As a foreign service kid growing up, I lived in Zambia, Taiwan, Malaysia, Japan, and The Philippines. Then I worked in international equities for 13 years and traveled to over 60 countries. As a lover of food, I think the best food in the world is in Malaysia. After 24 years, I finally returned to […]
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Due to popular demand, I’ve launched the Financial Samurai Forum where the community can come and share their thoughts in four main categories: Financial Independence Real Estate Investing General Investing Career Growth & Exit Strategies Financial Samurai has been up since 2009 and I’m proud to say we’ve got some of the most interactive and
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Don’t let people walk all over you. Have the confidence to stand up yourself and fight for what you believe in! One of the surprising responses from How To Improve The Value Of Your Home With One Phone Call is people basically saying it’s not worth the hassle to call the property assessor’s office to make
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Age discrimination in the workplace is all too common. This article discusses why we need to eradicate age discrimination, especially when there is a need to accumulate a larger net worth and work longer now that times are so uncertain. Every large corporation has some type of annual “Diversity Training” course where we learn not
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You can get rich by working hard and investing wisely for a long time. Or you can get rich by finding yourself a wealthy spouse. This post will share how to get a rich man to be your boyfriend or husband. Over the past 20 years, a number of my female friends have been able
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If there’s one thing we can appreciate from the Occupy Movement, it’s a fantastic slogan that emerged saying, “Shit Is Fucked Up And Bullshit!“ There’s something about this slogan that resonates with me, and perhaps with many of you. I’ve found myself saying this in my head a lot recently. I’m not sure if I’ve
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Workplace bullies are the worst because thy may affect your financial potential. Workplace bullies is part of the reason why I wanted to build as many passive income streams as possible to be free. Bullying at work is as common as bullying in school. It’s just the type of bullying that is different. Seldom are
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Living longer is what we all want. Let’s discuss how! I’ve always told my wife that if all goes to hell, at least we’ll still have each other. After all, we met during college when neither of us had any money. We were happy just spending time together between classes in the Sunken Gardens at
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Everybody needs to have a blog. Successful personal finance bloggers will agree. I was eating dinner at my local Indian joint when a late 20s couple sat at the table right next to me. The guy, a new pharmacy graduate from UCSF was with a female pharmacy student. He was buttering her up with praise about how
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With the uptick in racist incidences in America during and after the pandemic, I wanted to share on racist incident I well never forget back in Virginia (VA). Let us stand up to racism every day and share our experiences. The more we can share, the more people can understand. And the more we understand
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