Roaming Returns

By Tim & Carmela

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Episodes: 149

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Most nomads just relocate their hustle—freelancing, content grinding, or trading time for money on the road. We’re Tim & Carmela, the Income Investing Nomads. On Roaming Returns, we break down how to build hybrid income streams—dividends, value investing, strategic flips, and tax-smart strategies—that decouple your time from your income. So you can fund your freedom, travel full time (even in a van), and stop deferring your life. No hype. No one-size-fits-all dogma. Just real numbers, tested strategies, and honest conversations about how to make work optional.


Episode Date
148 - Van Life Portfolio Update (Dec–Feb): Main vs Income Account Results
Mar 20, 2026
147 - Retirement Portfolio Update (Dec–Feb): Holdings, Valuations, & Dividend Results
Mar 19, 2026
146 - Our Road Trip Budget: Estimated vs Actual Numbers
Mar 10, 2026
145 - Road Trip Planning Like an Investor: Plan, Customize, Pivot
Feb 25, 2026
144 - The Era of “Mindful Money”: How Americans Are Managing Money in 2026
Feb 13, 2026
143 - Income-First Retirement: The Investing Strategy Designed to Avoid Selling Assets
Feb 05, 2026
142 - How the Average American Is Falling Behind by Default
Jan 30, 2026
141 - Weekly Dividend ETFs Exposed: Which Ones Actually Work
Jan 23, 2026
140 - Stop Overpaying: How We Actually Decide What to Buy
Jan 16, 2026
139 - The S&P Was Up In 2025… So Why Didn’t Most Investors Win?
Jan 08, 2026
138 - From Lump Sum to Monthly Cash Flow: Our $150K Investment Plan
Jan 02, 2026
137 - 2026 Market Predictions (Part 2): Full Outlook & The Watchlist With Target Prices
Dec 26, 2025
136 - 2026 Market Predictions (Part 1): Macro Trends & Positioning For Volatility
Dec 26, 2025
135 - Our Biggest Investing Mistakes of 2025 And How They Sparked Process Upgrades
Dec 18, 2025
134 - Exactly How Much Our High-Yield Portfolio Paid Us In Q4
Dec 12, 2025
133 - Our Conservative Portfolio Q4 Dividend Update + Stock Insights
Dec 05, 2025
132 - Reviewing Our 2025 Macro Forecast - Spoiler: We Nailed It!
Nov 28, 2025
131 - If We Started Investing Over… This Is EXACTLY The Portfolio We’d Build
Nov 21, 2025
130 - The Truth About Gold: Overrated, Overhyped, or Essential?
Nov 14, 2025
129 - Our Twist on Dollar-Cost Averaging to Buy More, Risk Less, and Earn Faster
Nov 07, 2025
128 - Why We Happily Overspend on Halloween 🎃 (The Psychology + Money Stats)
Oct 31, 2025
127 - What $10K In These YieldMax and Roundhill Weekly ETFs Yielded Over 7 Months
Oct 24, 2025
126 - What If You Invested $10K in These 5 Dividend Aristocrats 30 Years Ago?
Oct 17, 2025
125 - Profit From the Fed Pivot: Real Stocks, Real Strategy, Real Results
Oct 09, 2025
124 - The Ugly Truth About Rate Cuts Nobody Tells You
Oct 02, 2025
123 - From Debt Trap to Profit Tool: Credit Cards Rewired
Sep 25, 2025
122 - How Financial Trauma Shapes Your Money Habits (And How to Heal Them)
Sep 19, 2025
121 - Would YOU Trust Our High Yield Portfolio to Pay Your Bills?
Sep 11, 2025
120 - Conservative, Not Complacent: Quarterly Dividends & Smart Pivots
Sep 05, 2025
119 - Portfolio Reveal: Dividend Machines, Yield… and Growth?!
