I bike to work five days a week, and every once in a while, I like to reflect on how fortunate I am to be able to do that. It’s a wonderful situation that I find myself in. I live close enough to my office that biking to work isn’t a particularly difficult thing for […]
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You Choose What You Can Afford
Sometime not too long ago, my wife and I had lunch with my brother and a friend of his. It was our first time meeting this friend, so we got into all of the usual pleasantries that come with meeting someone – what do you do, where do you live, and other things like that. […]
What’s In My Wallet: A List Of All Of My Credit Cards
Over the past year and a half, my wife and I have accumulated hundreds of thousands of points and miles from the strategic opening and use of credit cards. These points and miles have served us well, allowing us to do a ton of traveling over the past year that we otherwise wouldn’t have been […]
May 2018 Side Hustle Report – $1,511.63
After a few bad months, I’m doing my best to get the May side hustle report out in a timely manner (instead of at the end of the month, as has so often been the case). So, welcome to the May 2018 side hustle report! If you’re new here, let me break down what these […]
Fighting The Innate Urge To Chase Prestige
Part of the duties of my current day job involves going to a bunch of lawyer conferences. As a result, I’m often surrounded by really successful lawyers. These are lawyers who have done pretty much everything right in their legal careers – top grades, good law schools, big-name law firms. One thing they all definitely […]
Where To Get 5% Interest Savings Accounts
While most people are earning 0.5% or less on the money they keep in the bank, I’m able to earn a rate of return that far exceeds that. Here are some of the many ways to get 5% interest savings accounts.
Travel Hacking, Work, and Embracing Fast Travel
Editors Note: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here. The great thing about getting into the world of credit cards and travel hacking is just how much it opens up the world to you, not just with where you can travel, but also with how often you can do […]
April 2018 Side Hustle Report – $1,206.74
Welcome to another edition of the Financial Panther side hustle report! In today’s post, I’ll be looking over my side hustle earnings from April 2018. If you’re new to the site, each month, I document exactly what I earned from side hustling in the previous month. The vast majority of my side hustles are sharing […]
Opportunity Cost And My Wife’s $500,000 Residency Program
This past weekend was a busy one in the Financial Panther household. My wife finally completed the last year of her dental residency and we had family come into town to celebrate the milestone. I even flew my mom in for the weekend (using points that I’ve accumulated over the past year, of course). My […]
March 2018 Side Hustle Report – $1,682.55
It’s been a busy month for me at work, so I’ve been really slacking on the writing. Argh! I just need to work on creating a better routine between the blog and the day job. But in the meantime, here’s the March side hustle report so that I stay on top of things. As explained […]
