If you can make it in Hawaii, you can make it anywhere. Hawaii is one of the best places to live, but it’s expensive and the pay is low. The median home price in Honolulu, for example, is roughly $780,000 in 2024. My grandparents came to Hawaii in 1906. My father is Chinese Hawaiian and […]
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If you were to guess what the average new car price is nowadays, what would you guess? I guessed $25,000, since my Honda Fit is sweet for an economy car and only costs $19,600 new. Given I’m frugal, leaving a 20% upside pricing buffer seemed logical. Too bad I was way off! According to Kelley Blue
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After working for 10 consecutive years post college, I no longer wanted to be rich. Instead, I wanted to be free and went John Galt in an attempt to unplug from the Matrix. It took three more years of planning but I finally managed to escape, or so I hope. There’s just one nagging feeling
Did you know that you can make a lot more by working overseas and save a significant amount in taxes at the same time? Now that you know, why not work overseas? The US tax system is not the most lenient by any means. American tax payers shell out effectively almost 50% of their incomes to
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The Courage To Be Disliked is one of my favorite books. It is a must read for all of you looking to improve your lives. As I contemplate returning to work once my daughter turns two years old, I fear leaving my wife alone with two kids under three and a half. She’s not too
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After over two years of being a stay at home dad, I finally understand how I was able to consistently get up at by 5am and go until 10pm on average for 730+ days in a row: dad-guilt! Dad-guilt is an incredibly strong feeling where dads do not feel like they are doing enough to
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Have you ever wondered will marrying someone with bad credit hurt my credit score? If so, great job thinking about your financial future together with someone new. The short answer is: No, in the short run. However, in the long run, your credit score may be hurt if you aren’t careful. Love is love. Ever
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Divorce is one of the worst destroyers of wealth. May you never have to go through one. Love birds beware. The following is a guest post from Financial Samurai reader and medical doctor, Xrayvsn. A divorced ruined his life but he clawed his way back. Divorce. Few words in the English language can elicit as
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It’s harder to get rich off stocks than it is to get rich off real estate. The main reason why is due to the absolute amount of money you need to risk to get rich in stocks. Even if your $5,000 stock investment goes up 50%, that’s only $2,500. But if your $500,000 rental property
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Reaching financial independence is the holy grail of personal finance. But what does financial independence really mean? In this post I’d like to determine the three levels of financial independence. That’s right. Even in financial independence there is no one size fits all since everybody has a different desired standard of living. Some people are
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