Strategies & tactics to get ahead financially & in life
I love living so close to BWI Airport. It’s about a twenty-minute drive from our house and after I got TSA PreCheck, I know I can be through security in about ten minutes. I don’t fly a lot, maybe a dozen times a year, but I’m always thankful to have PreCheck. The TSA PreCheck at […]
If you’ve ever considered holding a big outdoor event, chances are you’ve considered porta potty rentals. It’s not a glamorous idea to research but it’s a very necessary one. If you don’t have enough porta-potties, your event will be a disaster. It doesn’t matter if you have U2, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, Taylor Swift, and AC/DC […]
I’m fairly serious about security when it comes to our computers, devices, and online accounts. I’m not super strict but I never connect to insecure networks and I never log into accounts when I’m on an unfamiliar network. I never understand when people log into their bank accounts from a computer sitting in the “Business […]
When it comes to magazines or newsletters about personal finance, I have a soft spot for a newsletter called Bottom Line Personal. When I was a kid, our neighbor Chris would come over and have a chat with my dad about once a week after dinner. Every time he came over, he brought all sorts […]
Years ago, I was a voracious watcher of TED talks. I like how they’re short, incisive, and usually represented the starting thread of an idea or concept that you could slowly unravel for many hours, if not days, if you really wanted to. For example, here’s one from Tim Urban, creator of Wait But Why […]
I enjoy playing video games. I enjoyed them when I was a kid and I enjoy them even today. When I was younger, my mom would frequently remind me that I couldn’t play video games forever. She wasn’t trying to be a killjoy, back in the 80’s and 90’s, she was right. You couldn’t make […]
Ever wonder how the richest Americans make their money? We are fascinated with how others make money. Today is your lucky day because all this information is publicly available. And you probably can guess who the source is. The Internal Revenue Service. They know (mostly) how much everyone makes, how they make it, and if […]
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 […]