Why Most Lottery Winners Go Broke

Have you ever wish you can win millions of dollars from a lottery purchase. The chances of winning the lottery is so slim that it’s more likely you get strike by the lighting compared to winning lottery jackpot. It’s a no brainer that winning the Lottery is everyone’s’ dream. I myself wish I can win millions of dollars from purchasing a lottery ticket. Winning the mega million dollar lottery can be most ecstatic moment for anyone who chose the right numbers. Winners that have won millions of dollars have so much money that they don’t ever have to work in their life ever again. However if you actually study most lottery winners who had won the jackpot actually went broke in the end. There are studies that lottery winners are more likely to declare bankruptcy within three to five years compared to the average American. An estimate of one third of lottery winners later had to go through bankruptcy. In addition, studies also found that instead of getting people out of financial trouble, winning the lottery instead got them into more trouble. How could it be possible if they have won so much money? In this article, I’ll explain why most lottery winners go broke in the end.

How Warren Buffett Become Wealthy and Successful

Many value investors out there probably know who Warren E. Buffett is. If you don’t know him yet, let me give a short summary of him. Warren Buffett is an American successful investor, a businessman as well as a benevolent philanthropist. He was born in August 30, 1930, and apparently, he is still alive as this article is written in the year of 2019. He is considered as one of the most successful investors in the world that inspired many people. Many value investors try to understand how he invests and replicate his strategy. I as a dividend growth and value investor am inspired by his success and teachings. Even though I had never met him in real life; however I became really inspired by him for his investment ideology and respect him for his benevolent philanthropist act to the society. As this article was written today (June 30, 2019), Warren E. Buffett has an estimated net worth of $87.5 billion USD making him the third richest person right before Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos. Having him to be one of the richest people in the world is not the reason why I idolized him so much. Warren Buffett is not the typical rich person that spent his money on materialistic things such as fancy cars, a huge mansion, or lavish yachts. He lives just like the typical average American who purchases his breakfast at McDonald every day before going to work. In addition, he still lives at the same modest home he purchased back in 1958 for $31,500 or about $250,000 if adjusted with inflation. Like I said, he is not the typical rich people who want to have lavish things and lifestyle but he is just a humble person that loves to build his business empire that will eventually go back to society. He pledged more than 99% of his wealth will go to philanthropy during his life or at death and he couldn’t be happier with that decision. I’m so amazed by his generosity since he has dedicated his life to building his wealth without much inheritance from his parents. He didn’t come from a wealthy family but an average middle-class family and through hard work and dedication; he has built the fortune he has today. I love building wealth and doing business just like Warren Buffett and believe that wealthy people who are in the 1% wealth list should donate at least 50% of their wealth before or after their death. 

My dad similar to Warren Buffet who started from nothing, and he is considered to be wealthy today; however I don’t see his wealth as my success. I believe in building my own scorecard and fortune just like my dad and Mr. Buffett, and I would not be upset if my parents decide to give away their wealth to charity later on. I mean, after all, I believe that their wealth is theirs and I don’t want them to feel obligated. However, if my dad let my brother and me to inherit his business legacy, I would still continue to expand his wealth. It would be better for me and my brother to grow the wealth since my dad has already built the tree for us which gives a tremendous head start. However, towards the future, if I become really wealthy, I might pledge to give away up to 50% of my wealth to charity after my death. Anyways let’s not get distracted about me being philanthropy; I’m still far from being in the 1% list!  Let’s go back to the topic of Warren Buffett. After understanding the stories of his success and the amount of wealth he accumulated, you readers might wonder how on earth he does it. I myself was curious about how Warren Buffett did it. After doing many bibliography studies and research about him, I learned how Warren Buffett became successful and wealthy therefore I’m here to share his stories with you guys.

5 Reasons to Become a Dividend Growth Investor

The America stock market has been one of the greatest long-term wealth generators in history. It has a record of compound annual growth rate of 9% since the late 1990s. Even after Great Depression of 1929 and other stock recessions and stock collapses, the U.S. stock market has always performed well for investor in the long run. Many people have different strategies towards their investment. Some like to speculate stock in short term period such as day trading, some prefer to let the experts do their job such as fund managers to manage their money in a form of mutual fund. However, an average person can learn how to invest safely. Dividend growth investing is a good strategy if you want invests on your own. Here are five reasons why you should become a Dividend Growth Investor.

5 Methods to Market Your Rental Property

Being a Real Estate Investor is similar to being a Dividend Growth Investor, but instead of investing in stocks for dividend, a real estate investor hopes to gain rental income (which can be considered as dividend) and also capital appreciation to the property. I know this blog focus in Dividend Stock, however since real estate is related to having asset that produce passive income which has a similarity to dividend stock, so I decide to write an article about this topic. Besides this blog focuses on anything that has wealth management and finance content related. So anyways, let me talk about being a Real Estate Investor. Being a real estate investor can be quite similar as well as different to dividend stock investor. Unlike dividend investor, a real estate investor has tougher time to liquidate his property during the economic downturn. It is tougher when your property is vacant, for there is no more income coming in. It can be a burden to upkeep expenses such as tax, property insurance and maintenance fee without the rental revenue coming in. But that doesn’t mean being a real estate investor is unacceptable. My dad is considered a real estate investor since he invests in lands and properties. He is skeptical with stock investing however the technique he uses to invest in properties is similar to a stock value investor which is acquiring properties that are undervalued. He has done really well when he invested and managed to acquire a portfolio of properties. Just like my dad, my brother is also a property investor. He has a few real estates that he rents out for passive income just like how I receive dividend from my dividend growth stock portfolio. However, being a real estate investor requires some techniques to have the properties always rented out. I learn a few techniques he uses to market his rental properties, and I’m here to share the methods to market your rental property.