Thursday, April 19, 2018

Thursday/Friday April 19-20

Taxes and Government spending worksheet

Discussed in class what a W-4, W-2 and 1040 Form are.  You need to get the notes if you missed class.

Pay Stub Example

Pay Stub Questions

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Tuesday/Wednesday April 17-18

Take notes P 361-362 (Progressive, Regressive, Proportional and Characteristics of a Good Tax)


1.       How did ancient Mesopotamians pay taxes?
2.       At the most basic level, what do taxes pay for and why are they used?
3.       What is a luxury tax and a sin tax?
4.       List one tax that a foreign country has created.
5.       What are direct taxes?
6.       What are indirect taxes?
7.       How many tax brackets does the United States have?
8.       Why type of tax is a Flat Tax?
9.       What do economists say will happen if the government got rid of exemptions and deductions?
10.   What are the tax rebellions that have taken place?


Monday, April 16, 2018

Thursday, April 12, 2018

Thursday/Friday April 12-13

Investing Exam

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Tuesday/Wednesday April 10-11

Rental Lease in Google Classroom

Exam Questions for next class

How is stock performance measured? What information can indexes give perspective investors?
  • Risk
  • Brokers/Firms
  • Stock Exchanges
  • Bull/Bear
  • Dow/S&P 500
Explain the role and importance investing in a financial system.  Explain how multiple streams of income can generate wealth and ways to achieve this.
  • Mutual Funds
  • Diversification
  • Passive income
  • Risk and Liquidity
Explain how real estate can be used as an investment. Discuss the types of loans and interest you can get.  Explain how House Hacking can benefit an investor and what Return on Investment means and why it is important to investors.  Using examples from your property analysis activity, give a detailed description of how cashflow works when House Hacking.  Why is a lease an important legal document for a landlord?
  •  Fixed/Variable
  •  FHA/Conventional
  •  ROI      
  • Multifamily property
  • Net Cashflow (Gross, Mortgage, Management, Maintenance)

Monday, April 9, 2018

Monday April 9

Played Cashflow today

Next class we will review for our exam which we will take at the end of this week

Thursday, April 5, 2018

Thursday/Friday April 5-6

Cashflow Game

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Tuesday/Wednesday April 3-4

Finished Real Estate Analysis in GoogleClassroom

Monday, April 2, 2018

Monday April 2

Continued our property search.  Next class you need to have your two properties chosen and complete the comparative analysis in googleclass.