Sometime not too long ago, Rockstar Finance, one of my favorite personal finance websites, went dormant. This was a pretty big bummer because of how important the site was not only to myself but to the entire personal finance community as well. The premise behind Rockstar Finance was pretty simple. Each day, they featured three […]
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July 2019 Side Hustle Report – $3,872.60
Welcome back to another edition of the Financial Panther Side Hustle Report. For those of you that are new here, each month, I document exactly what I made using different sharing economy and gig economy apps. In the past, these reports were mainly about showing what I made side hustling while working a full-time job. […]
Electric Micromobility – This Is The Way To Move Around A City
One of the things that really excites me about the future of cities and transportation is the rise of micromobility and specifically, this wave of electric micromobility that we’ve been seeing in urban areas. I’ve been a fan of micromobility even before I knew that there was a term for it. Years ago, I wrote […]
The Relative Value of Money
There’s a concept that I’ve been thinking about over the past couple of years, especially as I’ve made this transition from a full-time, professional, real job, to a quasi-fake job as a blogger and gig economy worker. It has to do with a concept you could call the relative value of money. When I think […]
A Better Emergency Fund Strategy
One of the common questions I see in the financial independence community is this: What is the best way to handle your emergency fund? It seems like this question has come up even more with the recent launch of high-yield savings accounts from fintech companies like Betterment and Wealthfront, not to mention all of the […]
Thoughts About Career Paths And Taking Risks
For pretty much all of my life, I was taught the same basic script – study hard in school, get good grades, and get a good job. It’s something that pretty much all of us were taught to do from a young age. There’s nothing wrong with this script, and indeed, it’s the same advice […]
Restaurant Secret Shopper Jobs – A Strategy To Eat For Free And Hack Your Food Expenses
One of the common refrains you’ll hear from most personal finance experts is to properly manage your big three expenses: housing, transportation, and food. This makes sense – according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, these three expenses account for 62% of your typical household’s yearly spending. If you can keep these three expenses under […]