August Upate
on Aug 24, 2009 in outestate gold lending club finance saving A lot has been happening lately. Mostly preparing for the arrival of my first child, so expect blogs on 529 plans and Coverdell ESAs. I have been working on the room for a month now. And it is amazing how much stuff a baby requires, but fiscal res...

Pre-1933 Gold Sale
on Jul 15, 2009 in gold USAGOLD USAGOLD has Netherlands Trade Ducets for sale at a really good price. I do not normally recommend the pre-1933 coins as they usually have a very high mark up, but at this price they are a good way to start buying gold. They are .1106 oz net gold we...

Lending Club, FOREX, and Gold
on Jul 10, 2009 in gold forex lending club lending currency Prosper Just a quick lunch update on what I am currently researching. I signed up with Lending Club and transferred some cash to the account. I will explore it over the next week and share my thoughts since Prosper seems to be in an eternal quiet period.My...

Social Investing - Microcredit
on Jun 30, 2009 in social investing microlending charity microcredit microfinance MicroPlace Kiva One of my good friends is heavily involved charity work at the moment and has sent me a couple microcredit sites. These are sites that provide financing to people in poverty to improve their lives by encouraging entrepreneurship. They are generally...

Zero Down Cash Flow Positive Rental Property
on Jun 2, 2009 in zero down outestate rental property One of my investments I am trying to rapidly expand is rental property. Most of the wealthy people I know have made their fortunes through rental property, so I wanted in on it. My grandfather is one of them, but for him it was always a full time j...

Prosper Down Again
on May 11, 2009Looks like my Prosper blog will have to wait. They have shut down again. They are still servicing loans, but not accepting new ones. According to the email I received they are shut down to get a national securities license. Here is what they have...

Peer to Peer Lending
on Apr 28, 2009Consumer lending is an interesting investment that used to only be available if you had large amounts of cash available to lend. The internet has made it possible to loan amounts as small as $50 at a time. There are now several services available o...

Gold Vs. Silver
on Apr 22, 2009This will be my last major blog on metals for a while, unless something really unusual happens in the market. As the final topic I want to address the debate between silver and gold. There are plenty of extremely long articles available on why silv...

Bars vs. Coins, What to buy?
on Apr 8, 2009There are two major ways to buy physical gold, bars and coins. This applies to silver and platinum as well. Silver adds rounds, which look like coins but are treated more like bars. You can also get silver or gold shot, bags of 1-2mm nuggets, most...

Tracking Networth
on Apr 3, 2009 in networth investing I am taking a quick break from the gold blogs. I really did not plan on spending this much time on gold in the first place, but there is a lot to know before you get started. So what is this blog about? Its about tracking your investments to see i...