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Your Network Becomes Your Net Worth
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August 21, 2024
“Your network becomes your net worth” is something I’ve heard many times from my friends David Phelps and Jim Ingersoll. […]
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Timing Can Be Everything
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Jeff Watson
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August 21, 2024
When it comes to investing with your self-directed retirement account, timing can be everything. I received a phone call from […]
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A Landlord's Greatest Risk
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Jeff Watson
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August 21, 2024
In an online forum, I and other very experienced real estate investors exchanged our lists of threats that landlords face. […]
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The Importance of Cash Reserves
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Jeff Watson
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August 21, 2024
I spoke to a group of real estate investors about buying properties using a creative financing method. Some of the […]
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Tales from the Lending Desk - Part 3
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Jeff Watson
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April 23, 2024
One of the biggest challenges I face in my law practice is the outreach from individuals who have made […]
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Tales from the Lending Desk - Part 2
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Jeff Watson
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April 23, 2024
Collateral is something pledged by the borrower to secure the performance of a loan. Typically, when a lender makes […]
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Tales from the Lending Desk - Part 1
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Jeff Watson
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April 23, 2024
In this new series, I want to share with you the good, the bad and the ugly that I […]
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Revisiting the Fundamentals - Part 4
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Jeff Watson
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April 9, 2024
There are certain characteristics that are fundamental to every type of business transaction. Those fundamentals are clarity, integrity, and […]
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Revisiting the Fundamentals - Part 3
By
Jeff Watson
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April 4, 2024
Not all real estate transaction techniques are transferable. In other words, just because you can assign a wholesale deal and […]
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Revisiting the Fundamentals - Part 2
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Jeff Watson
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March 26, 2024
In my previous article, I talked about the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people when it comes to […]
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Revisiting the Fundamentals - Part 1
By
Jeff Watson
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March 21, 2024
I’m writing this after just attending a lunch meeting for a REIA in Sarasota, Florida. I was privileged to […]
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CTA Is Here (Part 4)
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Jeff Watson
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January 12, 2024
It used to be that individuals would go online themselves with the appropriate Secretary of State office and submit a […]
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CTA Is Here (Part 3)
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Jeff Watson
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January 9, 2024
Before I get into explaining my experience using the FinCEN website to register one of my existing entities so […]
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CTA Is Here (Part 2)
By
Jeff Watson
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January 9, 2024
What is meant by “substantial control”? Under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), the definition of substantial control is distinct from […]
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CTA Is Here (Part 1)
By
Jeff Watson
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January 9, 2024
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is here and now in full force and effect. In 2021, Congress passed this legislation […]
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Reserves Are Important
By
Jeff Watson
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August 30, 2023
None of us knows what life will bring. All of a sudden, your ability to generate income may be […]
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Land Mines in Subject-To Deals
By
Jeff Watson
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August 30, 2023
The last few weeks have been pretty hectic in my office. I’ve been working on some really interesting and challenging […]
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Become a Friendly Investor
By
Jeff Watson
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August 15, 2023
During a conversation with a friend of mine who has owned and operated title companies throughout northeast Ohio for […]
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Getting Squeezed?
By
Jeff Watson
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July 27, 2023
Have any of the following been causing a little extra pressure or making you feel squeezed in your real […]
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I'm Tired of This!
By
Jeff Watson
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July 27, 2023
“I’m tired of this!” I’ve heard that from several clients who are having to go back and locate or create […]
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A Diamond Ring as Collateral?
