Whoa! We have gone through a lot in these posts. And I gave you other homework to read some of my other posts for more information. I’m proud of you for jumping into this 3rd part of the series to complete the F.I.R.E fundamentals. As mentioned in part 2, we are going to jump into […]
Speaking in the way of the honorable Ace Ventura, “Allllllllll-righty then”. In the previous post (magically named the same thing except Part 1) we went into a checklist of sorts on the fundamentals or pillars of the F.I.R.E community. These fundamentals included areas of people’s
In this blog series, “Advanced Financial Independence Tactics”, we jump into the super smart, pretty advanced tactics that someone can use as part of their life during, and prior to, Financial Independence. These tactics will revolve around cutting costs, avoiding taxes, improving saving
In the last post of this series, we went through some of the basics of the fees that have historically been charged by the Mutual Fund and Exchange Traded Fund world. That is, in conjunction with an example of a fee ratio charged by my prior employer sponsored retirement account manager and others.
Let’s start this post with quoting someone who is smarter than me. Luckily, with the internet available to us, that is not too difficult to find. The person we are going to quote is Tony Robbins, in his book “Money: Master The Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom”. Though much
How are your current money habits? Like most Americans, your money habits are likely not perfect. You probably have fears about money, excitement about money, and maybe even guilt about the money you have, that others don’t. You may also have thoughts about how much money you deserve to have,
You likely hear/see financial educators or finance guru’s say things like, “Just go open a brokerage account online”, or “Make sure you own low cost Index Funds”. But, us financial educators often neglect to notice that many people don’t know how the heck to do th
You likely hear/see financial educators or finance guru’s say things like, “Just go open a brokerage account online”, or “Make sure you own low cost Index Funds”. But, us financial educators often neglect to notice that many people don’t know how the heck to do th
In recent reports by the Federal Reserves and by the National Association of Realtors, there (again) showed a huge disparity between the average homeowner’s wealth in this country, compared to the average renter’s wealth. To start, I just want you to visualize the chart below to help wit
Usually, if someone says Warren Buffet in a sentence, it creates a little bit more attention from the people around them. Most general advice is that if Warren Buffet says to do something, you do it. If he says don’t do something, you probably shouldn’t do it. I’d like to think peo
