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Roaming Returns
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.
New episodes drop every Thursday.
Episodes
122 episodes
121 - Would YOU Trust Our High Yield Portfolio to Pay Your Bills?
The Van Life Portfolio is where things get wild. Unlike our conservative retirement account, this high-yield setup is built for cash flow, not capital preservation. In this episode, we break down Q3 2025 dividend results, compare them to last q...
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Episode 121
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120 - Conservative, Not Complacent: Quarterly Dividends & Smart Pivots
We’re reporting what our conservative, retirement-style portfolio actually paid in dividends this quarter, how it compares to last quarter, and the pivots we made to keep income on track—without sacrificing princi...
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Episode 120
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119 - Portfolio Reveal: Dividend Machines, Yield… and Growth?!
It’s time for a ticker parade. In this episode, we reveal what’s really in the bag—our current retirement and van-life portfolio holdings. This is your backstage pass to everything we’re holding right now, from classic dividend ...
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Episode 119
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118 - The FAANG Illusion: What Earnings Season Really Shows
Q2 2025 earnings season looks like a win on paper—81% of S&P 500 companies beat expectations—but don’t be fooled. The market’s strength is overly reliant on FAANG stocks (GOOG, META, AMZN, AAPL, MSFT) pulling the averages high...
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Episode 118
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117 - Earnings Season Shake-Up: Dividend Cuts And Hikes
Some stocks in our portfolio just made major moves after earnings—dividend cuts, dividend hikes, and some eyebrow-raising guidance changes. In this episode, we break down which positions we’re holding, which we’re buying on dips, and where we’r...
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Episode 117
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116 - Climb Maslow’s Pyramid With Dividends: Financial Self-Actualization
Most people stop climbing the ladder of personal growth once they feel “safe and stable.” But what if you could use money—not just to survive—but to ascend?In this episode, we dive into financial self-actualization—where your inco...
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Episode 116
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115 - Massive Yields, Weekly Paychecks—We Analyze the 19 Newest ETFs
🚨 The weekly dividend revolution just leveled up—again. In this episode, we break down 19 brand-new weekly dividend ETFs that just hit the market. These aren’t your grandma’s income plays. Some use swaps, others use synthetic p...
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Episode 115
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114 - We're Not Waiting on the Fed—Here's Where We’re Investing Instead
The macroeconomic landscape just changed—again—and most investors are still trading like it’s 2024. In this episode, we break down the real trends driving markets for the rest of 2025, from inflation pressure to slowing job growth, tariff-drive...
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Episode 114
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113 - Why You Still Feel Broke Even If You're Making More Money
Why do so many people make more money… and still feel broke?This episode breaks down lifestyle creep—the silent killer of financial independence. We explore how your spending habits inflate with your income, why it’s so hard to no...
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Episode 113
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112 - Why People Overpay for Stocks But Not a House (And What That Says)
Most people say they'd never overpay for a house—but then turn around and invest in overvalued stocks like it's no big deal. Why?In this episode, we unpack the psychology behind financial inconsistency—and what it says about you...
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Episode 112
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111 - Bombs, Fear, and Buying the Dip: The Truth About Geopolitical Selloffs
Is the U.S. bombing Iran the start of a market crash—or the best buying opportunity you’ll see this year?In this episode, we unpack decades of historical data showing how stocks behave during wars and geopolitical conflic...
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Episode 111
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110 - Don’t Trust the Headlines: Inflation & Jobs Are Getting Worse
Forget the fluff—this episode unpacks the real story behind the headlines. We dive into the numbers the media won’t tell you:✅ Inflation’s hiding big jumps in electricity + natural gas, even as energy prices fal...
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Episode 110
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109 - Every Weekly Dividend ETF Ranked—Which Ones Actually Pay Off
22 weekly dividend ETFs are now on the market—but not all are created equal. In this deep-dive, we not only compare performance across YieldMax, Roundhill, and Defiance—but we also show you how to use these tools for real financial e...
