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Why I got out of debt before I started investing
I'll be honest: I used to think the fastest way to build wealth was to throw everything at investing and figure out the debt later. Then I actually did the math. If you're paying 20–25% on a credit card, or 10%+ on a car loan, every dollar you put toward that debt is a guaranteed return at that rate. No market, no pool, no strategy reliably beats a guaranteed 20%+. And while you carry those payments, your monthly income is already spoken for before you invest a dime. Here's what clicked for me. Once the debt is gone, every payment you used to make (the car, the cards, all of it) becomes money you can invest every single month. Instead of investing $50 here and there while debt eats the rest, you're investing hundreds or thousands a month with nothing holding you back. That's when things start to snowball the right way. Being debt-free also means: • Less stress when markets dip, because you're not leaning on investments to cover bills • No forced selling at a bad time to make a payment • A real emergency cushion, so one surprise doesn't undo your progress So I'm curious: where are you at? Are you debt-free already, working on it, or investing while still carrying debt? Drop it below. No judgment, just real talk. 👇
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@Daisha Veal Thanks for sharing this, Daisha, that takes guts 🙏🏾 Paying extra on the car shows you're serious. One thing I'd keep an eye on is the TSP loan. If you leave your job before it's paid back, it can come due fast or get taxed like a withdrawal, and that money stops growing while it's out. What worked for me was listing every debt from smallest balance to largest, paying minimums on all of them, and throwing every extra dollar at the smallest one. Once it's gone, you roll that payment into the next one. Those quick wins keep you going. You've got a plan and a goal for next year, and that's more than most people have. Rooting for you!
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@Justin Evans Justin, this is fantastic 🙌 "Scared money" is the one I wish more people heard before they ever opened an investing account. You can't build on a foundation you might have to dig back up next month. And you nailed the dollars point. Once you add up what it really costs in dollars, not percentages, it hits different. Same with all those "it's just $5" buys. They stack up fast. That's exactly why I cleared my debt before I started investing. Smallest balance to largest, one at a time, and every payment I freed up rolled into the next one. Once it was gone, I was investing money I didn't need to live on, and doing it on purpose. Your last line says it all: if you don't tell your money where to go, it'll find somewhere on its own �
📊 Behind the Scenes: The Assets in My Liquidity Pools (And Why I’m Bullish on Them)
Hey family! Instead of just talking about theory, I want to pull back the curtain on my actual pe rsonal portfolio and show you the assets I’m currently deployed in across active liquidity pools. In DeFi, I don't just buy a token and pray the green candles show up. I look for assets that have real narrative demand, deep trading velocity, and strong upside conviction—and then I build automated tollbooths on them to cash-flow the volatility. Here is what is running in my engine right now, why I'm bullish on each one, and how I structure the risk. 🏛️ The Three Blue Chips (My Core Foundation) In my book, there are only three true blue-chip pillars in crypto right now: BTC, ETH, and SOL. These make up the backbone of everything I do. 1. Bitcoin (BTC / cbBTC / WBTC) * The Bullish Case: The undisputed king and the macro anchor of the entire space. With institutional custody, spot ETF inflows, and sovereign adoption, BTC is the ultimate digital store of value. * Why LP It? Most people think BTC is just for cold storage. But by wrapping it onto fast networks (like cbBTC on Base or WBTC on Arbitrum), I can pair it against stables or other majors to earn daily cash flow on the hardest asset on Earth. 2. Ethereum (ETH / WETH) * The Bullish Case: The bedrock settlement layer of decentralized finance. Almost all institutional smart contract capital, Layer-2 rollup revenue, and major tokenized real-world assets settle back down to Ethereum. * Why LP It? High gas on Layer 1 used to price out smaller players. On high-speed L2s, ETH trading pairs process hundreds of millions of dollars in volume every day, letting our pools capture steady swap fees around the clock. 3. Solana (SOL) * The Bullish Case: The undisputed home of retail execution, blistering transaction speed, and sub-cent fees. When market volume goes berserk—from DeFi to token launches—Solana handles the traffic without breaking a sweat. * Why LP It? Solana is a fee-printing machine for liquidity providers. Using tools like Meteora DLMM or Kamino, the velocity of swaps through active SOL price bins generates some of the best organic yields in Web3.
