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How to Plan for Financial Independence and Early Retirement (FIRE)
What is FIRE (Financial Independence and Early Retirement) planning? Illumination Wealth breaks down the steps you should be taking now.
Why and How to Invest Your HSA
May 1, 2019
When you are planning for retirement, you have to also factor in healthcare costs. The current projections for today’s couples is in excess of $275,000 for average retirement healthcare expenses. This is on top of Medicare benefits. With this in… Read Now >>
Episode 20: The Tax Breaks of the Real Estate Mogul Next Door
April 26, 2019A recent Bloomberg article highlighted the divorce proceedings of a billionaire real estate developer from New York City. The divorce documents revealed this wealthy real estate investor paid no tax since the 1980’s. It articulated how investing in real estate… Read Now >>
Investing in Real Estate: How to Get All the Benefits with None of the Headaches
April 24, 2019
A lot of investors (and their financial advisors) may be hesitant to get into real estate investment. The reason is because they don’t have full confidence in what they are doing. So much of long-term wealth management is about minimizing… Read Now >>
Episode 19: Life Designed Real Estate Investing
April 18, 2019Just because you watch Flip or Flop does not mean that flipping homes is the right real estate investing path for you. There are, however, many ways to invest in real estate. You can live-in-flip, landlord, lend, partner, invest, sponsor,… Read Now >>
Building Your Wealth and Retirement Plan Through Real Estate Investment
April 17, 2019
Last week, we talked about why real estate investing is often overlooked by most financial advisors. It’s such an interesting topic, which is why we’ve been focusing so much on real estate this whole month. At Illumination Wealth, we see… Read Now >>
Episode 18: How Much Real Estate Should You Have In Your Portfolio?
April 12, 2019Traditional financial advice typically disregards real estate investment from the asset allocation conversation. Real estate is often called “complex” or an “alternative” investment. Meanwhile the public markets consisting of Stocks, Mutual Funds and ETFs are conventionally believed to be the… Read Now >>
Why Real Estate is Overlooked by Most Financial Advisors
April 10, 2019
When you mention real estate investment to many financial advisors, you may just get a look of concern or confusion. It’s not that they don’t believe it is another way to build wealth. It’s that they may not fully understand… Read Now >>
Episode 17: The Powerful Tax Benefits of Real Estate Investing
April 4, 2019Real estate is one of the most popular investment strategies for building wealth, preserving it and creating enduring financial freedom. Investing in real estate opens a treasure trove of tax advantages that the traditional investment strategies sold on Wall Street… Read Now >>
The Major Tax Benefits of Real Estate Investing
April 3, 2019
There’s a reason that so many real estate magnates show up when you look at lists of some of the wealthiest and most influential individuals in the world. We even have one sitting in the Oval Office right now, but… Read Now >>
Episode 16: The Costly Mistakes on your Tax Return
April 1, 2019Do your eyes gloss over when you look at your tax return? Do you even truly know if your returns are prepared accurately? Are you aware of any last minute tax saving opportunities? We have found that most people answer… Read Now >>
