Hope to Prosper

Simple Practices that Lead to Wealth

Happiness is Doing it Yourself

Finances /

Since I am an avid Do It Yourselfer (mostly because I am cheap), I thought I would share three examples of where we saved a ton of money by doing it ourselves.

4 Important Lessons on Investing

Investing /

MySpace, king of the social networks just a few short years ago, sold for a paltry $35 million this week. News Corp. bought MySpace for $580 million in 2005, which pencils out to a 94% loss. I won’t invest in Facebook, Twitter or most other online businesses and here are 4 important reasons why.

What it Means to be a Father

Personal /

This Father’s Day, I’m feeling nostalgic, because my youngest child just turned 18. So, on one hand, I have completed my legal responsibility as a parent and a great weight has been lifted from my shoulders. On the other hand, my golden time of sharing their daily lives is coming to an end.

The High Cost of Automobiles

Finances /

One thing that has defined Americans for the past 100 years is our love of automobiles. We went from cowboys riding horses to commuters driving cars, because freedom is the American way of life.