I’m adding this page as a way to entertain yourself while you’re on the road. If you’ve ever taken a road trip it usually starts off without a lot of enthusiasm in the beginning followed by everyone pulling out their devices and then ignoring each other for most of the trip. I love using trips […]
Journey to 1.2M
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If you are here, then you probably are hoping to improve your personal finance or financial IQ. I receive regular queries for personal finance books recommendations for FIRE. I believe reading and experience are two of the greatest teachers in life. The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds […]
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As a property owner, this question or some version of it has come to mind at least once or a few times, “How do you sleep at night with 600K of debt?”. The 600K of debt that I’m referring to are two unpaid mortgages that I still carry. We know it’s not exactly ALL debt […]
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If you have a 403(b) keep reading. A member of my F.I.R.E. group has horrible 403(b) options and for this reason, I’m writing this post. Surprisingly, he is dealing with high fees from his 403(b) accounts which will take away about 20% of his gains over time. Yes, you read that correctly, 20%! Together with […]
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I hear this so often and it makes me cringe a bit every time, “I want to invest but I’m going to wait until the market dips to buy in”. While purchasing stocks on sale is the goal you can not time the market. There’s no way of knowing when the market will go up […]
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The goal of this food haul is to cut my spending on groceries while still getting the nutrients I need from my food. This food haul is expected to cover 90 meals and 16 snacks. I’m going to go shopping once every two weeks so things don’t spoil and will be making all of my […]
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I’m 28 years old, have no children, although I plan on having two someday. THE GOAL: Become financially independent and retire in 10 years. That retirement will look like me living off of $40,000 a year with a $1,320,000 nest egg, but I’ll have to live off of 22K a year now to get there My current […]
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On my journey into and out of debt, I’ve learned a few life lessons along the way. I graduated college at 22 years old with 70K worth of debt. After 6 years of budgeting and discipline, I saved 130K, and bought two properties. I still have 26K left on my student loans, but I’m on […]