues to battle this pandemic we see our economy going through some rough times. First time unemployment claims have reached over 30 million over the last 6 weeks according to CNBC's most recent article on jobless claims (see chart below). Continuing...

6 Ways to Invest in Real Estate

6 Ways to Invest in Real Estate

In this post we are going to discuss six different ways to invest in real estate. These are just wave top options as there are so many different ways to get started in real estate investing. Here are my six favorites: 1. Rent out a room If you already own a home, this...

CARES Act – Forbearance or Deferment

CARES Act – Forbearance or Deferment

Are you deferring your mortgage payments or have a loan forbearance? Is it affecting your credit? Is the loan still collecting interest? Here is the down and dirty… If you have elected to do a loan forbearance with your lender, make sure you understand the terms...

Section 8 Tenants and HUD Vouchers

Section 8 Tenants and HUD Vouchers

During these trying times for both homeowners and renters, we are seeing many tenants being unable to pay their rent.  With unemployment skyrocketing, this will probably be a trend next month too. In my duplex, one of my renters uses HUD vouchers (Section...

Where Will You Be 10 Years From Now?

Where Will You Be 10 Years From Now?

I originally wanted to make this blog post about Webull, but I still haven’t had enough time to play with it.  My work schedule has been crazy thanks to this pandemic.  However, a topic on a podcast I listen to this morning really hit me and I wanted to...

Will the Stimulus Help?

Will the Stimulus Help?

So that’s the question of the day.  Many of your who are here, like myself are Average Joe's and are working on building our wealth.  My wife and I racked up quite a bit of debt with buying this rental property.  From the personal loan we had to take...