Reading Time: 5 Min Companies in the U.S. spend over $187 billion a year trying to insert their opinions into your buying decisions. How can you protect yourself from their influence? One easy trick. Introducing the perspective of the Negative Purchase. I was playing a game with a few friends the other day.
The Two Metrics You Must Track To Do Well Financially
Reading Time: 4 Min As you kick your financial planning into the next gear, the key to your success is building momentum. One of the best ways to build momentum is seeing the direct results of your efforts translate into higher numbers in your bank account. Tracking just two numbers on a monthly basis
How Much Can You Actually Make Blogging?
Reading Time: 9 Minutes Ever wondered how much you can make blogging? I’m talking about my favorite income-generating idea today. Here are real numbers from real case studies, plus how to start a blog of your own in under 10 minutes. When I started this blog about 10 months ago, I was just
Your Biggest Mistake Is Ahead Of You: 60% Efficiency And The System To Catch The Leaks
Reading Time: 6 Min If you think you’re doing all the biggest things you can to build your nest egg, you’re probably wrong. Here’s the system that will prevent you from missing the biggest opportunities. I am asked often what my biggest mistake was on the road to financial independence. It’s a good
How Hot Is Your Neighborhood’s Appreciation? Two Methods To Get Powerful Info About Your Home
Reading Time: 7 Min Two methods to get the scoop on appreciation in your neighborhood, for an existing home or an investment. Includes a twenty second and a fifteen minute version. I’ve said many times before that real estate is hyperlocal; it explains why your aunt in Arizona and your brother in California
Guest Post: Harvard and Elite Private Universities – Are They Worth It?
Reading Time: 7 Min Below is a guest post from a friend of mine (who wishes to remain anonymous) in rebuttal to my post about A Harvard Education and what an exclusive, private college education can provide. As a new parent, he answers the question of whether sending his child to an elite private
What It’s Like To Be Retired: Retired and…Pregnant? Resetting Retirement Expectations
Reading Time: 4 Min The latest in the What It’s Like To Be Retired series, chronicling day to day life as an early retiree. How pregnancy has ushered in a new chapter to retirement life (the good, the bad, and the Cheerios). When I retired over a year ago, I had plenty of
50 And Nothing Saved For Retirement: What To Do, Where To Start
Reading Time: 12 Min A plan of action for those who are approaching retirement age with little saved. I get some really interesting reader mail through the Contact page. By far the most common question I get is a variant of the below: I’m 53 years old and through a combination of
A Harvard Education in 10 Minutes
Reading Time: 10 Min Here are the major life lessons I learned at Harvard in one free, 10-minute post. I took a road trip with some friends of mine this weekend. They are expecting a kiddo soon, and the conversation at some point turned to education. Would they want their kid to attend
Starting a Successful Blog (Or Any New Project) – Answers For the Eager, the Indecisive, and The Terrified
Reading Time: 6 Min I’ve gotten a huge response to the post this week on real income figures from bloggers. Below are three of the major groups/questions I received by email this week from readers on the subject of starting a blog. Whether you’re eager, indecisive, or terrified, there’s something here for you. And