...here's my 2 cents .....

1) Work your [BLEEP] off to maintain employment.  That's the #1 key that trumps everything else.

2) invest in 401k up to the value that your employer will match.

#1 and #2 above are the keys to stability  ....

3) Real Estate -- this will not be as lucrative as it was from 1995-2002 when we invested in Ponte Vedra and Sarasota.  Still, Orlando and Jacksonville are still on the rise (see link below where they are ranked #1 and #3 respectively).  Buy the lowest price home in a good neighborhood and A-Rated School District.  The Northerners moving down love good clean neighborhoods with good school districts for their kids.  They have money and will pay top rent.  The baby boomers are now starting to retire so the influx people to Jax and Orlando is only beginning -- the recession delayed the population  growth by ~ 10 years.

4) Random Income -- I sell a lot on ticketmaster resale and stubhub.  Keep an eye for shows in high demand.  I buy and sell on shows throughout the country (especially the NYC shows where people have $$).  It's getting more difficult through ticketmaster though since pre-sale tix seem to be sold out prior to ever hitting the market (example -- U2 in Los Angeles --- I was on there forever only to get shut out of securing any tix -- it sucked but i had nothing to lose but a lot to gain had i gotten through).

5) Stock Market -- Unfortunately, I never did direct transactions.  My only benefit is experienced indirectly via the booming 401k return on investments (ROIs)


BEST PLACES TO INVEST IN REAL ESTATE IN 2018 -- ORLANDO #1 and JACKSONVILLE #3
https://www.forbes.com/sites/samanthasha...579bd7627e


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