This week November 10, 2018, we review the recent announcement that the crowdfunding real estate site RealtyShares is shutting down. We review how to evaluate private real estate deals including platform risk as it relates to opportunity funds. We also look at a comprehensive online financial planning site (New Retirement) that you can try for free. … [Read more...]
161: What You Need To Know About Retirement Calculators
How retirement planning and retirement spending calculators work and what are some of their flaws. Why figuring out how much money you will have when you retire and how long it will last is a lot like the work hydrologists do to figure out whether Phoenix or Los Angeles will run out of water. Photo by Andrew Branch In this episode you’ll learn: How aquifers, aqueducts, rivers and springs are like retirement assets. What is water banking. What is the difference between … [Read more...]