Blazing a Trail Towards Financial Independence
The turkey is picked clean and all the leftovers are finally gone. I’ve loosened up my belt a notch or to. It must mean November has come to a close. Did we stuff our savings as much as we stuffed our faces?
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I have an infatuation with real estate. I love researching and working on houses. As part of this interest, rental real estate is something I want to incorporate into our investment strategy. We currently have one rental property, which is the first home I bought and just never sold. But I want more. The “relatively passive” income from real estate is very appealing. The sooner we can get the rental snowball rolling the better the benefits will be.
I’ve been debating whether we should purchase the next one with all cash or by financing. I figured I might as well put my thought process out on the blog for transparency.
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The leaves are falling and the trick or treating is in the books. October has come and gone. Were our finances as spooky as the Halloween decorations?
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When it comes to investing, I’ve been an outspoken advocate of keeping things as simple and as cheap as possible. Namely, to own the entire stock market using a Total Stock Market index fund with a rock bottom expense ratio. But recently I’ve decided to add some complexity into my investing portfolio. Let me tell you why.
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It’s official: Summer is over. School is in full swing and college football is back! Whoohoo! We paid off our car loan in August, but did we get our savings back in line in September?
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To many, the pursuit of Financial Independence (FI) can seem like a lot of hard work and sacrifice. Scrimping and saving, cutting back on dining out, cable, and other retail expenses, buying used or not buying at all sounds like deprivation. If I am being totally honest, there are days when I sometimes question my motivation myself.
Today is not one of those days.
Today is a reminder of why I choose FI.
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