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Pay By Cash Or Credit? The Best Way To Save

Pay By Cash Or Credit? Deciding The Best Way To Save Money

How AOC And Other Congressional Members Can Afford To Raise Families In Washington, DC

How AOC And Other Congressional Members Can Afford To Raise Kids In Washington, DC

Chongqing, China

An Inside Look At Communist China: Where Capitalism Is All The Rage

The Benefits Of Recasting Over Refinancing A Mortgage

The Benefits Of Recasting Over Refinancing A Mortgage

The Hardest Mortgage Refinance Ever

The Hardest Mortgage Refinance Ever: Key Takeaways

Loyalty Is Dead: Transfer Your Capital For Free Money And Great Rewards

Loyalty Is Dead: Transfer Your Capital For Free Cash And Great Rewards

How Online Brokerages Make Money Charging Zero Trading Fees

How Online Brokerages Make Money Charging Zero Trading Fees

Thoughts On Buying Property Ahead Of A Potential Recession

Thoughts On Buying Property Ahead Of A Potential Recession

The Recommended Split Between Passive And Active Investing

The Recommended Split Between Passive And Active Investing

The Average Cost Of Family Health Insurance Tops $20,000

The Average Cost Of Family Health Insurance Is Now Outrageously High

The Importance Of Money And Status For Getting Into Private School

The Importance Of Money And Status For Getting Into Private School

How To Retire Early With Kids: An Impossible Task

How To Retire Early With Kids: A Nearly Impossible Task

A Cash Back Credit Card Is the Best Type Of Credit Card To Own

The Best Type Of Credit Card To Own Is A Cash Back Credit Card

Active Versus Passive Fund Performance: Equity And Fixed Income

Active Versus Passive Investing Performance In Equities And Fixed Income

What Income Level Is Considered Rich?

The Difficulties Of Relationship Pricing When Refinancing A Mortgage

The Difficulties Of Relationship Pricing When Refinancing A Mortgage

Why I Regret Selling My Online Business For $2.8 Million Every Single Day

Why I’ll Always Regret Selling My Online Business For Millions Of Dollars

The Easiest Way To Make Money: Recognize Arbitrage Opportunities

The Easiest Way To Make Money: Recognize Arbitrage Opportunities

Average net worth for above average married couples

The Average Net Worth For The Above Average Married Couple

Beware of a crucial mortgage refinancing mistake that will cost you money

Beware Of A Mortgage Refinance Miscalculation That Could Be Costly

A Woman's Journey To Financial Independence: From Broke To Freedom

A Woman’s Journey To Financial Independence: From Broke To Freedom

What's Next For Financial Samurai? Going The Entrepreneurial Route

Up Next For Financial Samurai: Less Retirement, More Entrepreneurship

The Average Credit Score To Qualify For A Mortgage Is Now Very High

The Average Credit Score To Qualify For A Mortgage Is Now Very High

What to do when the stock market vomits all over you

What To Do When Stock Market Volatility Returns

The Secret To Your Success: 10 Years Of Unwavering Commitment

Warning! Beware of revealing your financial independence plans too soon

Warning! Beware Of Revealing Your Financial Independence Plans Too Soon

The Inverted Yield Curve And A Recession Could Be Fantastic

The Inverted Yield Curve And A Recession Could Be Extremely Positive

The best real estate investment ever made was also the easiest

When To Sell An Investment Property: Every Indicator To Consider

What Is Risk Arbitrage Investing?

Average Daily Percent Move Of The Stock Market: S&P Volatility Returns

The Median Net Worth For The Middle Class, Mass Affluent And Top 1%

The Median Net Worth For The Middle Class, Mass Affluent And Top 1%

How does Fundrise plan to manage their investments in a downturn

How To Make Lots Of Money During The Next Downturn

Steps To Get Out Of MASSIVE Credit Card Debt Due To Lifestyle Inflation

Paying The Average Credit Card Interest Rate Will Keep You Poor Forever

What it's like having a budget wedding on the beach

The Average Wedding Cost Is Way Too High: Go Budget Instead

FU Money, President Obama

Once You Have F You Money, It’s Hard To Tell Others To F Off!

