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haha, well he knows we've been looking at houses for over a year now and also looked at this particular house when it came up for sale a few years ago (next to a landfill, about 10miles out of the way from my wife & I's normal driving routes to our jobs so never was worth a whole lot to us)

what I didn't know was that when we quit feeding calves for him that our rent would only go up $100/month which to be honest I don't know if he knows that or not.... communication between him & his wife aren't always the best. but when rent goes from $200 to $300/month instead of the $600 or $700 that I was expecting it makes this place a lot more tolerable for the time being

Here is the link to the Seeking Alpha article. Very informative. SPHD is the core holding in our ROTH IRAs.

Dividend ETF Investing

At every company I would ask others, "Do you save money or live paycheck to paycheck?"

a) About half were paycheck to paycheck.
b) Most of the saving group could only save through 401k and house payments.
c) Some bachelors would tell them they have never spent any of the second paycheck of the month, but always saved it.
d) Some 60 year old guys would say they don't need to work any more, they just do it for fun, and invest all the after taxes income from the job.

What I realized from all this was that most married couples will soon get in a race to see who can spend it first.

a) In my clan, of my brothers, sister, and cousins... half are self made and half just have their house, 401k, and inheritance.
b) It does not matter if they are liberal or conservative, hard working or lazy, alcoholic or dry..... it is the saving and investing that makes the difference.