Aug 29, 2025
118 - The FAANG Illusion: What Earnings Season Really Shows
Aug 21, 2025
117 - Earnings Season Shake-Up: Dividend Cuts And Hikes
Aug 14, 2025
116 - Climb Maslow’s Pyramid With Dividends: Financial Self-Actualization
Aug 07, 2025
115 - Massive Yields, Weekly Paychecks—We Analyze the 19 Newest ETFs
Aug 01, 2025
114 - We're Not Waiting on the Fed—Here's Where We’re Investing Instead
Jul 22, 2025
113 - Why You Still Feel Broke Even If You're Making More Money
Jul 16, 2025
112 - Why People Overpay for Stocks But Not a House (And What That Says)
Jul 09, 2025
111 - Bombs, Fear, and Buying the Dip: The Truth About Geopolitical Selloffs
Jul 01, 2025
110 - Don’t Trust the Headlines: Inflation & Jobs Are Getting Worse
Jun 25, 2025
109 - Every Weekly Dividend ETF Ranked—Which Ones Actually Pay Off
Jun 17, 2025
108 - Doubling Down In The Market Chaos Unlocked A 13% Dividend Gain
Jun 11, 2025
107 - Minimizing Losses During Market Pullbacks: Conservative Portfolio Update
Jun 03, 2025
106 - Now's The Time To Buy Dividend Royalty: Our Top Picks In Every Sector
May 27, 2025
105 - What Q1 Earnings Really Say About 2025 - Don’t Trust the Hype
May 21, 2025
104 - 10 Ugly Stocks in Our Portfolio — Here’s What the Metrics Say
May 13, 2025
103 - Why Doing Nothing Could Save Your Portfolio
May 07, 2025
102 - The 2 Most Important Financial Moves to Survive 2025
Apr 29, 2025
101 - Weekly Dividend ETFs That Might Beat YieldMax? Let’s Talk Roundhill
Apr 22, 2025
100 - The Market Crashed So We Screened 200+ Stocks for Value
Apr 15, 2025
099 - How to Survive a Bear Market Without Sabotaging Your Portfolio
Apr 08, 2025
098 - Why You Can’t Evaluate REITs Like Regular Stocks
Apr 01, 2025
097 - Is Reinvesting YieldMax Dividends A Mistake? The Data Points To Yes!
Mar 25, 2025
096 - Our High Yield Portfolio Dividend Payouts For Q1 2025
Mar 18, 2025
095 - Our Conservative Portfolio Dividend Payouts For Q1 2025
Mar 11, 2025
094 - The Best Free Resources To Find Stocks To Buy
Mar 04, 2025
093 - How I Get Dividend Payouts Every Week Of The Year
Feb 25, 2025
092 - Do Stock Split Returns Outperform the Market?
Feb 18, 2025
091 - Earn Big Dividends On Tech & AI With These Unknown ETFs
Feb 11, 2025
090 - The 60/40 Investing Strategy No Longer Works... Do This Instead
Feb 04, 2025
089 - 12 Coins We're Holding For 2025's Crypto Rally
Jan 28, 2025
088 - 20 Reasons Why Your Goals Are Falling Flat And How To Fix Them
Jan 26, 2025
087 - Fail-Proof Process To Knock Your Goals Out Of The Park
Jan 21, 2025
086 - How We Use BulletShares To Earn Money Sitting On The Market Sidelines
Jan 14, 2025
085 - Is Your Current Comfort More Important Than Becoming Financially Free?
Jan 07, 2025
084 - Our Biggest Stock Screw Ups In 2024 That Cost Us Tons Of Money
Dec 31, 2024
083 - Tim's Market Predictions For 2025 And Our Stock Line Up
Dec 24, 2024
082 - How to Turn Stock Losses into Tax Wins With Tax Loss Harvesting
Dec 17, 2024
081 - Our High Yield Portfolio's Quarterly Dividend Payouts Update
Dec 12, 2024
080 - Our Conservative Portfolio's Quarterly Dividend Payouts Update
Dec 10, 2024
079 - 2024 Market Prediction Results - Was It A Slam Dunk Or Utter Failure?