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@Dane Bollwinkel Thanks, Dane! Couldn't agree more. If members can grasp how to evaluate volume, ranges, and risk, they can build cash-flowing setups in any market environment. ​Huge shoutout to those Classroom modules—they lay down the exact foundation needed to make these moves with confidence. Appreciate the support, brother! 🚀
What are you doing with the ETH you’ve been stacking from LP rewards? 🤔🥩
​Hey everyone! ​If you’ve been active in our LP strategies, your wallet is probably accumulating native ETH from fee harvests. ​The default move for most people is simple: just hold that ETH spot. But holding spot means that capital is sitting completely idle. ​I have been mapping out the curriculum for our upcoming Accelerator Course, and one of the core frameworks we’re introducing is how to put that stacked ETH to work without selling it. ​Before the full Accelerator launches, we’re thinking about hosting a live Master Class as an exclusive preview. ⚠️ This is an intermediate to Advanced strategy. And requires at bear minimum a basic understanding of what Dane teaches weekly. ⚠️ ​Here is the quick TL;DR on the mechanic: ​The Core Asset (LSTs): Instead of sitting on plain ETH, Liquid Staked Tokens (like wstETH or rETH) let you keep your exact ETH exposure while automatically earning base consensus and execution rewards. ​The Play (Looping vs. LPing): Once you hold an LST, you don't just stop there. You can either Loop it on money markets (borrowing against it to recursively amplify the staking yield) or LP it in concentrated liquidity pools to capture swap volume with minimal price divergence. ​We’ll be keeping this 100% EVM-focused (Ethereum Mainnet & L2s like Arbitrum and Base) using proven money markets and AMMs. ​We want to gauge community interest before locking in the date. Cast your vote below! 👇
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@Charles Carlos Fer I need to talk to @Dane Bollwinkel more about this. When I know more I'll let you know.
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I think we were looking for more interested than was shown on the poll
The accelerator class has been amazing.
I want to thank Coach @Greg Zimmerman for taking the time to teach this class even through his busy schedule. Also thanks to my fellow members. I continue to be astonished by how much the coaches here care, and the patience they have.
2 likes • Oct 11
Thank you so much, Sheryl! That honestly means the world to me. ​This space moves fast, and it can feel like drinking from a firehose when you're first getting your hands dirty with concentrated liquidity, bridging, and setting up your tools. Seeing you and everyone in the cohort show up every week, ask the hard questions, and put in the work to actually master the workflows makes every bit of the effort completely worth it. ​You’ve built a solid foundation and earned every bit of your progress. Keep sticking to your rules, protect your capital, and let's keep building!
LP Hunt anyone? ( possible tip )
Hi all, I am not sure what everyone uses to track their profits but I was looking for ways to make it easy for me without logging my wallet into a website as I want to treat this as a bank cause...ITS MY BANK! lol I came across LPHunt while trying to find a way to manage pools. What I like about this is that once I click on Add Position, I can paste just the pool url, hit Launch Tracker and I have a tracker watching and monitoring my LP. You can also choose to use your wallet address as well. It also lets me know on screen if the position is in profit or in loss. It also shows the fees I've made as well. Very helpful to guys like me that don't like spreadsheets and mathing. :) It will also email me once the pool is outta range. You can monitor up to 3 LPs for free before you need to go monthly. However the data feed is delayed so it wont report that its gone out of range until its been updated but that changes once you buy into the monthly or yearly membership. The link is: https://lphunt.com/ if you wanna check it out. To YOUR SUCCESS Pool Sharks!
LP Hunt anyone? ( possible tip )
2 likes • Oct 10
Have you tried debank? It's a great place to monitor positions. It will track about 90% of your positions depending on what protocols your using. Debank.com
1 like • Oct 11
@Evan Ratkowski unfortunately no. You would have to set up alerts on either DEXScreener or GeckoTerminal
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Greg Zimmerman
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@gregory-zimmerman-6761
Hi my name is Greg, I am 45 years old with 7 children. I currently work in the pipeline industry. I started in defi in 2021.

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Joined Aug 23, 2026
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