In my 40 plus year career I have been a securities broker and an investment advisor representative.  Whenever someone found I was in the investment business casual in conversation, they would proceed to tell me about their latest and most risky investment.  It is as if they want some sort of confirmation that they made […]

After much thought I decided to rerun this blog.  It is an oldie and an extremely interesting unbelievably true story.  Arlington – June 11th 2012 Over the last ten years or so I have met with many people who have given up on investing in the securities market. They have decided to take matters into

It was later in the year when I wrote about my past real estate investment saga.  Since the revelation of the marijuana grow house I have had a number of additional tidbits to tell you about. On the outset I had a couple of friends help me from time to time to clean up the

Insurance is not a subject anyone wants to talk about.  Disability insurance is discussed even less.  The reason I am blogging about disability insurance today is I find most all self-employed business owners do not own a disability policy.  They insure everything else, but not their most valuable asset, their ability to work and earn

The following is part three of my blog regarding women and finance.  And once again, please do not be offended that I am blogging about women while I am a man.  Just keep in mind the thought when I reference men, think cavemen, we have issues too. Back to the blog. Another cause of women’s

In continuance of last week’s blog, Women’s low confidence hurts them in the workplace, financially and in other life achievements.  By hesitating to try something they are unsure of, by being risk adverse, they may sabotage their hard-earned competence and status. This is perplexing to male bosses.  Most men, and I am one of them,

I am a bit late writing about this, but felt compelled to add to the story. From the TV news stations to the Facebook posts; the story of William and Heather Schwab has spread throughout North Texas. They are referred to as the Serial Squatters. The story seems so astonishing since they owe past landlords so

Some time ago I was reading an article from Investment Advisor Magazine that discussed a book “The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance-What Women Should Know.” Katty Kay of BBC World News America and Claire Shipman an ABC News correspondent are the authors of the book. The article was written in August 2014.,

The prior two blogs detailed the potential problems and concerns of ignoring your digital assets. This blog provides you bullet list of points on how to prepare now for the disposition of your digital assets. 1. Create an inventory. It is in your heir’s best interest for you to create inventories of your electronic data