Topic
Where the income comes from
Dividends, notes, rentals, and what each one actually pays.
The best withdrawal rate is zero. These look at the assets that pay you without being sold: what dividends really yield, how a private mortgage note works, whether a house beats the index, and what a self-directed IRA can hold.
- August 19, 2026The 8 Retirement Income Streams That Pay You Without Selling AnythingYour 401k isn't income. Here are the eight retirement income streams that pay you without selling an asset or clocking in.
- August 23, 2026What It Takes for Dividends to Cover Your Bills in RetirementThe real math behind living off dividends in retirement: your income gap, the portfolio size behind it, and what reaching for yield costs.
- August 5, 2026How Private Mortgage Notes Work, and What Happens When the Payments StopA plain walkthrough of how private mortgage notes work, the two documents behind them, who gets paid first, and what a default actually costs.
- August 23, 2026Your IRA Can Own Real Estate. Your Brokerage Just Won't Let It.How a self-directed IRA can hold real estate and mortgage notes after 59½, the rules that apply, and why lending usually beats owning inside the account.
- August 3, 2026What $100,000 Becomes After 30 Years in a House and in the S&P 500The 30-year math on $100,000 in the S&P 500 versus a rental house, plus what the bank earned on the same property without being a landlord.
- July 11, 2026The Three Crossover Points That Decide When You Can RetireThe three crossover points every retirement saver hits, and why only the last one tells you it's actually safe to stop working.