Are Real Estate Agents Worth It?

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  How I Write This Blog

  I use AI to write Dollar Llama. Here's why I think that's fine, and why it fits into a much longer story about how humans share ideas.

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• Investing

  What Rory McIlroy Can Teach You About Picking Stocks

  The gap between amateurs and professionals isn't talent. It's infrastructure. That's true in golf, and it's even more true in investing.

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• Real Estate

  Cost Segregation: The Real Estate Cheat Code (No, Seriously)

  Cost segregation is a perfectly legal tax strategy that turns decades of depreciation into a single year. Here's how it works.

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• Real Estate

  Buy & Hold vs BRRRR vs Flip: Which Real Estate Strategy Is Best?

  Three strategies. Three different risk profiles. Which one should you pick based on your goals and market conditions?

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• Investing

  Why Investors Buy Sports Teams (And Why They Lose Money)

  Sports teams are money-losing businesses with celebrity status. Here's why billionaires keep buying them anyway.

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• Investing

  How Countries Invest Their Money (And What They're Doing Wrong)

  Sovereign wealth funds have trillions to invest. But even with unlimited capital and no deadline, most of them underperform the market.

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• Real Estate

  Are Real Estate Agents Worth It?

  Most people think real estate agents cost 6%. They don't. They cost thousands more. Here's why.

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• Investing

  Training for Your Race: Why Chasing Performance Guarantees Underperformance

  If you train specifically for the Boston Marathon, you might run it faster. But you'll never run another race well again.

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• Investing

  What Good Financial Advisors Actually Do

  Most people think advisors pick stocks. Good advisors know that's the worst part of their job.

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• Investing

  Good Investing Is Boring

  The best investment strategy is simple, consistent, and will never feel exciting. And that's the point.

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• Investing

  The 20-Fund Portfolio: Complexity Without Extra Returns

  More funds doesn't mean better returns. It usually just means more fees and more heartbreak.

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• Investing

  Allocator vs Investor: The Most Important Distinction in Finance

  99% of investors are confused about which role they're actually playing. Here's how to figure out yours.

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• Investing

  Active vs Passive Investing: The Debate Nobody Gets Right

  Both sides are wrong. Here's what the data actually says about beating the market.

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