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How I Lost Money in Real Estate before it was Fashionable

Podcasts:

Mile High FI

Invest2FI

          Bigger Pockets: Lethal Real Estate Mistakes

Posts:

1500 Days to Freedom

Life Outside the Maze

Podcast interviews

  • Bogleheads, host Rick Ferri, episode 053: On The Simple Path to Wealth
  • Bogleheads, 
  • Choose FI, episode 411: The Simple Path to Wealth (4th interview – see below)
  • My Millennial Money Medical: Talking with Dev Raga in Australia
  • MorningStar’s The Long View: The Case for Simplicity
  • Financially Independent Teachers: Reaching Financial Independence
  • The Earn & Invest Podcast: Can you teach financial wellness?
  • Inspire to FIRE: The Simple Path to Wealth
  • SuperbDiamondRange: SPW in Scotland
  • Northstar Unplugged: Money and Sleep
  • Earn & Invest: Has the FIRE movement evolved?
  • New Retirement: JL Collins and The Simple Path to Wealth
  • Choose FI: The Simple Path to Wealth (3rd interview – see below)
  • Budgets & Brews: The Simple Path to Wealth Feat
  • Marriage, Kids & Money: How to Achieve Financial Independence 
  • Jillian Johnsrud: Demystifying Index Fund Investing
  • The Mindful Millionaire: The Psychology of Investing
  • His and Her Money: How to handle your investments in times like these
  • The Mindful Millionaire: The 2020 Bear Market
  • Earn & Invest: COVID-19: The unvarnished truth from Doc G.
  • The Mad Fientist: Coronavirus Market Crash
  • BiggerPockets: Coronavirus changes nothing
  • Journey to Launch: The Simple Path to Wealth and all you need to know about Index Investing
  • Meaningful Money: The Simple Path to Wealth Pete calls this his favorite interview in the 10 years he has been doing them
  • What’s Up Next: On not having a Legacy Doc G is a masterful interviewer and in this one we go one-on-one
  • What’s Up Next: How to Raise Financially Responsible Children. The episode includes my wife Jane and Doug Nordman of The Military Guide
  • NGPF: Tim Ranzetta Talks to JL Collins About Financial Independence and Investing
  • Bigger Pockets Money Show: The Simple Path to Wealth
  • Choose FI: Stock Series, Part I
  • Choose FI: Stock Series, Part II and their follow-up conversation about it
  • DoughRoller: Achieving Financial Independence
  • So Money with Farnoosh Torabi: The Simple Path to Wealth
  • The Mad Fientist: The Importance of F-You Money
  • The Mad Fientist: The Simple Path to Wealth
  • Afford Anything Podcast with Paula Pant
  • Radical Personal Finance: Why your house is a terrible investment
  • Create My Independence: F-You Money, Stepping Away, Fear and Investing
  • Scavenger Life: How scavengers can achieve financial independence
  • Scavenger Life: Running an eBay Store and Airb&b with Jay and Ryanne
    • (me interviewing them, my first Podcast as the interviewer!)

Video interviews

  • Talks at Google: The Simple Path to Wealth
  • Trip of a Lifestyle: Beating the Market
  • Mini-Chautauqua Q&A
  • The Wealthy Nurse: The Simple Path to Wealth
  • SuperbDiamondRange: SPW in Scotland
  • The Mindful Millionaire
  • The Wealthy Educator: The Simple Path to Wealth
  • Convene Training + Resilience Community: The Simple Path to Wealth
  • New Retirement: JL Collins and The Simple Path to Wealth
  • Trip of a Lifestyle: Financial Independence and The Simple Path to Wealth
  • The Master Your Money Summit: The Simple Path to Wealth
  • LIVE Webinar Q&A hosted by Hahna Kane Latonick
  • Even Steven Money: The Simple Path to Wealth and Early Retirement Blueprint
  • Mike & Lauren YouTube: Video Series based on the Stock Series
  • Mike & Lauren YouTube: Why your house is a terrible investment In the Q&A we also discuss asset allocation, bonds and even dating.
  • Mike & Lauren YouTube: Responding to my post on Dollar Cost Averaging, Mike & Lauren explore the emotional side of the question in this video: What is your emotional threshold?

