Jamie Bush
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Jamie Bush Quick Facts
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- Financial Education, Investing
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- Author, Speaker, Business owner
Jamie has an MBA from Rutgers University and a Professional Certificate in Real Estate Finance, Investment and Development from NYU. He's traded stocks since he was 13 and bought his first property within a year of graduating college. He also flipped properties and got out before the 2008 mortgage meltdown because he was able to see the market turning before it happened. He's started two companies and also has experience in investing in antiques, collectibles, gold, silver and trading futures.
He currently operates a website dedicated to helping people grow their money and achieve financial freedom.
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The Only 2 Things You Can Invest
When we talk about investing, most people think that there is only one way to do it. If you asked 100 people on the street what you need to be an investor, almost all of them would answer with money. While that is half correct, it is only one of the correct answers. The other one is less talked about. Time.
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4 Reasons To Start Your Own Business
1. Be your own boss, live and work how you choose and make your own hours: This one is obvious but it's funny how many people don't really believe this. I know many real estate investors that take multiple vacations a year and brag about a 4 day work week. They generally also work part time because they realize that they can delegate to other more experienced people for things they're not good at. 2. Become more intelligent than almost everyone else:
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Don't Learn About Diversification The Hard Way
Ever hear the story of the guy who was rich one day and homeless the next? He wasn't diversified. Ask all the former millionaires that invested in just tech stocks around 1998 and boasted about their wealth before they watched it go to $0. You might think this is uncommon, but it happens more often than you might think. Madoff and others convinced people to give them all their retirement savings and promised them unbelievable returns only to lose it all. Others bet it all on Enron stock thinking it couldn't go down only to lose everything.
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How To Invest In Rare Coins For Huge Returns
Did you know if you invested in rare coins in 1970, you could have made a 7135% return on your investment? There are many stories in which rare coins purchased by savvy investors (in the 1950's) using only a few thousand dollars, realized hundreds of thousands and even millions of dollars at auction many years later! Almost every country in the world has minted coins. You can collect ancient Roman and Greek coins or more modern US coins, the choice is up to you. Within each country, coin designs have evolved and changed over the decades.
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Real Estate Basics
There’s nothing better than owning your own home. Not only is there a sense of pride in owning real estate but if you take care of it, there are few returns that can match it over the long term. For most people, their primary residence will fall under this category. If you don’t own a home, now is a good time to lock in low interest rate mortgages. Find a way to buy something even if it’s a one bedroom condo. Real estate is one of the most consistent performers over time and will always be in demand.
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Gold & Silver: A History & How To Invest
Studying the price history of gold and silver is fascinating. For over a hundred years the value of an ounce of gold was $20 and an ounce of silver $1. Silver historically has a ratio of 20:1 to gold, so eventually it should match that again - meaning the price should increase. At today's gold prices, we should expect that silver would be priced around $80 per ounce. There are various theories on why this is not the case including demand and industry fluctuations, the US leaving the gold standard and market manipulation.
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5 Paths To Financial Disaster
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The Millionaires Shopping Guide
The following may shock you but it's based on many focus groups and years of research conducted by Thomas Stanley. He has dedicated much of his career to studying the traits and habits of people who have $1 million or more net assets. This is vastly different from people who earn $1 million or more. Net is the amount of money left over after debts. So let's get to the lists. All data is from the book Stop Acting Rich...and Start Living Like a Real Millionaire by Thomas J. Stanley (2009). Cars: Most Recent Acquisition 1. Toyota (Camry, Avalon, Highlander, Sequoia, Sienna)r
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The European Debt Implosion: Hola Spain
I expect many of you are hearing about the events in Europe and wondering what the big deal is. There were 2 major events that happened in Europe last week, the French and Greek elections. The socialist parties gained major victories which signaled the end of austerity measures. This spells the end of Sarkozy, one of Germany's last allies. Bailouts are highly unpopular in the German mindset and Merkel already took massive criticism for the earlier bailouts that didn't include social program reform. Now that Sarkozy has lost, Germany will be alone in the austerity fight.
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Why the Consumer Price Index Doesn't Work
Ben Be anke is so busy computing academic formulas that he forgot to go shopping and take a look at what’s really going on out there. He is famously called helicopter Ben after he made the statement that he could drop money out of helicopters to fight deflation. Is that a joke? This guy has a PhD in economics and has studied the great depression for the most part of his career, yet he thinks these tactics will work when there are clear examples in history that prove otherwise. You can never print money forever, period.
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Getting Out of Debt
Debt is bad and you want to get rid of it right away. Nothing destroys lives, marriages and creates more stress than being in debt. The way out is not hard in theory but requires a life change. This is usually were people pass or fail; many times they are unwilling to make a lifestyle change to save their financial future. When you want to buy that Lexus, remember: the ancient Greeks and Romans walked around in sandals and wore robes and they were just fine. Cars are luxury items, so be a smart purchaser. Remember that expensive doesn’t always mean better quality.
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Understanding Different Types of Debt: Good vs. Bad
Understanding types of debt is crucial. Good debt is debt that you have that pays for itself. For example, a rental property or business that you own pays for the loan you took out for it; your money is not going into it. This is the defining line. Bad debt is just about any debt that most of us have and includes credit cards, mortgages, loans for school (contrary to what some of us may have been told), cars, etc. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t take out loans for school or a house but just that it’s bad debt and should be paid off quickly.
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