By
Jeff Watson
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June 14, 2023
Someone contacted my office and asked an interesting question. Could they make a loan from their self-directed Roth IRA […]
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Getting Texts Into Evidence
By
Jeff Watson
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June 12, 2023
Most of you know that I’m a practicing attorney in Ohio with a history of trial work and litigation. […]
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Stop! Then Go, Stop! Then Go
By
Jeff Watson
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May 25, 2023
This article is not about driving in traffic. It’s about stopping the one-sided media stories about renters being “ victimized” […]
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The Best Time to Plant a Tree
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Jeff Watson
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May 25, 2023
It has been said that the best time to plant a tree was 20+ years ago, and the second-best […]
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The Leading Cause of Eviction
By
Jeff Watson
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March 28, 2023
My friend Jim Ingersoll in Richmond, Virginia, recently shared an article from the Richmond, Virginia newspaper giving information regarding […]
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The 8 Bad "D"s of LLCs (Part 8 - Decline)
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Jeff Watson
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January 4, 2023
This is the eighth and final article in a series discussing eight bad “D”s to consider when drafting an […]
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The 8 Bad "D"s of LLCs (Part 7 - Debt)
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Jeff Watson
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December 29, 2022
This is the seventh in a series discussing eight bad “D”s to consider when drafting an operating agreement […]
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The 8 Bad "D"s of LLCs (Part 6 - Drugs)
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Jeff Watson
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December 28, 2022
This is the sixth in a series discussing eight bad “D”s to consider when drafting an operating agreement for an […]
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The 8 Bad "D"s of LLCs (Part 5 - Disinterest)
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Jeff Watson
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December 22, 2022
This is the fifth in a series discussing eight bad "D"s to consider when drafting an operating agreement for an […]
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The 8 Bad "D"s of LLCs (Part 4 - Disability)
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Jeff Watson
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December 19, 2022
This is the fourth in a series of emails discussing eight bad “D”s to consider when drafting an operating agreement […]
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The 8 Bad "D"s of LLCs (Part 3 - Divorce)
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Jeff Watson
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December 13, 2022
This is the third in a series discussing eight bad “D”s to consider when drafting an operating agreement for […]
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The 8 Bad "D"s of LLCs (Part 2 - Death)
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Jeff Watson
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December 13, 2022
This is the second in a series discussing eight bad “D”s to consider when drafting an operating agreement for […]
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The 8 Bad "D"s of LLCs (Part 1 - Disagreement)
By
Jeff Watson
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December 13, 2022
When I draft LLC operating agreements for clients, or when I review ones that someone else has drafted, I look […]
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Building the Wealth Habit (Controlling Your Money Series - Part 3)
By
Jeff Watson
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November 14, 2022
I’ve been sharing with you some of the conversation I had with my friend David Richter, author of Profit First […]
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The Better Way (Controlling Your Money Series - Part 2)
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Jeff Watson
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November 14, 2022
In my previous article, I shared some of the conversation I had with my friend David Richter, author of […]
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One Mistake That Will Cost You Thousands (Controlling Your Money Series - Part 1)
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Jeff Watson
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November 14, 2022
I had a chance to sit down for a couple of hours with my friend David Richter. I want […]
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One Last Thing about Trusts (Trusts/Trustees Series - Part 3)
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Jeff Watson
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August 4, 2022
I’m going to conclude this brief series regarding trustees and grantor revocable title holding trusts by exposing a couple of […]
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More about Trustees (Trusts/Trustees Series - Part 2)
By
Jeff Watson
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August 4, 2022
My prior article on “Trusting Your Trustee” generated a lot of feedback, so I want to give you more […]
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Trusting Your Trustee (Trusts/Trustees Series - Part 1)
By
Jeff Watson
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August 2, 2022
Many real estate investors consistently use what I call a “grantor revocable title holding trust”, which is a more […]
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"Yeah, but..."
By
Jeff Watson
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May 17, 2022
This was the most frequent response I consistently heard from younger investors when I would remind them about the […]
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Burned by Your Homeowners Insurance - Part 2
By
Jeff Watson
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May 12, 2022
I am currently going through the process of buying insurance on a property I recently acquired in a subject-to […]
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Beware of Nevada LLCs
By
Jeff Watson
on
May 6, 2022
For the better part of the last two decades, there has been a lot of “asset protection” information circulating […]
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Asset Protection Gap Expounded
By
Jeff Watson
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May 6, 2022
When the topic of asset protection comes up among real estate investors and small business owners, minds immediately shift […]
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Burned by Your Homeowners Insurance
By
Jeff Watson
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May 5, 2022
Many of you may have already forgotten about the terrible Marshall Fire on December 30, 2021 in Boulder, Colorado. […]
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The Unexpected Will Happen
By
Jeff Watson
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May 4, 2022
