7 hidden gems in the archives of The Money Habit with the highest potential to accelerate your financial independence goals. Over the past two weeks, the blog has ballooned by by more than 50k additional readers. These readers have been going voraciously through the archives, accumulating over 300k page views. I was thinking...
7 Hidden Gems To Kickstart Your Journey To Early Retirement
$187 Billion vs You: One Trick To Combat Social Pressure In Your Purchases
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. We were talking about...
Your Biggest Mistake Is Ahead Of You: 60% Efficiency And The System To Catch The Leaks
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 question. The person asking...
How Hot Is Your Neighborhood’s Appreciation? Two Methods To Get Powerful Info About Your Home
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 have such different views...
Guest Post: Harvard and Elite Private Universities – Are They Worth It?
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 institution would be worth...
What It’s Like To Be Retired: Retired and…Pregnant? Resetting Retirement Expectations
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 ideas of how retirement...
50 And Nothing Saved For Retirement: What To Do, Where To Start
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 unforeseen medical expenses/helping ailing...
A Harvard Education in 10 Minutes
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 an expensive private college...
Starting a Successful Blog (Or Any New Project) – Answers For the Eager, the Indecisive, and The Terrified
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 for those totally uninterested...
The 5 Minute Plan That Could Save You $1000-$5000 In A Health Emergency
The CDC reports that 1 in 5 American adults will visit the emergency room each year. Spend five minutes doing research now to save yourself thousands of dollars if you ever have a health emergency. Several years ago, I went on a business trip to a developing country. I came back with some...