Scott Bates 
Timing any local real estate market is pure speculation most of the time. But there are some trends you can look for to help decide when it’s the best time to buy or sell a home (or rental property). With experience and some basic trends, you can get better at … Read more
Watching movies about wall street and finance are an excellent way to learn about the history of how money, investments, and various scandals have impacted the different economies around the world. Primarily, in the United States of America. The first finance movie I ever watched was in my 12th-grade Economics … Read more
Late payments can be reported on your credit report for accounts such as Credit Cards, Personal & Auto Loans, Mortgages, and Student Loans. Below, I want to share with you everything I’ve learned over the years regarding disputing and removing late payments from your credit report. Normally, you find out … Read more
Knowing how to list your home on Craigslist is a huge advantage for saving money. I’ve sold every property I’ve ever owned on Craigslist and ended up saving thousands of dollars in realtor commission fees by using a discounted realtor to write-up the contract for me. The best part about … Read more
Can you remove negative feedback from your eBay profile? Is there a special negative feedback removal tool or secret? Many eBay re-sellers think there is, but the truth is, there is not! However, under the right circumstances and a bit of persistence, you can get most negative feedback removed. So … Read more
When I first turned 18, applying for new credit was tough. My credit score was barely a 600 and no one (and I MEAN NO ONE) would give me an approval for my first credit card. I even tried getting a new car loan to buy a cheap Honda Civic DX; … Read more
Parents! I can’t emphasize enough about how important it is to teach your kids about money. Especially, by the age of 14 and they’re teenagers becoming young adults. These days it seems like there’s little to no financial education in the traditional school system. This is setting up young adults … Read more
What’s the exact meaning of the term Must Be Nice? Everyone seems to have a different meaning of the term, which makes it the most condescending term out there according to Urban Dictionary. Did you know? How you understand the way people use this term around you has a direct … Read more
Below, I’m going to provide you with a road-map to show you some examples of everything I’ve ever researched and practiced in my own financial life to grow my net worth. By the time I was 23 years old, I had built up a six figure net worth for the … Read more
In this article, I tell you about the hidden costs of keeping a new automobile for more than 10 years. I kept my last vehicle for almost 18 years, and some people might think I got scammed maintaining and repairing a car with over 200k miles. Maybe I did, but … Read more