Strategies & tactics to get ahead financially & in life
Warren Buffett once told Becky Quick on CNBC that he’d buy up a couple hundred thousand single-family homes if it were more practical for him to do so. Real estate is one of those areas where expertise, research, and hard work can yield what investors call “alpha.” It’s what a successful investor is able to […]
I remember when I proposed to my lovely wife. I was nervous, we were hiking to a summit that was nearly 10,000 feet, and I fought to catch my breath because the air was so thin up there. I was hiking with a massive pack that included our tent and other supplies because our plan […]
When I proposed to my wife, Blue Nile was in its infancy. The idea that you could shop online and thousands on a product, any product, was sheer lunacy. But today? It’s common. It’s completely safe and totally expected that you’d buy online because you can get a better price, better service, and add-ons you […]
Did you hear the news that Chase has added a forced arbitration clause to some of their credit cards? I first read about it in a Fast Company article by Cale Weissman and the first group to get this notification were Chase Slate credit card holders: According to Chase, the new agreement includes a new […]
The first time I’d ever heard about a certified check was when we bought our first house. We were supposed to bring a certain amount to the closing table and it had to be a certified check. And to get that check, I had to visit my bank. I hated going to the bank. For […]
Have you ever heard the statistic that millionaires have an average of seven streams of income? I tried to find the survey, report, or some official repeating that statistic but was unsuccessful. That said, seven sounds good to me. More importantly, how do we get them? What spurred this blog post was an idea put […]
Do you want to open an account at Huntington National Bank and want to know if they have any promotions going on? You’re in the right place! We have partnered with Huntington Bank to make sure we list all the new account promotions they have available. Right now, they have two cash offers for new […]
When I started working full-time, one of my first big purchases was a four-day cruise to the Western Caribbean out of Miami. My girlfriend, now my lovely wife, urged me to get travel insurance and I obliged. It was cheap, we never needed it, but it gave her peace of mind. I felt like it […]
We have all heard the phrase “time in the market trumps timing the market.” That phrase simply means that timing the market is a fool’s errand. You cannot win. It’s far more important to be invested in the market and stay invested in the market. You only start touching your investments when you need to […]
When I started working in 2003, I did all my own taxes with Turbotax. My tax situation was simple, I could use the free edition, and it took all of about an hour to complete. I did that for years until I ran my business and needed to hire a bookkeeper and an accountant. Now, […]