If you’ve been following the news, you’ve probably seen or read something about this whole college admissions scandal. In mid-March, the Department of Justice busted a bunch of rich and famous people in a nationwide scheme in which parents paid people to cheat on SAT or ACT exams and/or bribed school officials to help get […]
Blog
Use Your Side Hustles To Ball Out – Just Ball Out The Right Way
One of the things I’ve done over the years is pick up a ton of different side hustles – side hustles that are, to be frank, probably “beneath” someone with my level of pedigree and prestige. After all, I went to a top law school and worked at one of the largest law firms in […]
February 2019 Side Hustle Report – $2,246.06
Welcome to another edition of the Financial Panther side hustle report! Over the last few years, I’ve sort of become known as the dude that does a lot of weird sharing economy and gig economy side hustles – so much so that I was even featured in an article on Marketwatch. I haven’t read the […]
Sub-Savings Accounts: The Best Way To Handle Short-Term Savings Goals
A reader recently asked me a question about how I recommend people handle their short-term savings goals. After crafting my response, I decided it was actually worth elaborating a little bit more about the short-term savings system I’ve used for much of my life. By using this system, I’ve been able to buy the stuff […]
Use Existing Knowledge to Create 5 Figures of Side Income
Today’s post is from my friend Erik, who runs the blog The Mastermind Within, where he writes about personal finance, self-improvement, and entrepreneurship. Erik and I have been friends for a few years now, and we actually meet up pretty regularly to bounce ideas off each other and figure out our plans to grow our […]
January 2019 Side Hustle Report – $1,381.71
Welcome to another month of the Financial Panther Side Hustle Report. These posts detail all of the income I earned from side hustling using sharing economy and gig economy apps. It’s been a busy few weeks at work lately, which hasn’t helped me on the blogging and side hustle front, but I’m still making an […]
House Hacking With Airbnb – Recapping My Third Year of Airbnb House Hacking
One of the best ways to get into real estate is to start house hacking – that is, using the house you already live in to generate income. Since housing is likely going to be your biggest monthly expense, if you can figure out ways to reduce those costs, you can dramatically increase your ability to save and speed up your […]
You Can’t Vs. Why Can’t You
One of the interesting things I’ve noticed is that when you start telling people to do things differently, a lot of people start coming out of the woodwork to tell you why whatever it is you’re telling people to do can’t be done. The reasoning varies slightly, but the end result always seems to be the […]
Best Personal Finance Related YouTube Channels
Updated for 2019 is my list of best personal finance related YouTube channels. I originally wrote this post a few years ago, but I’m republishing it today with an updated list of YouTube channels I’ve been watching that you might want to watch too. There’s a lot of great content out there that can help […]
Financial Panther 2018 Personal And Blog Year In Review
With 2019 just starting up, I thought it’d be a good time to look back at 2018 and review how my year went, both personally and on this blog. What follows is a post that covers four things: (1) a brief financial year in review; (2) a travel year in review; (3) a blog year […]
