We’re fast approaching the marquee event in the personal finance community: FinCon. A 4-day convention that gets together the biggest names and brands in the personal finance space is being held in Orlando within a week. With heavy hitters like Mr Money Mustache, Chris Hogan and Rachel Cruze speaking and established brands and influencers attending,…
The FIRE Series – Part 3: Spend with a Purpose
Some mainstream personal finance sites recommend you allocate 5% of your net spending to “miscellaneous.” Here, “miscellaneous” is the catch-all term for spending not devoted to housing, food, utilities, clothing, travel, health insurance, or entertainment. While it is prudent to make room in the budget for unexpected costs (gas money to visit a sick relative,…
3 Non-Cable Streaming Options for NFL RedZone and the Best of the Lot
NFL football is back. After the kickoff game last night, we’ve been ushered into fall. And while antennas work great for watching your local/state team play, borderline-obsessive fans will find themselves wanting more. As one of those fans and a fantasy football commissioner, I set out to find the most cost-effective way to watch the…
The FIRE Series – Part 2: Killing Off Disposable Income
If you want to revolutionize your financial situation, start with the habits that are easiest to change, like “disposable income.” Why do we call it that? Do we really use the same adjective for our hard-earned dollars that we use for plastic bags or paper plates? If you have “disposable income” anywhere in your budget,…
Georgi’s Pumpkin Spice Syrup *DECLASSIFIED*
We don’t just give technical financial advice on this blog. We do anything that helps you save money and live better (not to steal Walmart’s slogan…well actually, sort of. It’s a great slogan). I am not ashamed of my love of fall and pumpkin spice. I’m okay with having some Basic White Girl tastes. I own…
Welcome!
Welcome to our blog! You may find it strange that our welcome post isn’t the very first post we published, and you’re right, it is a little weird. Typically, you start a blog, gain readership and launch a book. Instead, we launched a book, realized we didn’t have any readers and then started a blog. But…
The FIRE Series – Part 1: An Introduction to FIRE
What if you could squirrel away a big chunk of your income every month, and ten years from now, you’d have enough money invested to generate a passive income you could live on for the rest of your life? That option is available to you. It’s not multi-level marketing. It’s not playing the real estate…