When I was younger I posed the following question to myself after watching a commercial for a show called The Lifestyles of the rich and famous (Why couldn't five people from that show pool a percentage of their millions of dollars together(instead of buying frivolous items of no value) and help victims of different disasters or feed and offer jobs to people from 20 - 30 homeless shelters. I quickly found out the answer to be that a majority of rich people are not interested in things like that unless it is for recognition or a tax write off. From that point on, I know that I wanted to be materially and spiritually wealthy and self sufficient so that I could teach others to do the same.As I mentioned in in an earlier topic, I lived with my parents during my college years in order to save money to buy my own home. I attended college part-time while I worked full-time. I also received a cash settlement for a car accident that I was in. I was able to save 20,000 while I was at my with my parents. I used part of it to purchase a duplex where I stayed on one side with my foster children/teenagers and rented out the other side. While I quickly found out that they were not interested, I want to mentor and give them an opportunity for their lives rather than continue to be pushed down in the system. I eventually invested the rest of the money in other pieces of property during the no money down period in California.After I moved from California to New York, I continued to buy property. I successfully bought and sold 2 million dollars worth of property. Because of the downturn in the Real Estate market I decided to liquidate the houses and start investing in Antique furniture,paintings, silver, porcelain, glass, and lighting(lamps, gasoliers, etc). While I no longer have the property and headache of mortgages, I have a collection comparable to some of the collections found in museums. More importantly, I own this collection free and clear. It includes some rare works from several Hudson river artist such as Albert Bierstadt, William Trost Richards, and Thomas Hill. Their paintings have sold for over 1 million dollars. A rare civil war painting is also part of the collection. There is also a watercolor by the very famous artist, Maurice Prendergast. his paintings average over $100,000. His paintings in question are still extremely valuable.After sleeping on a mattress on the floor, for a short period of time(instead of buying a bed that would depreciate in value), I bought a very rare aesthetic movement, burl walnut Victorian bed. The rest of my bedroom is filled with period Victorian furniture of similar style, and equal or superior value. After investing in paintings and furniture I started investing in coin silver and sterling. The two coin silver goblets posted in an earlier topic are by E.A. Tyler. He has a southern silversmith. Because of the mass destruction in the south during the civil war, any pre civil war furniture, silver, paintings, etc are worth more money than the average items. With that being said, the two goblets alone are worth $10,000-$15,000. The Civil war painting mentioned earlier is one of the gems of my collection and is worth $75,000-$100,000 if not more. Again it is rare and one of a kind. Moving back to the coin silver, I also bought a Peter Krider creamer, a 19th century Philadelphia silversmith. The coin silver flatware that I have is a rare pattern called "Prince Albert". I needed plates, saucers, cups, etc. so I invested in a pattern called "Flow Blue", which is worth $3,000-$5,000. Later on, I purchased items such as rugs/carpets, lighting, etc, adding thousands of dollars to my collection.When I moved South, I proceeded to take walks with my son and look for abandoned property in good or great neighborhoods. My quest to own property outright has now completed my portfolio. At the age of 32, I am able to stay at home and raise my son, while helping others to do the same. None of these blessings would be possible without the help and guidance of YHWH.I felt the need to share my story for those of you who are single mothers/fathers and young men and women. I was not granted, nor did I want the opportunity of marrying a rich man when I was very young.. I had to work hard with little sleep from the age of 19-28 years old. At one period I was working 2 jobs and still going to school. At 28 I got married ; had my son; and decided that I did not want to be a mother that had to send him to a babysitter or school everyday while I worked outside the house. At that point I started to release as many financial obligations that I had. Meaning, I wanted. to stop and was tired of paying unnecessary bills. It was time to liquidate my property. I also cashed out all of the stocks that I had. In summary, the money from my old portfolio was invested into a new portfolio of tangible assets. The bank does not own my collection and Real Estate. I own them free and clear.I have mentioned items by name to employ you to do your own research. You can use the Internet and purchase books and magazines on Antiques, Fine Art, and Decorative Arts. The books themselves will be your first investment since any books on antiques are considered collector items as well. Become an expert in at least one area but do not limit your collection to just one thing. This is a very bad idea because if that one thing goes down in value everything that you own will depreciate as well. Remember that while you go to sleep at night the items are increasing in value. When you wake up your items are increasing in value. When you leave your job to take a vacation for a week your items are increasing in value. Each year the value of a dollar decreases in value your collection does the opposite and increases in value. This is a creative form of residual income. By the end of the year my net worth will quadrupoled. Between both his parents, one set of his grandparents, and one of his aunts, my 3 year old son's net worth is in excess of 1 million dollars. We are teaching him the principles that wealth is to be used to be a blessing to others, not lavished solely on yourself. We are not going to give away our son's inheritance, but we will help anyone interested to reach the same level of success that we enjoy. You may contact me at antiquesandfinearts4everyone.synthasite.com. Have a blessed week.Shalom,Tamar
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