Real Estate Should You Hire a Lawyer and an Expert to Buy a House? Avoid Lawyers When Possible with an Exception In real estate deals, unless you are a lawyer or have much experience & expertise, it is always best to have a competent lawyer or equivalent represent you. I’ve been buying many real estate properties. By my 10th deal (out of some 350 de Written by William G. Hill July 21, 2020October 1, 2020
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 the Written by William G. Hill June 13, 2020October 5, 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. If a doctor sets your broken bones for a fee, who is benefited? Written by William G. Hill April 18, 2020August 23, 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, 2020August 23, 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, 2020August 23, 2020
Business How to Start a Remote Business Interested in knowing how to start a remote business? Check out the listed steps to take in order to set up your first remote business. Work from wherever you happen to be. Written by William G. Hill April 9, 2020October 5, 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, 2020October 5, 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, 2020August 23, 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, 2020September 18, 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, 2020September 18, 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, 2020September 18, 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, 2020September 18, 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, 2020September 18, 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, 2020January 24, 2021
Business How to Start a Remote Business Interested in knowing how to start a remote business? Check out the listed steps to take in order to set up your first remote business. Work from wherever you happen to be. Written by William G. Hill April 9, 2020October 5, 2020
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, 2019January 2, 2021
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, 2019October 9, 2020
Business How to Become a Copywriter – Hands on Guide Quick Summary ↬ Every business needs one thing more than anything else, and that is Sales. If you can help people 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 Written by William G. Hill September 23, 2019October 5, 2020