Geniustypes.com has a New Look and Tour!

I’m pleased to announce a new look for geniustypes.com including a tour! The new layout is meant to be a cleaner and more intuitive way to navigate all the articles I’ve written over the last three years. As you may know, geniustypes.com covers a wide range of topics from creative life to passive income. Keeping [...]

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Transference of Emotion is the Key to Marketing

A very wise man and once taught me that the key to marketing is not what you say, but how well you can transfer emotion to your audience.

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Pay Yourself First: The Equity Goose and The Cashflow Golden Egg

I find it interesting that wisdom is often clearly laid out before everyone in a book or a lecture, and few truly understand it. It’s just as Napoleon Hill wrote in “Think and Grow Rich” when he hinted that one needs to re-read the book several times; and even then, the wisdom can only be captured when a person is ready to hear it.

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How to Invest in Real Estate With No Money or Unlimited Money

One of the greatest things about real estate investing is that anyone can do it. People think they need money or credit to become a real estate investor, but that is simply not the case.

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How 15 Rent Houses Can Retire You Faster than a $1 Million 401k

Is $200 a month a lot of money?

How you answer this question speaks to your level of financial sophistication.

How Far Would You Go for $200?

Most people would not go very far out of their way to make an extra $200 a month. When compared to a monthly salary of $3,000 or $4,000; $200 sounds pretty insignificant.

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Five Ways to Avoid a Nasty CC Email Battle

Have you ever been a little frustrated with a co-worker and wrote an email to express your concerns; and instead of reading your calm, yet concerned tone, the co-worker read a little more attitude than you intended and snapped of an even more explosive email with three other co-workers and two supervisors CC’d?

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Rui, Guest Real Estate Investor

Rui is the guest today. He is a real estate investor living in Southern California with two single family homes under contract in Houston, each with over $300 cashflow per month.

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Stiff vs. Suit for your Day Job

Here’s one you may not have considered: Is it better to be a working stiff or a suit if you’re an entrepreneur who’d rather be working for himself than the man anyway?

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The Passive Income Trap

Be careful when you read Kiyosaki, Robert Allen, or any of the army of gurus preaching that passive income will end all your troubles. The overall concept of “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” is profound, but it doesn’t tell the whole story. Don’t quit your day job yet.

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10 Don’ts When Starting a Business for Passive Income

1. DON’T Choose the Service Model
2. DON’T Borrow on Depreciating Assets (and for the love… don’t borrow on expenses!)
3. DON’T Skimp on Bookkeeping

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