Would a 1% drop in interest rate be enough for you to buy another investment property, or would you still wait for prices or rates to fall further?
For those currently waiting, what would need to change before you feel comfortable buying again?
Opened this account because it was advertised as using RTP and getting instant transfers back and forth from my main bank - Chase. No matter what I do I’m unable to get this to work. If I deposit from Wealthfront’s side it’s 1-2 business days to show up in account and another 2 business days for the hold to go away. I’ve been trying to link chase and Wealthfront from chase’s side, even using the app specific password and it’s not finding it.
I’m confused as to why this isn’t working. Especially considering it heavily advertises instant transfers with RTP.
Hi all,
I opened an automated bond portfolio back in November of last year. My returns are currently at 2.29% when the high yield savings account is at 3.3%. is that normal? Should I continue funding the bond portfolio or switch everything back to savings account? Thank you.
I was wondering how other real estate investors or property managers around the area find and vet their contractors?
A lot of times, the reason that people want to get into real estate investing is they hear real estate investors talking about passive income and how the property runs itself, the tenants pay their mortgage every month, and they just sit back and collect checks.
First of all, passive income doesn’t exist in real estate. There are things you can do to limit the amount of time that you spend on your real estate investment. They happen by having good systems and by having good management.
And so everybody wants passive income, but they don’t want to put in the work that’s required to build the right systems and management team that will cause that investment to be as passive as it can be.
When you have a management team that’s caring for your tenants, making them feel valued, when they’re sending you reports that are accurate and on time every month, when they’re being proactive about maintenance and not waiting for things to become a big problem before addressing it, when your vacancies are being marketed properly, when problems are communicated early and don’t catch you by surprise, those are what make people feel like their real estate investment is passive.
When the opposite is happening, your real estate investment could be the biggest stress driver in your life.
Wealthfront is offering (to me, essentially the equivalent) "Portfolio" line of credit where the APR is 4.71%, and you can borrow up to 30% of my portfolio. I'm trying to understand what is the gotcha here for Wealthfront, since Schwab's PAL APR is so much higher.
For Schwab, a PAL on the basis of a $2.5M loan value of collateral at origination, I'm paying SOFR+2.4% = 5.97%, before advantage pricing. Even assuming I have $10M+ in qualifying investments and get a 100 bps discount, still at 4.97%.
What am I missing? Should I use up my Wealthfront PLOC $s first (obviously with some buffer, I won't be drawing to the "up to amt" since I don't want to be margin called).
Purpose of this is to pay for down payment without having to sell shares, much of which have a lot of cap gains on top for me.
Do you focus on cash flow, cap rate, cash on cash return, ROI, appreciation, location, financing or something else?
What's your process? What are the first numbers or factors you look at before deciding whether a property is worth making an offer on?
Do you have a checklist that you follow every time, or is it more based on experience?
Which do you think has the higher potential, and why? I'm interested in hearing from people with real world experience. What would you recommend?
Every investor seems so have a different strategy.
Some say cash flow is king because it pays the bills and keeps you investing.
Others say appreciation is where real wealth is created over long term.
In my opinion appreciation is a bonus but cash flow is the engine that keeps the ball moving, along with principal pay down. Everything else is a bonus if it comes.
I'd love to hear your thoughts and real life experiences.
What i understand is its is a common 2 in 1 chekcing + savings account with 3.3% apy
Do they offer debit cards? Apple pay? And checks?
Hows the app experience?
It would help me to merge my accounts to 1 account
You can now set up a passkey to easily and more securely log in to your account.
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If you’re wondering what a passkey is and why it’s more secure than a password:
We know many of you have requested this feature and we’re excited to share this new and improved login experience with you. You can learn more about passkeys here and as always, let us know if you have any questions or feedback.
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With cryptocurrency index ETFs now available such as IBIT is anyone adding a small percentage to their investment portfolio for potentially better diversification and growth?
why can't i deposit money directly into categories? it looks like they only offer the interest to go there but i want to deposit a certain amount from my bank into wealthfront's categories.
Another finance app I have uses a combination of Plaid + Apple's FinanceKit to pull in transaction data from Apple Card. Would love to see WealthFront do the same!
Everyone tells you to build an emergency fund. They say a high-yield savings account is the safest place for your cash. So, you do the "responsible" thing: you stack 3 to 6 months of expenses, watch the interest trickle in, and feel secure.
But with the real cost of living constantly creeping up, leaving a mountain of cash sitting in a bank account feels less like a "safety net" and more like watching a melting ice cube. I’m starting to wonder if the price of financial peace of mind is getting too high. Your bank balance stays safe, but your actual purchasing power drops every single day.
I want to get your perspective on this:
How much cash are you holding right now (months of expenses), and why?
Does a high cash balance actually give you peace of mind, or does it make you anxious about missing out on market gains?
Not telling you how to manage your money but Wealthfront itself is not FDIC insured and even tho the money is held at Green Dot which is FDIC insured, this video explains why your money may still not be totally safe
We’re working on some more educational content for the rest of this year and wanted to source ideas directly from here. Thanks to your previous suggestions, we developed some explainers on the topics below:
We’d love to hear your ideas on other topics we should explain next. Some questions around our products we haven’t previously covered are:
Feel free to comment with anything you’ve found confusing, overly technical, or just want more insight on and if it’s helpful, we can come back and share some more explainers.
Keep in mind that we can’t provide any individual investment advice or recommendations.
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I’m tired of the lack of visibility Wealthfront gives to what it projects each of your accounts growth to be. The botched plaid revamp and lack of account connectivity was the final straw. What other apps do a better job of showing you projected growth for each account as well as overall?
The current system is made to create people who just follow orders, not people who think for themselves.
From the time we are kids, everyone tells us the same rule: go to school, go to college, work a 9 to 5 job, pay taxes, and die. School is okay for learning basic things, but its real job is to keep you stuck in the same boring loop forever.
We spend the first 20 years of our life learning how to obey rules. Because of this, people do not see how big the real world actually is.
Great opportunities pass right in front of our eyes every day, but we do not see them. We are only trained to look for a normal office job. We give away our valuable time to make someone else rich because we are afraid to try a different path.
Parents need to stop letting schools teach their kids how to live. Parents must show their children that the world is huge and full of options, like starting a business or being free.
If parents do not teach kids how to escape the 9 to 5 trap, the system will win. It will keep people stuck and working for someone else forever.