Videos

  • jlcollinsnh does the John Goodman Fuck You Money clip from The Gambler
  • John Goodman doing it
  • A Guided Meditation for when the stock market is dropping

Written interviews

  •  Financieel Onafhankelijk Blog: JL Collins: reaching financial independence without a clue
  •  Millennial Revolution: An Interview with the Godfather…of FI
  • Physician on FIRE: Christopher Guest Post: JL Collins
  • Street Smart Finance: Mr. Money Mustache and Jim Collins: An Interview In this one my daughter Jessica also answers the same questions.
  • 27 Good Things: Three Things to Read, Watch and Use
  • 1500 Days:
    • 10 Questions with jlcollinsnh
    • Interview, Part I
    • Interview, Part II
    • Interview, Part III
  • Johnny Moneyseed: A Man with F-You Money

Articles featuring jlcollinsnh

  • The Netherlands, Cheesyfinance  Reaching FI without a Clue
  • Mr. Money Mustache: How about that stock market?
  • Mr. Money Mustache: Financial Independence…23 Years Later: It has never been about retirement
  • Mr. Money Mustache: What to do about this scary stock market
  • Street Smart Finance:  How to invest money in any economy
  • Waves of Wealth: Financial Titans: J. L. Collins
  • Eat the Financial Elephant: DIY Investing Resource #1: JL Collins’ “Stock Series”
  • 1500 Days: Me and Jimmy C (be sure to read the comments/contest entries. Funny stuff!)
  • The Escape Artist: There is a major market crash coming…

Voice Over 

  • SPOT 1
  • SPOT 2
  • Video  I show up at about 1:16 and then a bit later too.

Important Resources

  • Talent Stacker is a resource that I learned about through my work with Jonathan and Brad at ChooseFI, and first heard about Salesforce as a career option in an episode where we featured Bradley Rice on the Podcast. In that episode, Bradley shared how he reached FI quickly thanks to his huge paychecks and discipline in keeping his expenses low. Jonathan teamed up with Bradley to build Talent Stacker, and they have helped more than 1,000 students from all walks of life complete the program and land jobs like clockwork, earning double or even triple their old salaries using a Salesforce certification to break into a no-code tech career.
  • Credit Cards are like chain saws. Incredibly useful. Incredibly dangerous. Resolve to pay in full each month and never carry a balance. Do that and they can be great tools. Here are some of the very best for travel hacking, cash back and small business rewards.
  • Personal Capital is a free tool to manage and evaluate your investments. With great visuals you can track your net worth, asset allocation, and portfolio performance, including costs. At a glance you'll see what's working and what you might want to change. Here's my full review.
  • Betterment is my recommendation for hands-off investors who prefer a DIFM (Do It For Me) approach. It is also a great tool for reaching short-term savings goals. Here is my Betterment Review
  • NewRetirement offers cool tools to help guide you in answering the question: Do I have enough money to retire? And getting started is free. Sign up and you will be offered two paths into their retirement planner. I was also on their podcast and you can check that out here:Video version, Podcast version.
  • Tuft & Needle (T&N) helps me sleep at night. They are a very cool company with a great product. Here’s my review of what we are currently sleeping on: Our Walnut Frame and Mint Mattress.
  • Vanguard.com

Comments

  1. Gene Pool says

    May 4, 2015 at 3:13 pm

    Another sighting in this interview with Bill McNabb 40 years and $3 trillion later: Vanguard’s CEO on what has changed and what hasn’t. Unless there is another Jim Collins running around for him to paraphrase.

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      May 4, 2015 at 7:05 pm

      Thanks Gene…

      But that is indeed a different Jim Collins, and one far more famous than I to boot: http://www.jimcollins.com

      He is the reason I go by JL Collins on the blog.

      Still, an interesting article….

      Reply
  2. Pat Schmitzer says

    April 2, 2018 at 2:00 pm

    Jim, loved the book and earned my F-You money at the age of 41 and stayed home to participate in my kids formative years; now they are in or approaching college. That brings me to my comment. In your book in the topic of DEBT (page 29) you say “Here’s the real kicker: Unlike other kinds of debt, as truly awful as they are, you can never walk away from your student loans. They survive bankruptcy…. Your wages, and even Social Security, can be garnished to pay them.” I hear many stories and news reports to the contrary, including government forgiveness plans after making minimum payments for a set period of years. Many “experts” say that our country’s growing student debt that likely will never get paid off and leave tax payers holding the bag suggests that the claws you mention are not true or there are loopholes that escape us readers.

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      April 2, 2018 at 2:08 pm

      Hi Pat…

      Your comment and question would be best as part of this post: https://jlcollinsnh.com/2015/03/26/stocks-part-xxviii-debt-the-unacceptable-burden/

      If you move it there, I’ll try to help.

      Thanks!

