After a home sale, you will hopefully be flush with cash. However, reinvesting proceeds after a home sale is important if you want to keep up or beat inflation. Therefore, here are some investment ideas to consider after selling your property. Thanks to inflation, you need at least a $3 million net worth to be […]
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I’m on record saying that buying a vacation property is a suboptimal investment. But that’s also because I bought a vacation property in 2007, right before the market really took a dive. This post will discuss the only time you should consider buying a vacation property if you insist on not taking my advice. Perhaps
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Did you just receive a black tie wedding invitation and are in a bit of a panic over the dress code? I was in the same boat! This post will show you how to dress well on the cheap for a black tie wedding. Here’s my own story about how I figured out how to
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Should I get an MBA or should I not get an MBA. That is the question.
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I originally wrote this post on July 12, 2009, during the worst of the Global Financial Crisis. I had just started this site in my living room because I was worried I was going to lose all my money and get let go. So I started pontificating, “Do rich people try harder?” “Why do some
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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. In July 2009, I kickstarted the modern-day FIRE movement by launching Financial Samurai and writing about my plans to
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