As you know, I'm a big fan of giving both time and money to help those who are less advantaged. I have my own favorite charities, like anyone else, but I don't advocate that you give to them -- unless you like them. Instead, pick charities near and dear to your heart and support those organizations. I received several notes about giving after I launched my Salvation … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2020
Millionaire Interview 173
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...]
Why You Should Invest in Real Estate
I've been meaning to do a real estate post for some time now. I'm finally getting to it with this one. In my walks around the neighborhood I've been listening to The ABCs of Real Estate Investing: The Secrets of Finding Hidden Profits Most Investors Miss and really enjoying it. The book is a good, solid primer on real estate investing and I wish I had read it before I got … [Read more...]
Why is Inflation the Single Biggest Retirement Threat?
My top-recommended retirement book is How Much Money Do I Need to Retire?. It's written by my friend, Todd Tresidder, who blogs at Financial Mentor, and it's simply excellent! In fact, it's good enough to make my list of the only five money books anyone needs to read as well as be one of the 12 books that can make you a financial expert in a year. The book was … [Read more...]
Retirement Update: 3.5 Years
Here we are again -- time for another retirement update where I share what's going on in my life! For the record here's the last one. You may want to read it as some of the items mentioned in this post will assume you know what's in the former post. The past three months have been full of excitement, so let's get to the details! Life I spent a lot of time with my … [Read more...]
Millionaire Interview 172
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 her responses follow in black. Let's get started... OVERVIEW How old are you (and spouse if applicable, plus how … [Read more...]
How I Lost Five Years of Early Retirement by Not Having a Plan
Here's another one of those "mistakes I made" posts that I like to do every once in a while. It has the added benefit of being a New Years resolution sort of post, which I simply love. :) Doing "mistakes posts" helps me (and ESI Money readers) remember that I'm not always the perfect money manager that this site often seems to make me out to be. In addition, it shows … [Read more...]