      Reply
  3. Elmir says

    December 28, 2018 at 10:24 am

    Mr. Collins,
    Your book is phenomenally simple & specific. The best financial guidance book I have ever read. I’m 32 now and plan to invest in VTSAX as soon as possible and add more over the upcoming years.
    Quick question about the investments apps such as Acorn or Stash – what is your opinion on them?

    Warm regards,
    Elmir

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      January 2, 2019 at 8:53 am

      Thanks Elmir…

      That would make a great 5-star review on Amazon if you are so inclined.

      I am unfamiliar with Acorn or Stash, but have handled my investments just fine without them in my life. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Ann-Sophie says

    July 17, 2019 at 2:57 am

    Dear Mister Collins,

    Greetings from Belgium, and thank you for getting back to me on my twitter post! I was hoping to get in touch with you on behalf of our investment club (10 lovely people putting the Fun in Funds), to possibly arrange for a meetup. Thank you in advance!

    Kind regards,

    Ann-Sophie

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      July 17, 2019 at 5:57 am

      Thanks Ann-Sophie…

      I’d be delighted. 🙂

      PM sent.

      Reply
  5. Ivo Zarnic says

    August 5, 2019 at 5:47 am

    Hi, I’m new to your site but have heard about your writing many times. I’ve clicked on the link above for Personal Capital (also on other pages from other sites) and their website never comes up? can you suggest why this maybe. Just a note I reside in New Zealand, is that a possible reason?

    Regards Ivo

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      August 5, 2019 at 10:24 am

      Hi Ivo…

      It’s probably a problem on your side. Probably an Adblocker. The links seem to be working fine.

      Regards

      jlcollinsnh.com tech team

      Reply
  6. wishicouldsurf says

    January 24, 2020 at 6:21 pm

    So just checked out your blog again after a long hiatus. Political ads on here now – I don’t have any issue with it, but I find it quite interesting who “the algorithms” think I need to see an ad from!

    Reply
  7. Marge Gross says

    November 4, 2020 at 11:44 am

    Thank you for your user friendly investment advice! Your blog has been a tremendous source of hope for me to envision retiring next year. Since reading your site a few week ago, I m ready to fire my American Funds broker who’s a good friend but I’d rather he make money off someone else.

    So my husband and I were laid off last Feb and have 90k in Fidelity 403B.
    We also have 235k in American Funds, 150k in banks.
    How would you advise us to invest these?
    I am 59, my husband is 51.

    Reply
  8. Pia De Los Reyes says

    March 9, 2021 at 8:30 pm

    Hi there!

    Your book was recently featured as the top recommendation in this article: https://mint.intuit.com/blog/early-career/books-on-how-to-become-a-millionaire/.

    Congrats! I thought you might like to add it to this page.

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      March 9, 2021 at 8:42 pm

      Thanks Pia…

      I appreciate you pointing this out.

      It doesn’t fit on this page, but I’ll Tweet and FB it.

      Reply
  9. Shilpan Patel says

    April 13, 2021 at 11:57 pm

    You are a master storyteller!

    Reply
  10. Ariah says

    July 8, 2021 at 1:52 am

    Have you seen the Index Fund Cheat Sheet out there from Next Level Finance? It looks like it matches up with what you are saying in your book and your site but since I am brand spanking new to all of this, I wanted to make sure. I am afraid of being swindled and don’t want to believe everything I read. Thank you for your time.

    Reply
  11. Chris (Mr. Inspire To FIRE) says

    December 18, 2021 at 10:46 am

    Hi JL,

    Could you add our podcast interview to this list?

    https://www.inspiretofire.com/jl-collins-simple-path/

    Thank you!

    Reply
    • jlcollinsnh says

      December 22, 2021 at 12:01 pm

      Done!

      Reply
  12. Tim (Carrot) says

    January 11, 2023 at 11:00 am

    Hi JL,

    My name is Tim/Carrot. I’m a rock climber who also writes about climbing and talks about climbing on theDIHEDRAL Podcast.

    I just finished your book and wish I would have read it years ago. It is so helpful.

    After reading it I immediately thought I should get a hold of you to see if you would be willing to chat with us about investing for dirtbags. If you aren’t familiar with the term, it generally refers to folks who work to climb/ski/surf. They usually have no debt but also very little income. Several embrace van life to avoid high rent and house payments. They are used to a minimalist life style.

    I am hoping a topic like this would be unique enough to pique your interest, we would love to have you join us for an episode where we can talk about your books and apply some methods to the dirtbag case study.

