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Earning Our First Southwest Companion Pass

By: Kevin Ha

Last Updated on 9 Comments
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Editors Note: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here. A few days ago, my wife and I earned our first ever Southwest Companion Pass. We’d set out to earn this perk last year when a deal came up that gave us the opportunity to earn the Companion Pass in the […]

How Much Can You Contribute To Your Solo 401k?

By: Kevin Ha

Last Updated on 41 Comments
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My brother recently asked me to help him figure out how much he can contribute to his Solo 401k. He has a pretty successful business in which he’s a sole proprietor – last year, he made well over six-figures in net revenue. When you have a business that makes that much, it’s really important to […]

December 2017 Side Hustle Report – $1,022.53

By: Kevin Ha

Last Updated on 16 Comments
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It’s a new month (and a new year too) which means that it’s time for another side hustle report! For new readers who have found this blog, I just want to welcome you and thank you for stopping by my little corner of the web. As for what’s going on here, each month I document exactly […]

Start With Betterment or Wealthfront, Graduate To Vanguard

By: Kevin Ha

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A few days ago, I received an email from Betterment notifying me that I had maxed out my Roth IRA for the year. It marks the third year in a row that I’ve maxed out my Roth IRA. Maxing out my Roth IRA might not seem like all that big a deal, but I think […]

How I’ve Received Thousands Of Dollars Worth Of Free Stuff From Refinancing My Student Loans With SoFi

By: Kevin Ha

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About a month ago, I was checking out the SoFi events page when I came across a SoFi event that I couldn’t miss – free tickets to the Big Ten Championship in Indianapolis. These weren’t just regular tickets either. They were in the SoFi suite, with free food and drinks and access to the pre-game VIP hospitality […]

A Look Back At My Favorite Financial Panther Posts of 2017

By: Kevin Ha

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It’s New Year’s Eve as I write this and my house is packed with little kids and family, which, as you can imagine, has made it a little difficult for me to sit down and get some good, in-depth writing down. Still, I wanted to get one last post in before the year comes to an […]

November 2017 Side Hustle Report – $1,450.57

By: Kevin Ha

Last Updated on 12 Comments
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November’s side hustle report is coming out much, much later than usual (my bad), but it’s here! I didn’t forget about it! As you can imagine, it’s been a busy month with the holidays coming around. The other day, I finally got around to getting all these numbers from November together. For those of you […]

The Dream of Barista FIRE

By: Kevin Ha

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The best job that I ever had was at a small, public golf course by my house. It was a pretty crappy golf course – poorly maintained, no facilities beyond a small putting green and an old pro shop, and a stupidly difficult back nine where I lost hundreds of golf balls. I worked at […]

Arcadia Power Review 2024 – Everything You Need to Know About This Clean Energy Company

By: Kevin Ha

Last Updated on 50 Comments
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Get clean energy and a $20 bonus when you sign up for an Arcadia Power account through this site. And learn everything you need to know about Arcadia Power and how it works in the review post.

No Dad, I Didn’t Get Fired

By: Kevin Ha

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The other day, I was talking with my dad and we got to talking about my new job. I told him how I was doing – I liked it, I was way less stressed and anxious, and overall, the new job seemed like a better fit for me and my personality. Yes, it was another […]

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