Tag: Retirement Planning

Fundrise: The Easy Way to Start Real Estate Investing

With sky high real estate prices, it seems hopeless trying to purchase your first home. While buying a home might be unattainable for some, there are new ways to own a slice of private real estate. Fundrise, a real estate investing platform founded in 2010, offers you the opportunity...

Where should you rollover your 401k?

One of your first encounters with the archaic U.S. financial system will occur the first time you need to rollover your 401k/403b. The process is incredibly confusing, involves coordinating with multiple brokerage firms, and can take anywhere from a few days to over a week to complete. In the...

How much will the market help you retire?

By Jeff Lundy I know a couple friends who model their retirement outcomes. Recently, I asked them what growth rate they assumed for investments. Interestingly, we all used a similar rate: 4%. That seems appropriately conservative, and by setting it low you bake in all kinds of uncertainties (taxes...