    We are hoping upon hope that you’ll have some interest. Please let us know if you do or if you’d like more info!

    Thanks again for all your advice and consideration!

    Tim (Carrot)
    theDIHEDRAL

    Reply
  13. Kaiden Kelly says

    January 18, 2023 at 11:39 am

    Mr. Collins,

    My name is Kaiden, I host a podcast called Book Club with Kaiden Kelly where I read and discuss messages and ideas from a different book each week to help listeners find peace, purpose, and meaning in their lives. I read and covered The Simple Path to Wealth and was inspired by your work like so many others.
    Would you or anyone from your team be willing to join me in my podcast to discuss your book and work?
    Your time is valuable, thank you for reading and responding to this email ahead of time.

    Regards,

    Kaiden

    Reply

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  • Recommended Credit Cards
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  • Betterment or My Review
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      • Chautauqua 2014 preview, closing up for travel and other random cool things that caught my eye of late.
      • Case Study #10: Should Josiah buy his parents a house?
      • Case Study #9: Lars -- maximizing some good fortune and considering "dollar cost averaging"
      • Case Study #8: Ron's mother - she's doin' all right!
    • ► January (4)
      • roundup: Some random cool things
      • Stocks — Part XXI: Investing with Vanguard for Europeans
      • Case Study #7: What it looks like when everything financial goes wrong
      • 1st Annual Louis Rukeyser Memorial Market Prediction Contest 2013 results, and my forecast for 2014
  • ► 2013 (41)
    • ► December (4)
      • Closing up for the Holidays, see you in 2014
      • Betterment: a simpler path to wealth
      • Case Study 6: Helping an ill and elderly parent
      • Stocks -- Part XX: Early Retirement Withdrawal Strategies and Roth Conversion Ladders from a Mad Fientist
    • ► November (3)
      • Death, Taxes, Estate Plans, Probate and Prob8
      • Case Study #5: Zero to 2.6 million in 25 years
      • Case Study #4: Using the 4% rule and asset allocations.
    • ► October (3)
      • Republic Wireless and my $19 per month phone plan
      • Case Study #3: Let's get Tom to Latin America!
      • The Stock Series gets its own page
    • ► September (2)
      • Case Study #2: Joe -- off to a fast start!
      • Chautauqua 2013: A Week of Dreams
    • ► August (1)
      • Closing up shop plus an opening at Chautauqua, my new podcast, phone, book and other random cool stuff
    • ► July (1)
      • They Will Kill You For Your Shoes!
    • ► June (4)
      • Stocks -- Part VIII-b: Should you avoid your company's 401k?
      • Shilpan's Seven Habits to Live More with Less
      • Stocks -- Part XIX: How to think about money
      • My path for my kid -- the first 10 years
    • ► May (5)
      • Why your house is a terrible investment
      • Stocks — Part XVIII: Investing in a raging bull
      • Dining with the Ghosts of Sarah Bernhardt and Alfons Mucha
      • How we finally got the house sold
      • Stocks — Part XVII: What if you can't buy VTSAX? Or even Vanguard?
    • ► April (4)
      • Greetings from Prague & a computer question
      • Swimming with Tigers, a 2nd chance on the Chautauqua, a financial article gets it wrong and I'm off to Prague
      • Storage, Moving and Movers
      • Homeless, and a bit on the strategy of dollar cost averaging
    • ► March (4)
      • Wild Turkeys, Motorcycles, Dining Room Sets & Greed
      • Roots v. Wings: considering home ownership
      • How about that stock market?!
      • The Blog has New Clothes
    • ► February (5)
      • Meet Mr. Money Mustache, JD Roth, Cheryl Reed & me for a Chautauqua in Ecuador
      • High School Poetry, Carnival, cool ads and random pictures that caught my eye
      • Consignment Shops: Best business model ever?
      • Cafes
      • Stocks -- Part XVI: Index Funds are really just for lazy people, right?
    • ► January (5)
      • Social Security: How secure and when to take it
      • Fighting giraffes, surreal landscapes, dancing with unicorns and restoring a Vanagon
      • My plan for 2013
      • VITA, income taxes and the IRS
      • How to be a stock market guru and get on MSNBC
  • ► 2012 (53)
    • ► December (6)
      • See you next year....until then: The Origin of Life, Life on Other Worlds, Mechanical Graveyards, Great Art, Alternative Lifestyles and Finding Freedom
