After writing Retirement Housing Decisions and getting a ton of GREAT suggestions (thank you!) I decided to ask the Wise Sage of All Knowledge what they thought about retirement housing. Who is this Wise Sage? Google, of course. ;) After all, their entire business is built upon finding the best content for any given search term, so they probably have most of this figured … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2019
Millionaire Interview 141
Here’s our latest interview with a millionaire as we seek to learn from those who have grown their wealth to high heights. If you’d like to be considered for an interview, drop me a note and we can chat about specifics. My questions are in bold italics and his responses follow in black. Let's get started... OVERVIEW How old are you (and spouse if applicable, plus how … [Read more...]
Three Ways to Play Good Financial Offense and Defense
As most of you know, one of my favorite personal finance books is The Millionaire Next Door. In fact, it's one of only five money books I think people need to read. The Millionaire Next Door was the first money book I took to heart and applied to my life. It's one of the main reasons I was able to achieve financial independence and retire at 52. One of the book's … [Read more...]
Why Taking Social Security Early Might Be the Best Option
While deciding when to take Social Security (SS) is still some time off for me, it's been on my mind recently. As I've been reading the Retirement Interviews it seems there are a disproportionate number of comments and thoughts around how the retirees address Social Security. I'm interested in this as well because it's 1) a complicated subject and 2) something I don't … [Read more...]
Three Reasons I Prefer Bloggers Over Journalists
It's been a while since I've done a more rant-y piece and even longer since I've posted something in my "Not Experts" category. Today's post will catch us up in both of these areas. One thing I enjoy about early retirement is the amount of learning I get to do. I've always been curious and it seems like my life has been one long, constant effort (in a good way) to learn … [Read more...]
Millionaire Interview 140
Here’s our latest interview with a millionaire as we seek to learn from those who have grown their wealth to high heights. If you’d like to be considered for an interview, drop me a note and we can chat about specifics. My questions are in bold italics and his responses follow in black. Let's get started... OVERVIEW How old are you (and spouse if applicable, plus how … [Read more...]
Ten Big Financial Moves that Will Skyrocket Your Net Worth
The following is a post which originally appeared at Budgets are Sexy. We all have money tips coming out our ears. Do this. Don't do that. Do this or that. And on and on. The advice seems endless -- so much so that if you try to follow them all you'd have no time to live your life. At the same time, all money tips are not created equal. Even while many are valuable, … [Read more...]
Early Semi-Retirement: An Alternative to Full Retirement
Many years ago (on my first site) I wrote several posts on the book Work Less, Live More: The Way to Semi-Retirement. This pre-dated FIRE becoming more mainstream (and being known by me) as the book was originally published in 2007 and I wrote about it in 2010. At that time, the idea of semi-retirement was rather unique and somewhat "out there." (Though undoubtedly it, or … [Read more...]
Spending Less Versus Earning More
If you've been reading personal finance articles for more than ten seconds it's likely you've heard that you need to "spend less than you earn." But it goes way beyond that. That's just the soundbite. A bit deeper there is a lot of online discussion about which is more important to financial success: spending less or earning more? It's an age-old money debate, similar … [Read more...]
Millionaire Interview 139
Here’s our latest interview with a millionaire as we seek to learn from those who have grown their wealth to high heights. If you’d like to be considered for an interview, drop me a note and we can chat about specifics. My questions are in bold italics and his responses follow in black. Let's get started... OVERVIEW How old are you (and spouse if applicable, plus how … [Read more...]
