I’ve always heard that real estate is the path to wealth. You probably have too. For many Americans, that means your primary residence. You buy it, you make your mortgage payments, and those “forced savings” plus property appreciation result in equity that often makes up a large percentage of your net worth. For others, it […]
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Which TurboTax Version Should I Use in 2019?
Time to do your taxes right? If you’re looking for a cheap option for tax preparation, you’re probably considered Intuit’s TurboTax software. For years, I used TurboTax when I was working a corporate job at Northrop Grumman. It was easy to use, affordable, fast, and more importantly, accurate. TurboTax Free Edition is their free version. […]
What We Would Have Done Differently While Saving for Early Retirement (If We’d Known Better)
Today’s post comes courtesy of a blogging friend I met a few years ago at FinCon in San Diego. At the time, she was anonymous, working in politics (I’m sure you can understand the need for anonymity!), but well on her way to early retirement (another good reason to remain hidden!). In the couple years […]
How to Cultivate Kaizen: Embrace Continual Process Improvement
We make chicken parm fairly regularly. It’s a simple recipe. Bread some chicken breast, cook it, top with tomato sauce and mozzarella, warm it up the melt the cheese, and then serve over pasta. But if you looked at the first time we made it and the latest time, the two looked massively different. We’ve […]
