a hackers guide to managing your money
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 a new checking account, deposit new money, and satisfy a few other conditions. HSBC is getting into the game and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Discover is a company that has been around for decades. Most people know about the Discover Card, first introduced in 1985 by Sears. At the time, it was novel because it had no annual fee and offered cardholders a higher than average credit limit. Back then, credit cards were special. Companies hadn’t realized how much […]
Behind every mainstream story about a couple retiring in their 30s and traveling the world is a story of struggle, sacrifice, and smart trade-offs. The idea that you could retire early, that is to say before you were in your 60s, has been around for centuries. This History of F.I.R.E. published on Rockstar Finance is […]