Finally after almost 2 years, my house is sold. And I should be debt-free right? Wrong. Unfortunately over time the house prices had fallen and I got behind on the property taxes.  On top of that I had a nightmare buyer to deal with, so in the end I got less for the property than I should have thanks to the wonderful realtor I hired, who by the way also took a chunk of the pie – his fat commission. One thing I learned is never sell a house through a realtor. Why? Because it always seems to favor the buyer as they seem to bring enough of them in who pick at everything to get the seller down as much as possible, and make it look like all buyers are saying the same, when in fact they are bringing mostly ones that are not “serious buyers”.  And the more desperate you get, you just get Read more »

You may have heard the term “dot com lifestyle” unless you are too busy working  a regular  9 to 5 job and therefore not even close to living it. Sure it is a wealthy lifestyle which can include fast cars,  expensive homes, exotic vacations and dining in fine restaurants, but that’s not what it’s really about. What it is about is having time freedom combined with money freedom, and then you are officially a dot com lifestyle member. I don’t know about you but that is what I want to achieve.

There are some bloggers out there that are living the dot com lifestyle, making money on their own schedule and operating from anywhere there is a computer and internet connection. John Chow, as an example, is one of them. He claims to make $40,000 per month from his blog, that basically doesn’t require a whole lot of time to manage since he has streamlined some aspects of his site so he can receive income on autopilot and by outsourcing some tasks, leaves him more time to enjoy simpler things like taking his daughter to the park on a Tuesday afternoon.

The dot com lifestyle is having more time to enjoy life and at the sametime not having to worry about money either. Sure there are people who have lots of money like big business CEO’s but they are workaholics and don’t have time to enjoy that money. Then you have those that have a lot of time on their hands but no money to go with it. When you have both time and money, then you have reached the ultimate goal.

In a dot com lifestyle you aren’t stuck in an office on a rigid time schedule nor are you sacrificing valuable time slaving just to earn dollars. You could be lounging in a chair at a beach in your bermuda shorts and still be able to manage your online business.

I tell you if  my blog was making $40,000 a month, I definitely wouldn’t be worrying about money, paying debt, etc. Instead I too would be strolling through the park on a Tuesday afternoon, happily living the dot com lifestyle!