I do a ton of shopping on Amazon and we have Amazon Prime because it’s freaking awesome. One of the things that is less awesome is how often they pitch the Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Signature Credit Card. I understand why they do it because credit cards are big business and at least they’re offering […]
Best Early Retirement Calculators
Early retirement is a popular subject lately and with good reason – being able to tell your boss to “shove it!” is appealing (unless your boss is cool, then maybe it’s bittersweet… but still a little sweet). There are a lot of fantastic early retirement blogs that can show you the path but the steps […]
Best Investing Apps: Betterment vs. Stash vs. Acorns vs. Robinhood
When I started investing, there were no apps. It was the late 90s and early 2000s. Practically the stone ages. I had a Vanguard account, paid gobs of money for trades, and basically kept all my money in various mutual funds. Back then, you didn’t have much of a choice. Trading commissions were expensive and […]
Real Estate Crowdfunding Sites for Non-Accredited Investors
There’s an old adage in real estate… location, location, location. I live in the DMV – Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia – and it’s an area where real estate is higher than average. It’s challenging to find investment properties and as someone who is neither experience nor patient, it doesn’t make much sense for me to […]
Ally Bank Review
Thinking about opening a bank account and wondering if that bank should be Ally Bank? Ally Bank is an online bank with high-interest checking and savings accounts that will embarrass your local brick and mortar bank options. Years ago, I made Ally Bank my main online bank. I still keep a Bank of America account […]
HSBC Bank Welcome Promotions: $200, $350, $750 for New HSBC Checking Accounts
HSBC Bank is one of the world’s largest banks and now they’re offering one of the largest bonuses as a welcome deposit. It’s becoming increasingly popular for banks to offer large bonuses if you open an account, deposit new money, and satisfy a few other conditions. HSBC is getting into the game and the welcome […]
Enjoy My Laundry List of Failures – A Peek at My Failure Resume
I haven’t updated my resume in over a decade. Today, that’s going to change. But it’s not going to change in the way you think – I’m going to create a failure resume. A failure resume is exactly what it says – it’s when you list your career and personal failures. It’s not a new […]
PeerStreet Review: Invest in Commercial Loans with $1,000 Minimums
I’ve invested in real estate before. With less than stellar results. It was a small little partnership that invested in single family homes in Kansas City. The homes were very small, in a blue collar neighborhood, and things were fine when they were fine. We had a partner on the ground managing it but eventually […]
How to Find Your Bank’s Routing Number
Your bank’s routing number is important because it’s the key to knowing where to send and receive money. If you want to find your routing number, the easiest way is to find one of your personal checks. There are a lot of numbers on a check. Let me steal this image of a check from […]
These 5 Research Studies Will Forever Change The Way You Spend Money
For nearly ten years, we do the same exact thing every New Year’s Eve – we rent a large vacation house with our friends. It started as a reunion of sorts and, as each of our families grew, evolved into a four-day vacation rental. The first year we rented a house that had just four […]