Author Archives: Mike And Lauren

How To Make Money Online (The Hard/Right Way)

Every month we make between $100-200 a month online from a few websites I built back in 2011. Everything I learned about making money online said to build low quality websites and then write hundreds of articles linking back to it, so it looked more useful than it really was.

Unfortunately google released their Panda update a month later that changed everything. But, 3 years later we still make a couple hundred bucks, so it wasn’t a complete waste of time.

Even more important is that I learned how to do it the right way, which happens to also be the hard way. The simple formula for making money online is:

Create useful content, build an audience. Then sell them a product of your own, or put ads on the site.

In the video I give an example of my own failed websites, and example of the right way.

Leave a comment if you’d like to hear more specific ideas for making money online.

Mike and Lauren Exposed! Income, Expenses, Net Worth Revealed

Hope you’re feeling nosy! We’re about to strip down to our financial birthday suit and reveal our income, expenses and net worth. We did it to keep ourselves accountable to our goals and make things more interesting for you guys.

We debated for months whether we should or not, but decided it would need to happen sooner or later, so why not sooner!

We’ll cover our expenses in detail in another video.

Here’s a link to the Blank_Net_Worth_Projections?spreadsheet I referenced in the video.

Let us know if you have any questions in the comments. Thumbs up if you like this video, and don’t forget to subscribe!

Ditch The Cubicle with Paula Pant | AffordAnything.com

We visit Atlanta to interview Paula Pant from AffordAnything.com. ?She is a financially independent blogger who accumulated a collection of rental units that provide over $35,000 in completely passive income. ?She also has a successful blog, content marketing company, and has traveled to over 30 countries!

How We Invest in the Stock Market

This is how we invest our own money in the stock market. ?For more information about our investment philosophy check out:

A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing (Tenth Edition)

Jim also wrote a good intro to investing that he calls his “stock series.”

If you have any questions, leave a comment below!

Ways We Save Money For Early Retirement

Here is a tour of our house. We show just a few of the ways we’re able to save 75% of our income every month.

The biggest budget items for most people are:
1. Housing
2. Transportation
3. Food

We keep costs down by living simply in a small house, saving cash for our car, and limiting our restaurant eating to $50/mo.

Also be sure to DIY everything, buy used, and cut your energy costs as much as possible (gas for the car and electricity at home).

How To Retire Early – Our Plan for Financial Independence

Want to know why we do the things we do? Our goal is retire extremely early by saving 75% of our income. If you’re interested in financial independence definitely check out Mr. Money Mustache (link below).

You don’t need a high income to retire early. But, you are going to need to give up a lot of “things” for financial freedom. Some people think living without luxury isn’t living, we think living without time isn’t living. We just want people to know they’re making a choice.

Mr. Money Mustache Article

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