Dec 03, 2024
078 - What To Do About Your Negative Money Scripts
Nov 26, 2024
077 - What The #!$@ Are Money Scripts And Why They're Ruining Your Life
Nov 19, 2024
076 - How To Position Your Portfolio To Profit For Trump's Presidency
Nov 12, 2024
075 - Don't Buy Overpriced Bond Funds, Buy These Instead
Nov 05, 2024
074 - 3 Stocks You Can Buy Right Now And Hold For A Decade
Oct 29, 2024
073 - Do You Do This? The #1 Reason That People Impulse Buy
Oct 22, 2024
072 - What's Your Financial Intelligence Score And How It Rank Among Others
Oct 15, 2024
071 - 9 Stocks That Could Be The Next Amazon (Or 3X At Least!)
Oct 08, 2024
070 - 1 Year Of YieldMax ETF Performance And How We Reduce Their Risk To Zero
Oct 01, 2024
069 - How Much Monthly Income Can You Make With A Conservative Dividend Portfolio
Sep 24, 2024
068 - August Dividend Earnings Part 2: ETFs (Including YieldMax)
Sep 18, 2024
067 - August Dividend Earnings On Just $97K Part 1: The Stocks
Sep 17, 2024
066 - Which Of The Experts Top 5 REITs Hold Up When You Dig Into The Metrics
Sep 10, 2024
065 - The Top 5 Ranked BDCs According To The Experts
Sep 03, 2024
064 - What Happens When Interest Rates Are Cut Too Soon?
Aug 27, 2024
063 - How Q2's Earnings Results Tell Us Where To Invest And What To Avoid
Aug 20, 2024
062 - How To Keep Your Cool When The Stock Market Gets Volatile
Aug 13, 2024
061 - Why Saying "I Can't" Is Derailing Your Financial Success
Aug 06, 2024
060 - Are These 5 Frugality Misconceptions Preventing You From Having This Wealthy Trait
Jul 30, 2024
059 - How To Evaluate Close Ended Funds For Maximum Profits
Jul 23, 2024
058 - How We Decide If A Stock Is Worth Investing In Or Not
Jul 16, 2024
057 - What Do You Do If Interest Rates Don't Get Cut?
Jul 09, 2024
056 - Which Yield Max ETFs Are Worth It And How To Reduce The Risk When You Buy
Jul 02, 2024
055 - How Our Van Life Portfolio Mitigates A "Riskier" Investing Approach
Jun 25, 2024
054 - How Our Conservative Portfolio Is Beating The 2024 Market
Jun 18, 2024
053 - How Q1 Earnings Results Could Alter Your 2024 Investing Strategy
Jun 11, 2024
052 - More Ways To Save Just By Changing How You Do Things (pt 2)
Jun 06, 2024
051 - How To Save Hundreds A Month Without Giving Up The Things You Love (pt 1)
Jun 04, 2024
050 - Does Buying A House Really Save You Money Over Renting
May 28, 2024
049 - How To Fund Your Investing Account If You Don't Have Enough Money
May 21, 2024
048 - Why You Shouldn't Wait Until Retirement To Start Living
May 14, 2024
047 - Why You Need To Invest In These Evergreen Stocks To Start Your Portfolio
May 07, 2024
046 - Should You Open A Retirement Account, Brokerage Account, Or Both?