As some of you know, on Monday morning last week, I woke up to messages from my mom and […]
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Books Tell a Story (Checkbook Control Series - Part 5)
By
Jeff Watson
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March 22, 2022
On more than one occasion, I’ve heard my friend John Hyre make the statement, “The books tell a story.” […]
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An Important McNulty Clarification (Checkbook Control Series - Part 4)
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Jeff Watson
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March 17, 2022
This series of emails on the recent Tax Court decision involving the McNultys and their IRA-owned LLC, of which […]
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A Deeper Dive into McNulty (Checkbook Control Series - Part 3)
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Jeff Watson
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March 15, 2022
An important practice taught to me early in law school was that when you read a court decision, always […]
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Manager, Manager, Who's the Manager? (Checkbook Control Series - Part 2)
By
Jeff Watson
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March 9, 2022
This is the second in a series of articles I am doing relative to checkbook control questions that have […]
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Checkbook Control Revisited (Checkbook Control Series - Part 1)
By
Jeff Watson
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March 9, 2022
When I use the term “checkbook control”, I’m referring to a situation in the self-directed IRA investing world in […]
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The "Investor-Friendly" Title Company - Part 3
By
Jeff Watson
on
September 16, 2021
The bottom line is that all title companies are “investor-friendly” if you know what you are doing and can […]
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The "Investor-Friendly" Title Company - Part 2
By
Jeff Watson
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September 14, 2021
When it comes to choosing a title company, it doesn’t matter how friendly or grouchy the title examiner or […]
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The "Investor-Friendly" Title Company - Part 1
By
Jeff Watson
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September 14, 2021
In my practice of helping real estate investors, particularly self-directed IRA investors, hardly a week goes by that I […]
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Supporting H.R. 5013
By
Jeff Watson
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September 2, 2021
On behalf of the Seller Finance Coalition, I want to share with you some good news! The Affordable Homeownership […]
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Management Matters
By
Jeff Watson
on
August 24, 2021
I’m dictating this article while on my way to meet with a contractor and a tenant to collect 3 […]
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Responding to the New CDC Eviction Moratorium
By
Jeff Watson
on
August 5, 2021
It is no surprise that the Presidential administration “thumbed its nose” at the U.S. Supreme Court. This morning I […]
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The Politics of the Non-Renewal of Eviction Moratorium
By
Jeff Watson
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August 2, 2021
We have begun to witness the “dramatic theatrical productions” coming out of Washington, DC due to the expiration of […]
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Why Be a One-and-Done? (Relationship Series - Part 3)
By
Jeff Watson
on
July 22, 2021
This is the third article in a series regarding the multiple text messages I receive every day from people seeking […]
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The Seed of a Deal (Relationship Series - Part 2)
By
Jeff Watson
on
July 22, 2021
Most of you reading this have at one time or another been personally involved with planting a seed in […]
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Relational Texting (Relationship Series - Part 1)
By
Jeff Watson
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July 22, 2021
If you have a mobile phone and own real estate, you probably receive several text messages a day from […]
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Wholesalers Who Cloud Title - Part 2
By
Jeff Watson
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June 22, 2021
Here is the conclusion to my Facebook rant regarding wholesaling. If you missed Part 1, CLICK HERE to read it. […]
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Wholesalers Who Cloud Title - Part 1
By
Jeff Watson
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June 17, 2021
This will be the first of two articles sharing a lengthy post (actually, a rant) I put up on Facebook […]
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Fault Lines
By
Jeff Watson
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June 15, 2021
I want to share with you something I wrote and posted on Facebook Sunday morning around 4:00 a.m. I’m deeply […]
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DO Happy, Don't Worry!
By
Jeff Watson
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June 10, 2021
Everyone reading this is probably familiar with the lyrics and catchy tune of the song Don’t Worry, Be Happy. […]
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Distribute Your Legacy (#7 in Financial Independence Series)
By
Jeff Watson
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June 3, 2021
Here is the final crucial element in obtaining financial independence: 7. Distribute your legacy. Being in the stage of parenting […]
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Seek Simplicity (#6 in Financial Independence Series)
By
Jeff Watson
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May 26, 2021
6. Seek simplicity. We know that McDonald’s is known for two things: real estate and systems. They have a system […]
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Learn to Calculate (#5 in Financial Independence Series)
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Jeff Watson
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May 24, 2021
5. Learn to calculate. The tensing of verbs has never been one of my strongest aspects when it comes to […]
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Dump Debt?! (#4 in Financial Independence Series)
By
Jeff Watson
on
May 24, 2021
I expect that this post regarding the 4th principle for financial independence will generate some controversy. 4. Dump debt. A […]
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Dreaming about Spending Money (#3 in Financial Independence Series)
By
Jeff Watson
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May 24, 2021
I don’t know about you, but I think it’s fun to dream about how you are going to spend a […]
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Get Control (#2 in Financial Independence Series)
By
Jeff Watson
on
May 24, 2021
This is the second post in my series on “Financial Independence”. In my previous post, I shared that you first […]
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Get Clear (#1 in Financial Independence Series)
By
Jeff Watson
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May 24, 2021
I want to share seven steps I have identified that are crucial elements to obtaining “financial independence”. 1. Get clear […]
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