The following is a guest post from reader, Erin Opalek. Erin is a married 30-something saver who engages in synchronized saving and other questionable leisure sports. She shares her personal finance advice for couples. Over the years, I’ve had a bunch of married friends express a desire to get their personal finances in order. Pretty much […]
If you want to get rich, own real estate. Never rent again because the return on rent is negative 100% every month. Here’s a story why you should never rent if you want to get wealth. Frankly, I’m shocked the guy still has a following given his financial history. It just goes to show that
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After a year and a half of retirement life and speaking to dozens of early and traditional retirees, I’ve noticed one very alarming phenomenon. Retired folks can’t stop saving money! When I ask fellow retirees what they are saving money for, they can’t come up with an answer. Saving money is an unbreakable habit that
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This post is an ode to endless perfect summers. For finding our ikigai and doing things we care about the most. The pandemic has really made me and hopefully you realize that time is precious. We most focus on doing things that are meaningful and that matter! Imagine standing barefoot on the sand just far
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Investing is a journey that can be as adventurous as you want it to be. Some people can tolerate a lot of risk and jump at any speculative investment opportunity to try and strike it rich. Others take a lower risk, backseat approach and focus on passive investing instead of active investing. And some take
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Have you ever wondered how people can live in an expensive city on less than six figures? I wondered this all the time as someone who has lived in New York City and San Francisco for over 23 years. I first started my career in New York City as a financial analyst from 1999-2001 at
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Let me introduce you to the DVD rental method to CD investing. When we first bought our $1,200 HDTV six years ago, we told ourselves never to go to the movies again until we watched enough DVDs to pay for the purchase. Every time we went to the movies, we’d have to pay on average
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Learning to be happy with what we have is on of the keys to long-term happiness. Money is only a tool to a better and happier life. Never forget this. Part of the reason why so many people are unhappy is because they are never satisfied. If you can find your ikigai, your “reason for
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If you want to get ahead, why not just try harder? It sounds simple doesn’t it? Let’s see if trying harder is one key to success. Anybody who knows me realizes I’ve got very little talent in practically everything I do. Complex math was confusing so I stopped at Trigonometry sophomore year in high school.
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