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Episode 109
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108 - Doubling Down In The Market Chaos Unlocked A 13% Dividend Gain
🔥 Van Life Portfolio – Q2 2025 Update (13% Income Growth Despite Market Drop)This isn’t your grandpa’s dividend portfolio.In this episode, we give a full Q2 breakdown of our high-octane, high-yield “Van Life” portfolio—desi...
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Episode 108
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107 - Minimizing Losses During Market Pullbacks: Conservative Portfolio Update
The market dropped nearly 15% this spring... but our conservative dividend portfolio? It grew income by almost 10%.In this episode, we walk through our Q2 2025 Retirement Portfolio update—showing how even as the market got wrecked...
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Episode 107
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106 - Now's The Time To Buy Dividend Royalty: Our Top Picks In Every Sector
With Q1 earnings in the rearview, and warnings flashing for Q2 and beyond, we scoured the sectors forecasted to underperform—and uncovered a goldmine of dividend-growing stocks. In this episode, we break down high-quality dividend growers in al...
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Episode 106
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105 - What Q1 Earnings Really Say About 2025 - Don’t Trust the Hype
As Q1 earnings wrap up, we’re diving deep into what the data is actually telling us about where the economy — and the stock market — are headed next.✔ 78% of S&P 500 companies beat earnings✔ EPS growth is up 13.4% YOY✔ But co...
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Episode 105
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104 - 10 Ugly Stocks in Our Portfolio — Here’s What the Metrics Say
Are your portfolio losers actually hidden gems—or ticking time bombs? In this episode, we break down the 10 biggest losing stocks in our portfolio to determine if they’re value plays or just value traps.We dig into:✔️ Dividend Yield...
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Episode 104
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103 - Why Doing Nothing Could Save Your Portfolio
Why doing nothing might be the best move for your portfolio right now.In this episode, we dig into action bias — that psychological urge to "do something" when the market tanks — and explain why it ca...
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Episode 103
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102 - The 2 Most Important Financial Moves to Survive 2025
In this episode, we get brutally real about two financial moves you NEED to have locked down right now: budgeting and emergency funds. Markets are shaky, inflation isn’t cooling, consumer sentiment is crashing — and the people who...
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Episode 102
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101 - Weekly Dividend ETFs That Might Beat YieldMax? Let’s Talk Roundhill
Looking for weekly dividend income ETFs that could outperform YieldMax? In this episode, we break down Roundhill’s new WeeklyPay ETFs—NVW, TSW, AAPW, COIW, and PLTW—and compare them head-to-head with YieldMax equivalents (like NVD...
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Episode 101
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100 - The Market Crashed So We Screened 200+ Stocks for Value
Ready to stop panic scrolling and start buying smart? In this episode, we dive deep into how we find value, even in a market downturn. Because buying in a recession is the key to unlocking wealth. 🔍 We screened hun...
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Episode 100
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099 - How to Survive a Bear Market Without Sabotaging Your Portfolio
Are we in a bear market, a correction, or just a panic spiral?We break down exactly what you need to know to not sabotage yourself during a volatile market. With personal losses of 3 years’ worth of gains in just 3 weeks,...
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Episode 99
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098 - Why You Can’t Evaluate REITs Like Regular Stocks
Most investors analyze REITs the wrong way, and it’s costing them. In this episode, we break down the key metrics that we look at when evaluating REITs. Traditional stock metrics like P/E ratios just don’t cut it and AFFO i...
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Episode 98
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097 - Is Reinvesting YieldMax Dividends A Mistake? The Data Points To Yes!
Does Investing in YieldMax ETFs Actually Work? The Data Says… So many people say you can’t make money with YieldMax ETFs—but is that true? We pulled the data on TSLY, CRSH, NVDY, DIPS, CONY, and FIAT to put this claim to the test.
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Episode 97
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