The Real Estate Investing Rule To Follow: Buy Utility, Rent Luxury

A Fed Rate Cut Is The Signal We've All Been Waiting For To Buckle Down

A Fed Rate Cut Is A Sign We Should All Buckle Down And Be Careful

What The Last 20 Years Of Inflation Teaches Us About Building Wealth

What The Last 20 Years Of Inflation Teaches Us About Building Wealth

It's Time To Refinance Your Mortgage And Boost Your Cash Flow

Refinance Your Mortgage Now As The Yield Curve Inverts

A Bear Market Checklist To Surviving A Downturn

A Bear Market Checklist To Thriving In A Downturn

Your Frugal Budget Won't Get You To Early Retirement

It’s Hard To Frugal Your Way To Early Retirement

The Only Time You Should Consider Buying A Vacation Property

The Only Time You Should Consider Buying A Vacation Property

The Amount Of Money Needed To Retire Early And Live In Abject Poverty

The Amount Of Money Needed To Retire Early And Live In Abject Poverty

Real Estate Is A Hedge Against Many Bad Things In Life

Real Estate Is A Hedge Against Many Bad Things In Life

To Save Money On Property Tax Don't Update Your City Records

To Save Money On Property Tax Don’t Update Your City Property Records

The Bull Market Checklist To Living Your Best Life

The Bull Market Checklist To Living Your Best Life Today

Best San Francisco Neighborhood To Buy Property For Maximum Price Appreciation

Why Households Need To Earn $300,000 A Year To Live A Middle Class Lifestyle Today

Solving Happiness: Things That Will Make You Happier And Wealthier

Solving The Happiness Conundrum In Five Moves Or Less

The Top Three Types Of Rewards Credit Cards To Own

Trophy Husbands, Trophy Wives, And Now Trophy Kids Oh My!

If I Could Retire All Over Again These Are The Things I'd Do Differently

If I Could Retire All Over Again These Are The Things I’d Do Differently

The making of 529 plan child millionaires

Your Chances Of Becoming A Millionaire By Race, Age, And Education

FS20: A New Property Leading Indicator That Gives Buyers Confidence

How To Take Advantage Of Rich People So You Can Get Rich Too

How To Take Advantage Of Rich People So You Can Get Rich Too

As A Bond Investing Homeowner, You May Get To Profit Thrice

How A Bond-Investing Homeowner May Get To Profit Thrice

When People Doubt You, Just Keep On Winning

When People Doubt You, Just Keep On Winning

Capital One® Venture® Rewards Credit Card Review

When Is The Right Time To Travel Or Live Abroad With Kids

How The FIRE Movement Will Narrow The Gender Pay Gap

How The FIRE Movement Will Narrow The Gender Pay Gap

The Best Life Hack For Americans: Taking Advantage Of Canada

The Best Life Hack For Americans: Taking Advantage Of Canada

You Can't Save Too Much In Your 401(k) For Retirement

You Can’t Save Too Much In Your 401(k) For Retirement

Is The FIRE Movement BS? Negatives Of Financial Independence

The Not So Obvious Reasons Why People Want To Achieve Financial Independence

The Best Passive Income Investments For Financial Freedom

Ranking The Best Passive Income Investments

How A Bad Real Estate Agent Can Kill The Possibility Of Getting The Best Selling Price

How A Bad Real Estate Agent Can Kill Your Chances Of Getting The Best Selling Price

How to save a lot of money in your pre-tax 401k or SEP IRA

How Much Should People Have Saved In Their 401Ks At Different Ages

In Real Estate, Watch Out For The Illusion Of Added Value

Forgoing $1 Million In Salary To Be A Stay At Home Parent

Forgoing $1 Million In Lost Income To Be A Stay At Home Parent

It's Time To Refinance Your Mortgage And Boost Your Cash Flow

Housing Expense Guideline For Financial Independence

Does Applying For A Credit Card Hurt Your Credit Score?

The Average Credit Score In America Is Now Excellent

In Search Of FIRE: Financial Samurai Retirement Portfolio Overview

In Search Of FIRE: Financial Samurai Retirement Portfolio Review

Reflecting On Two Years As A Stay At Home Dad

Reflecting On Being A Stay At Home Dad For Two Years: Eight Takeaways

Best Subprime Mortgage Lender To Get The Best Rates

A Stealth Wealth Solution For Real Estate Investors With Kids

Cashing Out Of Stocks To Buy Real Estate: Analyzing The Pros And Cons

Cashing Out Of Stocks To Buy Real Estate: Analyzing The Temptation

The Risks Of Using A Bad Realtor To Sell Your Property

How To Fail At Getting The Lowest Mortgage Interest Rate Possible

Annualized Returns By Asset Class From 1999 - 2018

Annualized Returns By Asset Class From 1999 – 2018

The Return On Rent Is Always Negative 100 Percent - Here's How To Live For Free

The Return On Rent Is Always Negative 100%: Here’s How To Live For Free

Paying Off Your Mortgage Is A Bad Move When The Yield Curve Is Inverted

Paying Off Your Mortgage Is A Bad Move When The Yield Curve Is Inverted

How To Plan For Retirement The Second Time Around

How To Plan For Your Retirement The Second Time Around

Average net worth for above average person

The Average Net Worth For The Above Average Person

How Do Real Estate Crowdfunding Platforms Do Their Due Diligence And Protect Investors?

