Business How-To How To Become A Flower Broker Summary ↬ Learn how the author came up with an idea to start a plant sale and florist business. Prompted by his wife’s crowded and unwanted potted plants terrace, figured that just like the wife, many plant enthusiasts would be willing to give away their beloved flowers for free. ↬ Find o Written by William G. Hill June 8, 2019June 13, 2020
How-To Real Estate How to Win at Property Auctions Introduce Yourself and Make Contacts Never bid at the 1st auction you attend. Go to a few, make friends with the people you see bidding by inviting them out for a drink, snack, or a meal. Most strangers will gladly accept. Then, no harm in saying: “I am in total ignorance about how these k Written by William G. Hill June 13, 2020June 14, 2020
Business Money Do Rich People Get Rich at the Expense of Others? Generally speaking, people get rich by providing a valuable product or service to other people. Why should there be anyone getting hurt? Thus the correlation is ZERO. If a doctor sets your broken bones for a fee, who is benefited? Who is hurt? Written by William G. Hill April 18, 2020May 4, 2020
Business Money Secrets to Investing Like Millionaires – Successful Investing Tips When I was in the Wharton School of Finance (many decades ago), a topic that came up was the “risk-reward ratio.” This common idea was and still taught is that if one took a big risk of leveraging and losing all their money, they could either A) lose it all or B) have a very big return — if th Written by William G. Hill April 16, 2020June 25, 2020
Money Why Are 1% of People Rich and Others Are Not? Why 1%? It is the same reason that it might be said that 1% of people are smart. Or 1% have better vision than others. Why are 99% of all people less smart than the 1%. Why indeed Written by William G. Hill April 14, 2020May 4, 2020
How-To Business Travel How to Start a Remote Business Do Not Rent or Buy an Office Space Why? In most places, a definite, fixed business location means you will be taxed and regulated. Probably you’ll be pressured to get a business license of some sort. Even in tax havens. You can and will be sued. Your mobility will be limited from the start. Al Written by William G. Hill April 9, 2020June 10, 2020
Real Estate How to Buy and Profit from Owning a Mansion? As usual, my answer to why people build and/or buy mansions is different from all the rest. I have bought and sold many mansions. They are called “grand villas” here in Europe. I always bought many places that were way too big for my personal use. I moved into them and personally worked on them Written by William G. Hill April 8, 2020May 4, 2020
Money Do the Attractive Returns of Stock Market Indexes Reflect the Reality? Stock Market Indexes like the Dow Jones & DAX are good for brokers and others promoting stock market investing, but they do not reflect reality. Written by William G. Hill April 3, 2020June 10, 2020
Money Do Wealthy People Get Deceived by Under-performing Money Managers? Why do many wealthy people get deceived by expensive, under-performing money managers who charge high fees but deliver inferior performance compared to cheaper passive investment funds? Written by William G. Hill April 1, 2020May 19, 2020
Money What Will Be the Price of Gold 10 Years from Now? First of all, any predictions about anything are just guesswork. But an intelligent person who is well informed about any subject can make much better guesses than some “know-nothing.” Thus, here are the factors that I would consider before making my guess. The price of gold in the future depend Written by William G. Hill March 30, 2020May 19, 2020
Money Business What Assets Do Wealthy People Have? I may come back to the toys, investments, and hobbies that people with inherited wealth enjoy, but I will start with the mental assets of those who actually made their fortunes on their own. Because of inflation, inherited money people (who did not pitch in to help grow the family business or fortun Written by William G. Hill March 29, 2020May 20, 2020
Money Business How Can I Make Money by Understanding Business Cycles? You can make money by being an entrepreneur who is the first mover. You start the cycle. Never come in at the tail end. The bitcoin bubble may have ended. Was it a temporary glitch or will it go the way of the dot com bubble or the Tulip Craze? Time will tell. Written by William G. Hill March 26, 2020May 21, 2020
Lifestyle What Do the Rich Have in Their Homes That Middle-class People Don’t Have? These days, a million Dollar or million Euro home is only middle class, and the features I like best in my own middle-class place(s) are a small gym, hot tub or spa, and a secret room where, with a buzzer pressed, a book-case turns around to reveal a secret bar and man-cave Written by William G. Hill March 24, 2020May 22, 2020
Money Can You Make It in America? Could Bill Gates have become the richest man in the world had he lived all his life in Africa, which frankly speaking, is one of the hardest environments to live in? Written by William G. Hill March 21, 2020May 24, 2020
Human Behaviour What Are the Secrets for Getting Wealthy? Moral Story Here is my version of an old story that has been around for thousands of years. A poor man complains:“How unfair life is. The rich have everything but I work like a dog just to get by” Written by William G. Hill March 6, 2020May 31, 2020
Money How To Become Financially Independent I made money in real estate by looking at thousands of properties and making a lot of low-ball offers and “no money down” deals. Written by William G. Hill March 5, 2020June 26, 2020
Money Should I Invest in Bitcoin? I got $100 worth a while back. I may well be wrong, but I don’t think Bitcoin will even be around in 20 years, though the Blockchain will certainly revolutionize the financial world in ways we can’t predict. Written by William G. Hill February 25, 2020May 26, 2020
Money What Will Happen If You Take Away the Money of the Rich and Redistribute It? It depends on who does it and why? If you just confiscated their assets and redistributed all the wealth taken from the top 1% you wouldn’t be doing anything new. Written by William G. Hill February 21, 2020May 4, 2020
Lifestyle Why Do Famous People Become Broke? “Easy-come, easy go.” It is surprisingly easy to spend huge amounts. Taxes alone can take more than half. Taking a big entourage of friends on trips, buying them expensive gifts, drugs, cars, and meals. Written by William G. Hill February 18, 2020May 26, 2020
How-To Business Travel How to Start a Remote Business Do Not Rent or Buy an Office Space Why? In most places, a definite, fixed business location means you will be taxed and regulated. Probably you’ll be pressured to get a business license of some sort. Even in tax havens. You can and will be sued. Your mobility will be limited from the start. Al Written by William G. Hill April 9, 2020June 10, 2020
How-To Business Travel 17 Ways to Make Money as a Photographer | Travel Edition Quick Summary ↬ Learn 17 profitable ways for making a living as a photographer. Learn how to recognize opportunities in the photography business, what to avoid and how to wear many hats to take on multiply assignments. Have you ever wondered how to pitch your photography business to models? How to Written by William G. Hill November 23, 2019June 10, 2020
How-To Business How to Start an Email Marketing Business Summary ↬ A promotional letter or an online advertising message introduces, plugs, or promotes a product or service. Most of us consider a promotional letter “junk mail”, but we also think successful marketing letters are nothing less than an art form. Learn how to compose an email letter that Written by William G. Hill November 17, 2019June 2, 2020
Business How-To How to Become a Copywriter – Hands on Guide Quick Summary ↬ Every business needs one thing more than anything else: sales. If you can help them sell more of their products or services, successful entrepreneurs will hire you on the spot. Why? Because you are making them money without any risk or downside to them. ↬ I write for a living, bu Written by William G. Hill September 23, 2019May 4, 2020
Business How-To How to Become a Finder of Missing Heirs Quick Summary ↬ Finder of Missing Heirs is an easy business to get into. If you want to be successful, this line of business can work for you, as long as you are truly committed. I traced heirs while living in the USA, the UK, South Africa, and Australia. It’s a portable profession that I Written by William G. Hill June 30, 2019May 21, 2020
