If you have a car addiction problem, you’ve come to the right place. Back in my 20s and early 30s, I bought eight cars over a 10-year time frame. It was clear I had a car buying problem that needed solving. I originally wrote this post on July 11, 2009 when I first started Financial […]
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The best gift any parent can give a child besides unconditional love is a great education. A 529 college savings plan is a solution that is designed to help families tax-efficiently save for future college costs. You contribute after tax money with the benefit of paying zero federal and state income taxes on the profits when
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The smartest people in the world are listeners, not speakers. If all you’re doing is speaking, how do you learn anything new? To get ahead, you need to be smart enough to act dumb. You need to also learn how to convince people you’re not very good at what you do to lower expectations. If
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One of the funniest things I’ve come across are people who want to gain experience, but aren’t willing to sacrifice. Changing jobs or industries means you’ll likely need to take a pay cut and put in a lot of time. Several years ago, there was a lot of debate regarding employers taking advantage of their free interns. So, like
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In the spring of 2012, I took a leap of faith and retired from investment banking for good. Here is my story about retiring early to focus on travel, writing, and eventually becoming a full-time dad. It’s fun to look back on this post 12 years later and update it with some new thoughts. There
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An adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) has an interest rate cap. This article will explore how much an ARM mortgage interest rate can go up after the introductory fixed rate period is over. In general, the average maximum ARM adjustment up during the first year is 2%. Due to the limit in how much interest rates
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The cost of childcare is high. The cost of fourth trimester childcare, the three months after your baby is born, may be the highest! Not only are you dead tired during the first three months after you baby is born, you may want to spend up to get some night doula or au pair help.
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Fight for financial independence every day. There’s something really confusing that maybe you can help explain. I don’t understand why some people criticize others for doing the following: Saving and investing more than 20% of their income Taking stock of all their cash during times of volatility Working more than 50 hours a week Developing side
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In the great debate between real estate versus stocks, I give a slight nod towards real estate. When I was young, I wanted real estate because having it felt like I had arrived. Now that I’m middle-aged, I want real estate so I can provide a stable environment for my family. After taking over 500
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If you want to save money on property tax, please don’t call the assessors office to update your city property records. Instead, let the inefficient, bureaucratic machine take its sweet time! The property assessor’s goal is to try and extract as much money from homeowners as possible. Your goal as a homeowner is to save
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