The Max Out of Pocket crew pretty much maxed out June 2019 to its fullest. We started the month in Boston playing golf and ended it with a little staycation in our home (vacation) town in New England. We also squeezed in a four day trip to Canada to see the highest tides in the world. We were even able to stay pretty busy around here at the blog. All of this while holding down...
Well, Max OOP got paid again last Friday. Although I was tempted to blow out of work early and take everyone out for overpriced beers and lunch downtown at my favorite pub, I stayed the course. If you haven’t caught the trend yet, Max OOP has been checking in on the Healthcare REIT Experiment every payday the last few months. Since I get paid over 26 pay-periods, this regular schedule works out to every two...
One thing Max OOP has picked up over the years is that buying stocks based on sex appeal usually isn’t a good idea. If you are investing your hard-earned dollars into a company, it is a really good idea to go on a date or two to get an understanding of how that company uses your dollars to put even more dollars back in your pocket. Take the building above; it’s nice to look at,...
We live in a pretty amazing world. One where your average Joe Max can punch a few keys on a keyboard and suddenly call himself an owner of medical office buildings. Then, he can listen in on a meeting occurring thousands of miles away on how much income those medical office buildings are producing.
You know, it’s actually pretty simple. Avoid buying large trucks with over-engineered tailgates to get you to and from the office. Take a pass on the $500,000 cookie-cutter house in the suburb that looks exactly like your neighbors’. Say no to the $150 monthly CrossFit membership fees. Dodge the $5,000 emergency room bills (with the help of Max OOP). The byproduct of several reasonable decisions over time is usually an obnoxious amount of money left...