I spend a lot of time being thoughtful about financial planning, tax optimization via charitable strategies & making financial planning simple.
I believe the 💵 world has too many hot takes and not enough thoughtfulness.
This "thread of threads" catalogues my developing ideas.
I said I'd put myself out there & do interviews. Still not super comfortable doing them over 300lbs 🤷♂️
I'll keep doing them & hopefully get better!
Thank you
@Schwarzenegger
for the motivation (still crazy) &
@FoxNews
for reaching out! I'm happy to interview when invited 🙏
It's important to understand how your taxes work.
Here's a basic illustration that includes wine.
Look, I get it, wine is a good thing, but too much can be a problem. We're looking for balance here.
One of the hardest working members of our village is getting married! Congratulations
@DaveEDanna
! Thank you for inspiring all of us!
#ArnoldsPumpClub
@AndyHVandenBerg
If I can get my buddy to give you his smoked duck risotto you’ll spend the whole night in the kitchen but it won’t matter because you’ll have friends for life
@MikeBotkin_
We have tickets for New Orleans.
Ask my wife what she’d be willing to part with them for, out of curiosity.
60k / ea
“Making the memory is more important than the money for me”
Which I respect.
Also, DM for offers
@Joel7Richardson
Thank you for your candor.
It is absolutely fascinating to me that no one sees the irony in David not being allowed to build the temple because of his attempts to hide his sin.
Have you ever pondered what you would do with lottery winnings?
After tax
let's say its 400M.
What would you do?
(I'm curious to hear your responses)
The ugly truth?
What you'd really do, is exactly what you do now, only magnified.
Money doesn't change, it reveals.
Just found out my very sweet, kind 3rd grader was bullied by a SUBSTITUTE teacher today in front of the class
So much that other kids parents are calling me/ my wife.
He’s at running club, so I haven’t even heard from him.
If you’re me, how are you responding?
The Massive Money Move to supercharge your Roth that your old advisor forgot to tell you about...
(Or doesn't know about)
I'll do a few of these.
Today, it's how to get a tax deduction & grow your money in a Roth.
👀
@bradcarldavis
Cold showers, get up at 4am, meditate, only eat
Forget it, I can’t even write a sentence of that B.S.
You’ll wake up from sleep deprivation soon and feel it was all worth it.
If I could do it over again (not that you care)
I’d change all the diapers. Easy, impactful.
I’m sure I’ll be hauled out of town for this take, here it goes.
If you’ve got $100/mo to invest, I’d rather you had adequate Life Insurance than a Roth contribution.
This applies to almost everyone.
Am I wrong? 👇
It’s life insurance awareness month.
I’m going to post obnoxiously about what you need to know.
Todays message:
Get Disability Insurance (own your own policy - benefits tax free if you pay)
You need Own Occupation.
It’s 3-4x more likely to be useful than Life Insurance.
dating tip
If you’re just starting to see someone, cook a meal together.
Do so with the sole intention of asking
“Is this enough garlic?” After only putting a small amount in.
If they say yes, leave immediately.
@DaveEDanna
It’s almost like you can invest and not overspend and have a great life…
Well, at least he’s not trying to sell a course or something.
Oh wait
At a kids birthday party
Everyone always talks about the subdivision they live in.
Does this only bother me?
I just didn’t grow up talking about that or hearing that, feels like such an attempt to establish social hierarchy
Millennials, want to know how to get ahead?
Making avocado toast at home for a year has saved me $12.38, at this rate, when adjusted for inflation, I’ll be able to retire at 93 for three weeks.
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Quietly launched our Simply One Page plan today.
1 meeting.
1 page plan.
Clarify your Statement of Financial Purpose (why any financial decision matters to you).
Refine your next 3 goals.
Define what’s next NOW.
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Had a really hard conversation with a client today.
I helped him retire a few years ago.
Hadn’t spoken to him in a few months, and sent him a note about a transaction we were completing.
My communication was too short, and he was confused, so gave me a call.
Working on my self talk, and it's caused me to be more mindful of the way I encourage my kids.
At the park yesterday with 2.5 y/o 💅 who is precocious, objectively, and I couldn't help but notice the phrases other dad's used.
"you're not coordinated enough to do that yet..."
@smotus
I’m sorry but this isn’t even close. I’m sure if you’d actually read the JCPOA you’d know. I have no adoration for trump or his cronies, but let’s at least be fair with the facts.
I don’t like dealing with bad news, who does?
Being trusted with deep things, financial and otherwise is a privilege.
That’s why I’m in this business, to be able to make tangible impact in many ways in someone’s life is powerful, at least to me.