With the start of a new year, I thought it’d be a good time to provide a recap of all the bank account bonuses I earned in 2020. This past year was a big year for me on the bank account bonus front. All told, I earned over $10,000 in bank account bonuses (the exact […]
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DoorDash Dasher: What It’s Like Delivering For DoorDash in 2024
I’ve been a DoorDash Dasher since 2016, which makes me a grizzled veteran in the gig economy/food delivery world (the term Dasher is what DoorDash calls its delivery people). Before I started with DoorDash, I delivered with apps like Postmates and Caviar, both of which launched in my city about a year before DoorDash.
November 2020 Side Hustle Report – $2,943.64
We’re into a new month, which means it’s time for another Financial Panther Side Hustle Report. In this post, we’ll be looking at what I was able to make in November 2020. As regular readers know, I’ve been tracking all of the income I earn from gig economy and sharing economy apps since 2016. Each […]
First Tech Federal Credit Union $100 Referral Bonus – Step By Step Guide
*The terms state that this offer expired on December 31, 2020. The referral link still shows up, but there’s no guarantee that you will get the bonus given that the terms say the offer is only valid through December 31, 2020. I’ll update this post again if it comes back. If you’re looking for more […]
Barista FIRE: Not Quite Financial Independence, But Pretty Close
When it comes to the different sub-genres of FIRE, my favorite is probably what has been coined Barista FIRE. I wrote about Barista FIRE several years ago in a post I titled The Dream of Barista FIRE. In that post, I thought about some of my favorite jobs I had back when I was in […]
Bank Account Bonus Rules: How Do I Keep Earning Bank Bonuses Each Year?
A reader recently asked me a question that I thought was worth answering in a full post. His question – how do I keep earning so many bank account bonuses each year? It’s a question that I hadn’t really thought about, but indeed, over the past five years, I’ve earned more from bank account bonuses […]
Becoming A Millionaire With The $30 A Day Retirement Strategy
There’s a little-known fact about investing that most people don’t appreciate until they really think about it. That fact is this: if you give yourself enough time, the amount you have to save in order to end up with a large sum of money is actually very reasonable. Perhaps nothing can open your eyes to […]
Coast FIRE: The Tipping Point On The Path To Financial Independence
A brand of FIRE that everyone pursuing financial independence will have to hit at some point is Coast FIRE. Coast FIRE is defined as when you have enough money saved up that, without any additional contributions, the growth on that initial nest egg will be enough to fully support your lifestyle at traditional retirement age. This is possible because of the power of time and compound interest.
October 2020 Side Hustle Report – $1,577.46
It’s a new month, which means it’s time for another edition of the Financial Panther Side Hustle Report. Today, we’ll be looking at my side hustle earnings for October 2020. As a quick recap for those of you that are new to this, each month I document exactly what I made from side hustling using […]
Getting More From My Emergency Fund With 3% and 5% Interest Savings Accounts
With interest rates where they are right now, I no longer recommend anyone jump through the hoops of using Netspend to open multiple 5% interest accounts. Instead, I recommend using Raisin, which is a free high-yield savings option that you can set up in minutes. Check out my post on Raisin here. In the interest […]
