
This lesson gives an overview of the course deliverables and content.
Deliverables
What can you expect to have accomplished at the end of this course?
Understand the retirement planning process, how investments compound, and the benefits of starting young.
Calculate how much to set aside for your circumstances and stress test it under different assumptions.
Understand the essential considerations to investing well for the long term, why real estate is a good asset class, and the different opportunity sets within the real estate sector.
Understand the strategy behind our public real estate portfolio we provide to you to utilize if you choose to.
Get your investment account open, funded, invested, and set up on auto-pilot for recurring deposits/investments.
Be self-sufficient and in complete control of managing your public real estate portfolio and have set a program in motion to ensure your baseline needs for later years.
Course Contents
Module 1 – Planning for the Future
The benefits of starting young
Thinking in buckets
Inflation, compound interest, and real returns
Visualizing the process
Scenario planning
The keys to success
Module 2 – Investing wisely
Understanding risk
Avoiding wealth destroyers
Adapting to changing times
Real estate as an asset class
Why publicly traded real estate
Appreciation is all about the land
Risk across real estate asset types
Building a public real estate portfolio
Our REIT-30 portfolio
Module 3 – Implementation
Deciding on the type of investment account
Open your brokerage account
Funding your account
Account housekeeping
Populate your portfolio
Setting up recurring investment feature
Keeping track of your performance
Download the mobile app
Module 4 – Wrap up
1. Closing comments
In this lesson, we emphasize the importance of starting young even though it may feel unimportant to focus on something many years into the future.
Resources
Social Security:
See attached file.
Set up your account and view your benefits here: https://www.ssa.gov/myaccount/
In this lesson, we explain the idea of thinking in buckets and ask you to come up with a simple budget in today's dollars for your essential living needs assuming you are a single person living alone.
In this lesson, we get to experiment with different scenario assumptions and stress test your plan.
In this lesson, we provide you with our curated REIT portfolio to download and an overview of what it's comprised of.
You can access the portfolio on Yahoo Finance at this link:
https://yhoo.it/3VkjS20
In this lesson, we show you how to download the IBKR mobile app from their platform. You can also do it from the app store.
Click on, or copy and paste, this link:
https://portal.interactivebrokers.com/en/index.php?f=1300
You should see this page. Either scan the QR code or click the download button to select your app store.
If you are a recent college graduate or a young working adult, the best time to start contemplating how to secure your financial future is now.
If you are a parent, ensuring your kids are financially literate and putting a plan in place is a win-win solution for them and you.
A 4-hour investment of your time will reap benefits that endure for decades.
By the end of this 4-hour course, you will have sufficient knowledge to self-manage your retirement planning, and will be in control of managing your own public real estate portfolio, with your investment account open, funded, invested, and set up on auto-pilot for recurring investment.
There is no need to hire an advisor when your finances are simple. We walk you step-by-step through the process and provide all the necessary tools including our unique retirement planning spreadsheet and our curated public REIT portfolio for your use. It’s truly a turnkey solution to get your foundation in place, and as you will discover, the benefits of doing it yourself and starting young are very significant.
You will gain a comprehensive understanding of essential investing knowledge, plus lots of street-smart and big-picture advice they don't teach in business school or to financial advisors. These insights will help you make intelligent choices and converse intelligently with anyone. I've put together exactly the course I wish I had access to when I was in my twenties.
The 3-module course will educate you on the benefits of investing for the future while you are still young, and enable you to do scenario testing to develop a savings plan that works for you. You will learn how to invest your savings wisely for the long term and avoid major wealth destroyers. You will learn why real estate is a smart asset class for the long term, the benefits of investing in publicly listed REITs, and understand the strategy behind the real estate portfolio we have assembled for you. Lastly, we guide you step-by-step to getting your public real estate portfolio set up and on auto-pilot in your own brokerage account without ever having to pay a financial advisor. The goal is for you to be self-sufficient to plan and manage your financial future. Visit the curriculum for more details.
If you’ve been putting off investing for your future because you thought you had to hire someone or it was too complex, I’ll help you get it done and get your plan on autopilot. You don't need a lot of money to get started and to set your foundation in place. The important thing is to educate yourself and get your plan in motion, no matter how small.
With easy-to-follow videos and jargon-free explanations, this course is perfect for young people to enhance their financial literacy and take control of their financial future. Don't wait, start investing in yourself today! Your future self will thank you.