Strategies & tactics to get ahead financially & in life
If you want to travel outside the United States, you’re going to need a U.S. Passport from the U.S. Department of State. According to the State Department, over 21 million passports were issued last year (and 2017). Overall, there are 137.5 million passport holders out there. Some are traveling the world. Others are collecting dust. […]
The Chase Freedom card is popular because it’s a very accessible cash back bonus card. There’s no annual fee and you get a $150 bonus after just $500 on purchases in the first three months – an amount many can achieve without difficulty. With the Chase Freedom Card, you need to activate the bonus cash […]
Do you remember the Equifax data breach back in September of 2017? It turns out that we’ve reached a point that folks are talking about settlement. They’ve agreed to a global settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the states. If you were affected, you are part of the class […]
Betterment is one of the oldest and most well-known roboadvisors. If you want to invest in the stock market and don’t want to do it yourself, roboadvisors offer a strong alternative. One of the common knocks against roboadvisors was what they did with the cash in your account. Charles Schwab’s Intelligent Portfolios took some heat […]
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 […]