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Balancing Your Financial Goals
Having lots of competing interests and goals can be stressful. Often we search for the One Right Answer, something for … Read more
NFL and IOU: 10 Debt Lessons You Can Learn From Football Players
There are varying schools of thought on borrowing money, but I think most realistic folks would agree that unproductive debt … Read more
FIRE Starter 011: An Anesthesiologist and Pediatrician in Debt
The cost of becoming a doctor is staggering in terms of both lost youth and actual dollars. The couple featured … Read more
Play Money: Invest AND Have Fun!
Do you have a “play money” allocation in your investment portfolio? Investing can be quite simple. Mike Piper has a … Read more
The Sunday Best 03/27/2022
The Sunday Best is a collection of articles I’ve curated from the furthest reaches of the internet for your reading … Read more
Crypto and NFTs: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
You’ve undoubtedly heard about the price of Bitcoin, that mysterious electronic money, and its roller-coaster ride over the past decade. … Read more
Why We Need Different Types of Financial Independence
Personal finance is truly personal. This is a maxim that can be difficult for some to follow. While some folks … Read more
FIRE Crossroads 026: Brewing a Path to FI
The accumulation phase of savings is generally about piling up money. Money, after all, is the universal lubricant, and more … Read more
Family FIRE Travels: A Week in Medellin, Colombia
Medellin, Colombia may not be the first destination you have in mind when it comes to Spring Break or a … Read more
The Sunday Best 03/20/2022
The Sunday Best is a collection of articles I’ve curated from the furthest reaches of the internet for your reading … Read more
The Worst Financial Gifts to Give to Your Children
To paraphrase a common saying, the road to ruin is paved with good intentions. Every parent wants “the best” for … Read more
7 Streams of Income: The Millionaire’s Secret
How many different types of income streams do you have? While most of us have one source of income that … Read more
FIRE Crossroads 025: On the Way to FIRE in South America
Many FIRE plans call for some type of geographic arbitrage – moving to an area of the world with lower … Read more
The Future is Unknowable. Spend it All or Sock it Away?
They say that nothing is certain but death and taxes, and even those can be manipulated or at least influenced … Read more
The Sunday Best 03/13/2022
The Sunday Best is a collection of articles I’ve curated from the furthest reaches of the internet for your reading … Read more
What Is a Limited Partner in a Syndication?
Most people who express an interest in passive real estate are interested in both the risk-adjusted returns that real estate … Read more
40 Reflections on Life on the Eve of a 40th Birthday
I think it’s natural to expect as we get older that we will become more introspective. You’ve heard all of … Read more
FIRE Crossroads 024: Coasting to fatFIRE
As you may know, we’ve talked here before about the concept of fatFIRE – that is, a spending budget in … Read more
Charityvest: A Better Donor Advised Fund
In 2013, I opened my first Donor Advised Fund (DAF), and 2022 is my 10th year using them. They’re a … Read more
The Sunday Best 03/06/2022
The Sunday Best is a collection of articles I’ve curated from the furthest reaches of the internet for your reading … Read more