A few years ago, I went into my local bank branch to do a wire transfer. I wrote my name on the check-in sheet and helped myself to a free cup of coffee in the waiting area. After a few minutes, a well-groomed young fellow in a suit and tie came over to greet me. As he reached to shake my hand, I noticed his eyes looking me up and down, studying my old t-shirt, dirty jeans,
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You Don’t Have to Be Good at Math to Be Good at Personal Finance
Happy Friday! Who’s looking forward to an awesome weekend!? 🙋♂️🙋♀️ Today I’m gonna share something a little embarrassing… It’s the final report card from my graduating year at high school. Check this out: As you can see, Math was my worst subject. 29 out of 100... I’ve never scored lower than 29% on anything
6 Ways My Parents Taught Me Financial Independence
Want to teach your kids financial independence? Here's how mine did! “Hey Mum, this is my friend Daniel from school.” “Nice to meet you, Daniel, and welcome to our home! Joel, do you want to wash the dishes, hang the laundry, or vacuum the house?” “Ah, Mum... Daniel came over to play. Can I pleeeeease skip my chores today?” “Nope. If you live in this house, you must do
!! Exclusive (Totally Made-Up) Interview With Prince Harry and Meghan About Financial Independence!!
Hey, everyone! For a little light-hearted fun, today’s post is a 100% made-up interview/story. But there’s a kernel of truth to it! Harry and Megs have indeed announced that they are pursuing financial independence, and I’m a massive supporter of this decision. FIRE is ultimately about freedom, and I’m stoked that people with fame and all different income levels are figuring it
Slow down … FIRE is not a race
(FYI … "Sank Farten" means "slow down" in Swedish. I’ve been yelling it at speeding cars on my street lately, but I just get strange looks in return :)) When I first stumbled across the FIRE movement, I’ll admit I was a little narrow-minded. I thought the goal of FIRE was to accumulate an insane amount of savings to reach financial independence as fast as possible and hit
Can you retire with a mortgage? How about 15 mortgages!?
Good morning, all. Happy Monday! Some of you are excited to learn more about real estate investing. I’m no expert, but I do have a few rental properties and will share my experiences (and screw-ups) over time. I know real estate investing isn’t everybody’s cup of tea, so I'll keep posts like this light and sporadic. (Plus, J Money will kill me if I turn this site into a
Getting my wife on board with the FIRE lifestyle
[Happy Friday! Please enjoy more backstory on our man Joel who will be taking over the blog here shortly! See you back on Monday for one last week of hanging out together! :)] ******* It’s a common question in the personal finance community … “How can I get my partner on board with Financial Independence?” Tough to answer, because everyone’s relationship is a little
New Book + Giveaway: “Keys to a Successful Retirement” by Fritz Gilbert
Gooooood morning everyone!! So excited to share this new book with y'all from my long-time blogging friend, and occasional guest poster here, Fritz Gilbert from The Retirement Manifesto!!! One of the nicest guys in the community! Keys to a Successful Retirement: Staying Happy, Active, and Productive in Your Retired Years This has been a project in his head for years now,
New Book & Giveaway: “How Much Money Do I Need to Retire?” 2nd Ed by Todd Tresidder
Morning!! My man Todd Tresidder, aka The Financial Mentor, just released the 2nd edition of his popular book, "How Much Money Do I Need to Retire?", and his publicist was kind enough to pass me a few copies to give out today... If you've ever wondered this before (of course you have!), or want to see how it compares to *your* calculations and see if anything needs to be
#156 on the “Million Dollar Club” makes good on pledge!
That was the subject line of a new email I just got ;) For anyone unfamiliar with the "club", it was a silly little thing I put together in year #1 of the blog to get people excited - and motivated - about hitting a million dollars, and in order to be added to it you had to share your list of things you're planning to do to reach it. #156 on the list was Gene Roberts who