      • Stocks -- Part XV: Target Retirement Funds, the simplest path to wealth of all
      • Stocks -- Part XIV: Deflation, the ugly escort of Depressions.
      • Stocks Part XIV: Deflation, the ugly escort of Depressions.
      • Stocks -- Part XIII: The 4% rule, withdrawal rates and how much can I spend anyway?
      • How I learned to stop worrying about the Fiscal Cliff and you can too.
    • ► November (2)
      • Rent v. owning: A couple of case studies in Ecuador
      • So, what does a month in Ecuador cost anyway?
    • ► October (4)
      • See you in December....
      • Meet me in Ecuador?
      • The Podcast: You can hear me now.
      • Stocks -- Part XII: Bonds
    • ► September (6)
      • Stocks -- Part XI: International Funds
      • The Smoother Path to Wealth
      • Case Study #I: Putting the Simple Path to Wealth into Action
      • Tales of Bolivia: Calle de las Brujas
      • Stocks -- Part X: What if Vanguard gets Nuked?
      • Travels in South America: It was the best of times....
    • ► August (1)
      • Home again
    • ► June (4)
      • Yellow Fever, closing up shop for the summer and heading to Peru y Bolivia
      • I could not have said it better myself...
      • Stocks -- Part IX: Why I don't like investment advisors
      • Happy Birthday, jlcollinsnh; and thanks for the gift Mr. MM!
    • ► May (6)
      • Stocks -- Part VIII: The 401K, 403b, TSP, IRA & Roth Buckets
      • Mr. Money Mustache
      • The College Conundrum
      • Stocks -- Part VII: Can everyone really retire a millionaire?
      • Stocks -- Part VI: Portfolio ideas to build and keep your wealth
      • Stocks -- Part V: Keeping it simple, considerations and tools
    • ► April (6)
      • Stocks -- Part IV: The Big Ugly Event, Deflation and a bit on Inflation
      • Stocks -- Part III: Most people lose money in the market.
      • Stocks -- Part II: The Market Always Goes Up
      • Stocks -- Part 1: There's a major market crash coming!!!! and Dr. Lo can't save you.
      • You can eat my Vindaloo, mega lottery, Blondie, Noa, Israel Kamakawiwo 'Ole, art, film and a ride on the Space Shuttle
      • Where in the world are you?
    • ► March (7)
      • How I lost money in real estate before it was fashionable, Part V: Sold! and the taxman cometh.
      • How I lost money in real estate before it was fashionable, Part IV: I become a Landlord.
      • How I lost money in real estate before it was fashionable, Part III: The Battle is Joined.
      • How I lost money in real estate before it was fashionable, Part II: The Limits of the Law.
      • How I lost money in real estate before it was fashionable, Part I: Impossibly Naive.
      • You, too, can be conned
      • Armageddon and the value of practical skills
    • ► February (6)
      • Rent v. Owning Your Home, opportunity cost and running some numbers
      • The Casanova Kid, a Shit Knife, a Good Book, Having No Regrets, Dark Matter and a bit of Magic
      • What Poker, Basketball and Mike Whitaker taught me about Luck
      • How to Give like a Billionaire
      • Go ahead, make my day
      • Muk Finds Success in Tahiti
    • ► January (5)
      • Travels with "Esperando un Camino"
      • Beanie Babies, Naked Barbie, American Pickers and Old Coots
      • Selling the House and Adventures in Staging
      • The bashing of Index Funds, Jack Bogle and a Jedi dog trick
      • Magic Beans
  • ► 2011 (22)
    • ► December (1)
      • Dividend Growth Investing
    • ► November (2)
      • The Mummy's head, Particle Physics and "Knocking on Heaven's Door"
      • "It's Better in the Wind" or why I ride a motorcycle
    • ► October (1)
      • Lazy Days and School Days
    • ► July (2)
      • The road to Zanzibar sometimes goes thru Ecuador...
      • Johnny wins the lotto and heads to Paris
    • ► June (16)
      • Chainsaws, Elm Trees and paying for College
      • Stuff I’ve failed at: the early years
      • Snatching Victory from the Jaws of Defeat
      • The. Worst. Used. Car. Ever.
      • Top Ten reasons your future is so bright it hurts my eyes to look at it
      • The Most Dangerous Words Your Customer Can Say
      • How not to drown in The Sea of Assholes
      • What we own and why we own it
      • The Ten Sales Commandments
      • My ever so formal and oh so dry CV
      • How I failed my daughter and a simple path to wealth
      • The Myth of Motivation
      • Why you need F-you money
      • My short attention span
      • Why I can’t pick winning stocks, and you can’t either
      • The Monk and the Minister

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