Safe Withdrawal Rate: Why We Are Kidding Ourselves
Safe Withdrawal Rate Any personal finance blog worth its salt does at least one post on the Safe Withdrawal Rate. The concept of the Safe Withdrawal Rate is nothing new to the financially savvy...
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Family On Fire, Do You Have Spousal Buy In?
Spousal Buy In The story is almost universal. A guy (or gal) suffers through a horrendous day of work and scours the internet searching for an escape hatch. The magical mix of search words...
My Ridiculous Love Affair With Side Hustles
Side Hustle We had interesting conversations growing up at my childhood dinner table. My Stepfather, at that time a CEO of a large multinational company, often was teased incessantly for his various side...
What’s Your Number?
I get this question posed to me all the time. What’s your magic number? When will you have sufficient assets to call it quits? How much is enough? And each time I shake my head...
Second Generation FI: A Life Without Light Bulbs and Inflection Points
One thing I love about the FI blogosphere (Podcastosphere?) are the founder stories. Each and every blogger has a unique and enduring story about how they stumbled into this madness we affectionately call financial...
Why I Fired My Financial Advisor
Like most busy young professionals, I convinced myself that I had little time to worry about my finances. My young adult mind argued that my energies were better spent building my career, pumping up...
The Rules Of FI Club
Rule 1: You do not blog about FI club. Rule 2: YOU DO NOT BLOG ABOUT FI CLUB! Rule 3: You do not outsource decisions regarding money. You suck it up. You spend a...
FI in the Sky
So the unfathomable tragedy came to pass that three unlucky middle-aged figures stumbled towards the pearly gaits to the entrance of heaven at the same time. The first was a haggard individual stooped over...
This Is How We Real Estate
We took a trip to the city today to place a lock box and check the condo before the first showing. I emailed my buddy, a discount realtor, a few days ago who popped...
Money is a Foil
Money is a foil, a false prophet. Financial Independence is a mirage. I know, I know. What kind of statement is this from a personal finance blogger. But bear with me. When children dream...
