Literally just days after I wrote a post about the high cost of replacing an A/C unit I got an email from my property management company that my tenants opened a service request to fix the air conditioner unit. I was extremely worried I would have to shell out $6000 or more to replace the…
Book Review: Nomad Capitalist – How to Reclaim Your Freedom with Offshore Bank Accounts, Dual Citizenship, Foreign Companies and Overseas Investments by Andrew Henderson
This is one of the most informative, entertaining and actionable book I’ve read in a while. Andrew Henderson makes the case that it’s important to “go where you are treated best” and offers some genuine good ideas on how to do that for yourself. Here is a favorite quote from this book, “These people live…
Happy Birthday America!
Have a safe and happy Fourth of July!
Zepbound: My Health Journey – June Edition
I’ve gone backwards with Zepbound. I had to travel two weeks for work and while I still took my Zepbound, I was in business meeting that often ended with a business dinner at some fancy restaurant. While I mostly ate salads and refrained from any alcohol, I still managed to gain about 4 pounds during…
Going On Vacation
I have had a tough time with all the travel for work so I am taking a vacation and won’t be posting until I get back in mid July. I’ve been living out of a suitcase for two weeks and now I need time to decompress. In the meantime, if you need something to read…
Corporate Burnout & Golden Handcuffs
One of the reasons I started this blog back up after a very long hiatus was the fact that I had a growing sense of corporate burn out. I’ve written about my college days where I worked at pizza places doing a variety of crappy jobs but today I’m going to write about the other…
Traveling For Work
I am traveling this week for work so I won’t be posting new stuff for a few days but I’ve got plenty of stuff for you to read while I’m away! The Two Types of Money People Tightwads and Spendthrifts over at A Wealth of Common Sense. Is Maximizing Credit Cards Worth It over at…
Retiring With Millions At 34 Then Running Out of Money?
There is a great cautionary tale about retiring early, even with millions, and running out of money, from a personal finance blog I read, Financial Samurai and you can read the article here from yahoo finance. In the article the Sam Dogen managed to amass $2.5 million by 34 and decided to retire but is…
Happy Father’s Day
To all the Dads out there, Happy Father’s Day!
Inflation At Home May 2024
The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases their Consumer Price Index report monthly and the one for May came out this week. It’s one of the few government statistics report that I actually look at to see trends and do personal finance forecasting. So what’s happening with inflation? Household Insurance Home owners (and renters) insurance continues…