time freedom

7 tips to help you get you started with real estate investing

by Jay Castillo on January 4, 2012 · 29 comments

I just noticed that so many are people are asking “How do I start with real estate investing?”. I was just about to answer one of the comments when I realized my reply was already good enough to be an article. It already had more than 700 words in it! Anyway, I believe the timing [...]

How do you define being "rich"?

by Jay Castillo on June 21, 2010 · 9 comments

in Mindsetting

In my recent post entitled “If you hate rich people, then you just might never become rich“, I received a set of very thought provoking questions through the comments section, and I would like to share them here, along with my answers, which can already be made into an article by themselves. Here are the [...]

The importance of time freedom, one example why I want to be financially free

by Jay Castillo on December 18, 2009 · 26 comments

in Real Estate Investing, Reflections of a real estate investor

During our lunch break at the office yesterday, I begged off from doing something which I have dreaded for the past 12 years in the corporate world, Christmas party presentations! You might be asking what the heck does this have to do with investing in foreclosures in the Philippines? Read on to find out.

A parable on creating a Passive Income Stream

by Jay Castillo on December 11, 2009 · 13 comments

in Mindsetting, Real Estate Investing, Reflections of a real estate investor

I was cleaning out my archived emails in preparation for returning my company issued laptop when I stumbled upon this very interesting story in one of my emails in my sent items. I forwarded this same story to my friends way back in January 2006, a few months after I first read “Rich Dad Poor [...]