Why Real Estate Will Always Be More Desirable Than Stocks

Explaining why the median 401(k) balance by age is so pitifully low

Explaining Why The Median 401(k) Retirement Balance By Age Is Dangerously Low

When earning $1 million a year isn't enough to retire early

When Earning $1 Million A Year Isn’t Enough To Retire Early

Retirement Travel In Santorini

What Does Early Retirement Feel Like? The Positives And Negatives Of Not Working For A Living

Fear of running out of retirement and crushing your nest egg

The Fear Of Running Out Of Money In Retirement Is Overblown

How To Get Healthcare Subsidies Under The Affordable Care Act

How To Qualify For Healthcare Subsidies Under The Affordable Care Act (Even As A Multi-Millionaire)

What percentage of Americans own stock?

The Benefits Of Owning Stocks Over Real Estate For Certain Investors

Bank With The Highest Interest Rate Post Rate Cut

The First Rule Of Financial Independence: Never Lose Money

Is Having A High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) Worth It To Be Eligible For A Health Savings Account (HSA)?

Is It Worth Having A High Deductible Health Plan To Be Eligible For A Health Savings Account?

The Average Consumer Expenditure Shows Americans Are Living Their Best Lives

Average Consumer Expenditure Per Year Proves Americans Are Living The Dream

Understanding the yield curve: an economic indicator

Understanding The Yield Curve: A Prescient Economic Predictor

If you love your spouse, you'd make them financially independent

If You Love Your Spouse, You’d Make Them Financially Independent

It feels a lot like 2007 again

It Feels A Lot Like 2007 Again: Reflecting On The Previous Peak

Squaw Valley USA, Lake Tahoe

Recommended Net Worth Allocation By Age And Work Experience

The Proper Geoarbitrage Strategy: First Your City, Then Your Country, Then The World

The Proper Geoarbitrage Strategy: First Your City, Then Your Country, Then The World

The Average Social Security Benefit Is Not Enough

The Average Social Security Benefit Is Not Enough For Retirement

Who Are Uber's Largest Shareholders Post IPO?

The Average Spending Amount In Retirement Is Surprisingly High

Maxing Out Your 401(k) Is A Choice On An Average Income: $55K In Washington D.C. Case Study

Maxing Out Your 401(k) Is A Choice On An Average Income: $55K In DC

The Average Stock Market Return Is Slowly Declining

The Proper Asset Allocation Of Stocks And Bonds By Age

What Percentage Of People Max Out Their 401(k)?

Latest 401(k) Balance By Age Versus Recommended Amount For A Comfortable Retirement

It's Time To Refinance Your Mortgage And Boost Your Cash Flow

How To Invest Your Down Payment If You’re Planning To Buy A House

The Higher Your Taxes, The Happier You'll Become

Short-Term And Long-Term Capital Gains Tax Rates By Income

Anatomy of a ARM reset

The Anatomy Of An Adjustable Rate Mortgage Increase

Financial SEER: Samurai Equity Exposure Rule Based On Risk Tolerance

Financial SEER: A Way To Quantify Risk Tolerance And Determine Appropriate Equity Exposure

Three things learned from my estate planning lawyer everyone should do

Three Things I Learned From My Estate Planning Lawyer Everyone Should Do

Reasons not to contribute to a Roth IRA

Why I Never Contributed To A Roth IRA But Why You Probably Should

Common financial blind spots on your road to financial freedom

Common Financial Blind Spots On The Road To Financial Independence

Build A CD Step Stool, Not A CD Ladder In A Flat Yield Curve Environment

Build A CD Step Stool, Not A CD Ladder In A Flattening Yield Curve Environment

The median income by age and sex in America

Achieving Financial Independence On A Modest Income: $40,000 In Manhattan

How to invest in Middle America real estate now that Donald Trump is president

Focus On Trends: Why I’m Investing In The Heartland Of America

The new three-legged stool in retirement is made up of You, You, and You

The New Three-Legged Retirement Stool: You, You, And You

How a big expensive house can ruin your life and path to FIRE

How A Big Expensive House Can Ruin Your Life And Path To Financial Freedom

Who Is Sam Dogen, Founder Of Financial Samurai?

