Sometimes, I wonder if my legal career might have been different if I had some more help along the way. That isn’t to say that no one helped me – there were a lot of lawyers who took an interest in me and helped to guide me. But as a young Asian-American lawyer, I always […]
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The $1,000 Per Month Challenge
With everything that’s been going on in the world, being able to generate income on your own terms is probably more important now than ever. Over the past few years, that’s pretty much been my goal – generate income in whatever manner I can using nothing but my own wits. I do that via this […]
To The Class Of 2020 – Things Are Going To Be Bad, But You Might Come Out Better For It
I recently watched a video on YouTube from CNBC Make It entitled “What It’s Like To Graduate Into A Recession” and it got me thinking about my own experience graduating into a terrible recession. These students from the class of 2020 described the troubles they were facing. Many of them were moving back home with […]
A Look At The Credit Cards I’ve Opened Recently – Thoughts And Analysis
Editors Note: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here. I haven’t talked about credit cards and travel hacking in a while, but I recently opened a bunch of new cards and thought that an update might be worthwhile. Given the current state of the world, it does seem a […]
Micromobility In A Post-Pandemic World – More Important Than Ever
Here’s an interesting fact about me: I’m 33 years old and I’ve never bought a car in my life. That’s sort of a strange thing for someone my age. Depending on how old you are, you’ve likely bought multiple cars over the years – the stats say that your average person buys a new car […]
We Refinanced Our Mortgage
Around the end of February, I started getting wind that mortgage interest rates were plummeting to record lows. This was about two weeks before the Covid-19 pandemic broke out here in the United States, but I guess the market was starting to notice that something was happening. At the time, I was pretty oblivious to […]
April 2020 Side Hustle Report – $1,972.76
Welcome to my April 2020 Side Hustle Report, where I break down all of the side hustle income I was able to generate in April 2020. Things have been pretty busy here in the Financial Panther household. My wife and I had a baby boy at the beginning of March, so we’re still getting used […]
Don’t Go To Grad School Just To Ride Out A Recession
One of the formative moments of my life was when I graduated from college back in 2009. This was right in the heart of the financial crisis, so in terms of timing, I probably couldn’t have graduated at a worse time. Like many of my cohorts in that graduating year, I ended up moving back […]
The Life-Changing Magic Of Tidying Up During Quarantine
One of the books that I think everyone should read is The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo. It’s a book that’s about much more than it seems – far more, anyway, than just a book about how to tidy and clean your house. Those of us who consume content about financial independence and […]
What It’s Like Delivering Food During A Pandemic
One of the things that I think this pandemic has taught us is just how important it is to have a lot of backup plans. When times are good, many people have this assumption that the good times will never come to an end, and as a result, they don’t prepare for any contingencies, instead, […]