Apr 30, 2024
045 - Which Investor Publications Are Worth Your Subscription
Apr 23, 2024
044 - Top 6 Brokerages For Individual Investors To Unlock Financial Freedom
Apr 16, 2024
043 - How Tech Resistance Will Limit Your Future Wealth
Apr 09, 2024
042 - Why You Should Ignore Dividend Aristocrats And Buy Stocks In Other Categories
Apr 02, 2024
041 - 7 Types Of Moats That Give Companies Their Competitive Advantage
Mar 26, 2024
040 - How To Eliminate The Worry Of Outliving Your Retirement With Dividend Investing
Mar 19, 2024
039 - Use The Right Screener To Narrow Your Investment Options Down By 98%
Mar 12, 2024
038 - How To Understand And Navigate Different Types Of Investing Risk
Mar 05, 2024
037 - How To Avoid Analysis Paralysis When Investing
Feb 27, 2024
036 - Why Stock Market Analysts Are Now Bullish For 2024
Feb 20, 2024
035 - Why You Should Do More Of What You Love (Like How Tim Pursues Investing)
Feb 13, 2024
034 - Embody Stoic Principles To Become A Better And Less Reactive Investor
Feb 06, 2024
032 - Being Unaware Of Your Investor Profile Leads To Costly Mistakes
Feb 03, 2024
033 - Tim's 6 Favorite Utility Stocks And Why 100s Of Others Didn't Make The Cut
Feb 03, 2024
031 - Tim's Top 6 BDCs In Early 2024 That Issue Extra Dividends
Jan 30, 2024
030 - Tim's 3 Must-Have Undervalued REITs for 2024
Jan 23, 2024
029 - You Need To Be Aware Of Crypto Technology Because It's More Than Just Currency
Jan 16, 2024
028 - 7 Reasons We're Bullish For 2024
Jan 09, 2024
027 - Why Now Is NOT The Time To Buy Bonds Despite Expert Advice
Jan 08, 2024
026 - How To Use Ultra High Yield ETFs To Seed Your Retirement Portfolio
Jan 02, 2024
025 - Our Full Portfolio Unveiled So You Can See Exactly What We're Holding
Dec 26, 2023
024 - Our Biggest Stock Screw Ups In 2023 And What We Learned From Them
Dec 19, 2023
023 - More Cognitive Biases That Lead To Investing Mistakes (Part 2)
Dec 12, 2023
022 - How Awareness Of Cognitive Biases Makes You A Better Investor (Part 1)
Dec 05, 2023
021 - Use Macro Trends To Unlock More Profit Than 99% Of Other Investors
Nov 28, 2023
020 - Why You Can't Ignore The Link Between Health And Investing
Nov 21, 2023
019 - How To Find Undervalued Stocks To Level Up Your Investment Profits
Nov 14, 2023
018 - When To Look At Your Portfolio And How Often To Make Adjustments
Nov 07, 2023
017 - Halloween Fun Exposes Bad Behaviors That May Be Hijacking Your Ability To Invest
Oct 31, 2023
016 - Reduce Share Dilution And Buy Back Manipulation With Close Ended Funds
Oct 24, 2023
015 - Why MLPs Are Worth Owning Despite Their K-1 Tax Forms
Oct 17, 2023
014 - Where You Can Live On $1,500/mo And How To Get There With Dividends
Oct 10, 2023
013 - REITs Invest In Real Estate Without The Headaches Of Physical Ownership Or Tenants
Oct 03, 2023
012 - Buying Opportunities Despite Market Fear (And They're Not Overpriced Tech Giants)
Sep 26, 2023
011 - How To Invest In BDCs To Earn High Yields & Avoid The Risks
Sep 19, 2023
010 - What Everyone Needs To Do First Before They Start Investing
Sep 16, 2023
009 - Limit Your Downside Risk With Low Beta Stocks
Sep 15, 2023
008 - How Ex-Dividend Dates Affect Stock Price And When You Get Paid
Sep 14, 2023
007 - How To Get Less Volatility & Guaranteed Payouts With Preferred Shares
Sep 12, 2023
006 - A Worthy Place For Your Savings That's NOT A Bank
Sep 05, 2023
005 - How To Make More From Bonds Without Buying High Risk Junk
Aug 29, 2023
004 - How to Cut Your Retirement Goal in Half
Aug 23, 2023
003 - 5 Reasons The Stock Market Going Down Is Awesome
Aug 18, 2023
002 - Why Dividend Investing Beats The Pants Off Chasing Growth Stocks
Aug 17, 2023
001 - How We Got Into Investing And How You Can Avoid Our Mistakes
Aug 17, 2023
000 - How To Get Started On The Right Investing Foot
Aug 17, 2023