Welcome To The Financial Samurai Forum (FSF)!

Thoughts On Buying Property Ahead Of A Potential Recession

How To Convince Someone To Buy Your Property When They Really Shouldn’t

Why $5 million is barely enough to retire early with a family

Why $5 Million Is Barely Enough To Retire Early With A Family

How to become a millionaire

The First Million Might Be The Easiest: How To Become A Millionaire By Age 30

Recommend stock allocation by bond yield for logical investors

Suggested Stock Allocation By Bond Yield For Logical Investors

Wedding spending rules to follow if you don't want to end up broke and alone

Wedding Spending Rules To Follow If You Don’t Want To End Up Broke And Alone

After-tax investment amounts by age in order to comfortably retire early

After-Tax Investment Amounts By Age To Comfortably Retire Early

What's Next For Financial Samurai? Going The Entrepreneurial Route

Way Of The Financial Samurai: Core Principles For Achieving Financial Independence

The Average Household Income In America

The Average Household Net Worth In America Is Huge!

Is Investing With Wealthfront A Smart Move For My Financial Future?

Personal Lessons Learned Since The 2008 – 2009 Financial Crisis

How much should you spend remodeling a house for maximum profit

How Much Should You Spend Remodeling A House For Maximum Profit

The Roth IRA For Retirement Planning Makes Sense

The Negatives Of Early Retirement Life Nobody Likes Talking About

What's The Difference Between APR And Interest Rate?

Go Up The Housing Price Curve To Find Better Value

The making of 529 plan child millionaires

Who Makes A Million Dollars A Year? Exploring The Top 0.1% Income Earners

US household debt composition

Household Debt Composition Mix Over Time: Student Loans Way Up

Warnings Signs To Be Aware Of Before Buying A House

10 Warning Signs To Look For Before Buying A House

Be rich, not famous: the joy of being a nobody

Be Rich, Not Famous: The Joy Of Being A Nobody

Quitting your job is selfish: engineering your layoff is the way to go

Quitting Your Job Is Selfish: Engineering Your Layoff Is The Ethical Way To Go

How high net worth individuals invest

How High Net Worth Individuals Invest: Their Asset Allocation Breakdown

How to accept financial assistance from your parents without feeling like a deadbeat loser

How To Accept Financial Help From Your Parents Without Feeling Like A Deadbeat Loser

The opportunity Cost of investing

Always Calculate The Opportunity Cost When Making A Major Investment

The Recommended Split Between Passive And Active Investing

How To Negotiate A Severance As A High-Performing Employee

Don't let your ego make you buy a big house you don't need

Don’t Let Ego Make You Buy A Bigger House Than You Need

The benefits of investing in triple-net properties

Triple-Net Properties: An Ideal Source Of Passive Income

Tax free profit exclusion for long term rentals need to be prorated

Tax Free Profit Exclusion: Prorate For Long Term Rentals That Turn Into Primary Homes

Reinvestment Ideas For Your Expired CD

Reinvestment Ideas From An Expiring CD: Stay Mostly Conservative

Net worth composition by levels of wealth

Net Worth Composition By Levels Of Wealth: Build A Business Already

Best Ways To Save For A House Downpayment

How To Pay No Capital Gains Tax After Selling Your House For Big Profits

The Risks Of Retiring Early And How You Can Better Prepare

The Ideal Retirement Age To Minimize Regret And Maximize Happiness

Recommended Savings Guide By Age

How Much Savings Should I Have Accumulated By Age?

Wonderful grounds

The Ideal House Size And Layout To Raise A Family

401(k) Millionaire

Here’s When You’ll Become A 401(k) Millionaire

How much investment risk should I take in retirement

How Much Investment Risk To Take In Retirement: Various Portfolio Compositions To Consider

Things to do before making an investment

Things To Do Before Making Any Investment If You Don’t Want To Lose Everything

Net Worth Target By Age, Work Experience, And Income

Net Worth Targets By Age, Income, And Work Experience For Financial Freedom Seekers

How I Convinced My Wife To Continue Working After I Retired

How I Convinced My Wife To Continue Working After I Retired Early

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