A early retirement blog that explores new income sources
Finding undervalued properties for sale in Singapore requires you to look in directions where most folks are not. In my previous post on finding undervalued properties, I mention MRT construction locations as places where most folks will avoid due to the inconvenience. However, that also means a lot of investors will missed out on what […]
Knowing how to optimise your money is the first step to achieving early retirement. Most folks choose to put their hard earned money in the bank but is that really the best way to put your money to work? At this current saving interest rate, I would say no. For the non financially savvy folks, […]
I am a novice domain investor. However, there is something about domains that draw me to them. If you want to know my views, I have written about domains’ inherent value and my personal domain investment strategy. If you want to know what I have bought in August, check out my post on how many […]
Slavery has been abolished in many societies but modern slavery still exist. We are all slaves without realising it. If you borrow money to finance your house or your lifestyle, you are a slave to your employer and/or your debtor. You might think you have a choice but reality will tell you otherwise. I didn’t […]
If you are looking for undervalued property to invest in, you must remember this saying: ‘ pain before the gain‘. In investment terms, looking for pains is how I spot undervalued properties. It is easy to buy what everyone agrees is a good property. Fantastic location, good amenities, easy accessibility etc. The problem is every […]
Everybody hates the early commute. It is one of the strong reason to push me to retire early. (See my post why early commute sucks) . In fact, due to that article, I have got a searcher who found my retire early blog who wants to know “what do you do when you dread the […]
Pareto’s law states that 20% of anything typically accounts for 80% of the effects. This applies to our expenses as well. Focusing on saving money for small ticket items such as groceries will not lead to significant reduction in your expenses. Let look at one interesting search query that came to my site today. The […]
That is a very interesting question asked by one of the searcher who stumbled on to this early retirement blog. The answer depends on what leverage do you want and which area you want your properties to be. If you want to play it safe and pay 100% by cash, then you can buy about […]
This is a tough question. I have not reached it myself so I am not in the best position to answer that question. However, I CAN tell you what to focus on that you don’t repeat my mistake of not being able to save a million dollars by age 30. Before we proceed, let’s look […]
One of my early retirement plan was to invest in a District 9 property that costed 1.7 million dollars and will hopefully appreciate to 2.5 million dollars within the next 10 years. If that happens, I will sell it and retire in Malaysia with more than a million dollar cash + a few hundred thousands […]