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Build Wealth as a Self-Sufficient Homeowner: DIY Investing From Real Estate to Stocks

Build Wealth as a Self-Sufficient Homeowner: DIY Investing From Real Estate to Stocks

by | Mar 1, 2024 | ,

DIY investing empowers self-sufficient homeowners to build wealth through stocks, real estate, and smart financial choices. Image by Nattanan Kanchanaprat, Pixabay. Many people rely on financial advisors to guide their investment decisions. However, advisors often charge high fees and some may even have conflicts of interest. As a self-sufficient homeowner interested in investing, you can take control of your finances by becoming your own advisor. This is the DIY investing mindset. Learning investment basics requires time and effort upfront. However, it allows you to customize your strategy based on your specific financial goals, risk tolerance, and values. And you avoid paying unnecessary fees to advisors. Taking Control of Your Financial Future with DIY Investing Step 1: Define Goals: To get started, first clearly define your financial objectives. Do you want to save for retirement, a college fund, a home down payment, or something else? Identifying your goals will shape your DIY...

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If you find yourself occasionally having to kill and dispose of rattlesnakes, why not learn a bit about tanning a snake skin and cooking snake meat?Rattlesnakes can be unwelcome visitors around the homestead. Of course, if I happen upon one of the serpents while riding or hiking in the desert, I let it slither on its way, but when a venomous reptile shows up too close to the house or barn I feel obliged to kill it. Even then, however, I never simply discard the victim of my defensive action because the serpents are just plain too useful to throw away. There’s an old saying about using all of a pig but the squeal. Well, I’ve learned everything from tanning snake skin to cooking snake meat to making snake-bone jewelry–how to use all of a rattlesnake but the hiss!First, though, let me emphasize that snakes play vital ecological roles in…
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Are you hoping to reduce waste in your laundry room? Make a wool dryer balls DIY project to save time and energy and say goodbye to wasteful, one-use dryer sheets!Supplies NeededWool yarn in several colors (make sure it’s not “washable”)Crochet hook or yarn needlePantyhose Fabric scissors Let’s Begin 1. One 3.5-ounce skein of yarn will make 2 dryer balls; you’ll need about 4 balls for any load of laundry, so gather 2 full skeins, plus more for additional color, if desired. 2. Find one end of your first skein of yarn, and start by wrapping the yarn 7 to 8 times around your first two fingers. Then wrap the yarn around itself the opposite way so you have a small bundle of wool. Keep wrapping tightly, changing directions frequently, until you have a rounded bundle the size of a tennis ball. 3. You can leave your ball one solid color,…
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