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A Unique Form of Real Estate Investment in a Tough Housing Economy (with Michael Farnsworth)

Mr. Clipping Chains — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 07:00:00 +0000

If you follow economic news at all, you’ve taken note of the changing conditions of the American housing economy in the last few years. First, high demand, low supply, and cheap debt fueled an extraordinary (and unhealthy) price surge. In response, the Federal Reserve ratcheted up interest rates to cool an overheated economy in the …

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QA12: Will A Life Of Financial Independence Meet Expectations?

Mr. Clipping Chains — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 07:00:00 +0000

We’re back to the digital mailbag to answer your questions! For this week: Submit Your Questions! I solicit questions from email subscribers of this website. First, become an email subscriber here, which also includes a FREE spending and net worth tracking spreadsheet: Subscribe for new posts and receive a FREE spreadsheet for tracking spending, income, …

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Tyler Karow: The Tiny Future of Affordable Housing

Mr. Clipping Chains — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 07:00:00 +0000

I’m a little unsure of the best way to frame this introduction. In some ways, this is a story of embracing climbing for all the right reasons. Pursuit of technical mastery and love for the outdoors over the gamification of grades and emphasis on physical training. On the other hand, this is also the story …

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Dr. Jim Dahle of the White Coat Investor on Building the Ideal Life

Mr. Clipping Chains — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Jim Dahle is the founder of the White Coat Investor, a widely consumed personal finance and investing blog and podcast specifically designed for physicians and other high-income careers. What Jim created in 2011 as a simple blog has grown into a multi-media empire that now employs fifteen people and hosts content from a range of …

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The Real Cost of Home Ownership (and a Life Update)

Mr. Clipping Chains — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 06:00:00 +0000

In the summer of 2020, we sold our home in Denver, Colorado, where we had lived for seven years. Once all the costs were tallied, we were shocked to see the return on our home ownership investment. Should we have rented instead? Today we revisit this post in light of our recent move. Listen to …

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Heather Larsen: Risk And Reward In Outdoor Careers

Mr. Clipping Chains — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Today on episode 61 I’m pleased to welcome Heather Larsen, pro slackliner and climber and lover of southern Utah’s desert heat. What is probably less known about Heather is that, following humble beginnings, she graduated at the height of the Great Recession with a double major in finance and economics. In the intervening years, she …

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Brent Barghahn: Real Estate Investing and the Future of Home Ownership

Mr. Clipping Chains — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Today on episode 59 I’m pleased to host Brent Barghahn, a 29-year-old elite climber who used real estate investment as a way to effectively “retire” from his career as an engineer in the outdoor industry in his late twenties. Brent and I discussed a fascinating reality on the idea of dream jobs, the growing trend …

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The Great Transition of the US Housing Market

Mr. Clipping Chains — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 07:00:00 +0000

Since the pandemic began in the spring of 2020, we’ve witnessed an unparalleled explosion of price growth in all forms of housing. Until the peak in June 2022, single family home prices rose 45%. But prospective home owners weren’t the only ones biting their nails. Rents also rose over 15%, peaking in late 2022. The …

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Is the Real Estate Investment Boom Killing US Housing Affordability?

Mr. Clipping Chains — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Find me a person who can talk and you’ll find someone with an opinion on the housing market or real estate investment. And most of those opinions—even from happily settled homeowners—bear the tones of suspicion at best and downright defeat at worst. Housing prices have skyrocketed a staggering 34% nationwide over the past two years. …

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EP 27: Homes and Vans with Tien and Brandon Rooney

Mr. Clipping Chains — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Today on episode 27 we are taking a deeper dive on real estate investing with climbers Tien and Brandon Rooney of Five Twelve Real Estate. This couple shares a very intriguing history, spanning from college athletics to corporate world wake-up calls, the latter of which inspired them to uproot their lives and teach and travel …

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