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Best Ways To Save For College: The College Savings Strategies We’re Using With Our New Baby

Last Updated on August 28, 2021August 14, 2020 18 Comments
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best ways to save for college

Life has changed a lot for me and my family since we had a baby earlier this year. Besides the obvious day-to-day changes that have happened, adding a baby into our life has also meant a significant change to our overall future financial plans. Retirement and financial independence isn’t the only thing we have to […]

Filed Under: Investing, Money Hacks, Saving

How To Make Your Own Free Version Of Acorns

Last Updated on August 28, 2021August 10, 2020 12 Comments
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free version of acorns

One popular fintech app that I’ve never really promoted on this blog is an app called Acorns. It’s what you’d call a micro-investing or micro-savings app. Here’s how it works. You link your credit and debit cards to Acorns. The app then monitors all of your transactions on those cards. Whenever you make a transaction, […]

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How To Go Car Free – An Analysis Of My Friend’s Car Situation

Last Updated on April 12, 2023July 25, 2020 22 Comments
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how to go car free

Recently, a friend of mine asked me what he should do about his current car situation and as we got to talking about it, it occurred to me that our discussion might make a good blog post that could examine whether someone seemingly car-dependent could make the dramatic move to going totally car-free. Here’s where […]

Filed Under: Biking, Financial Independence, Saving

Peak Money App Review – A Free Goal-Based Savings App (And The Best Alternative To Qapital)

Last Updated on January 4, 2023July 19, 2020 4 Comments
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peak money app review

Finding a free round-up app took more time, but ultimately, I discovered Peak. I’ve now been using Peak Money for over a year and have been very happy with it.

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Micromobility In A Post-Pandemic World – More Important Than Ever

Last Updated on April 12, 2023May 21, 2020 14 Comments
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Micromobility In A Post-Pandemic World

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 […]

Filed Under: Biking, Money Hacks, Saving

We Refinanced Our Mortgage

Last Updated on October 23, 2024May 16, 2020 23 Comments
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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 […]

Filed Under: house hacking, Money Hacks, Saving

Job Shutdowns And Why You Should Have An Emergency Fund

Last Updated on August 24, 2021March 20, 2020 11 Comments
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Earlier this week, my wife got an email from the state dental association asking dental offices to shut down until the end of the month for non-emergency dental care. It’s technically not mandated, but like many of us going through the current Coronavirus pandemic, we’re doing our part to limit the spread of this virus […]

Filed Under: Money Hacks, Money System, Saving

$600,000 Earned In A Decade – What Do I Have To Show For It?

Last Updated on August 24, 2021January 30, 2020 14 Comments
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Earlier this month, I put together two posts looking back at the past decade of my life (which you can read here and here). I’ve had a lot of important and formative events happen to me over the past decade – graduating law school, starting my first job, meeting my wife and getting married, quitting […]

Filed Under: Investing, My Story, Saving

My $42,000 Emergency Fund

Last Updated on August 24, 2021January 26, 2020 33 Comments
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my emergency fund

*Unfortunately, there have been changes in recent years that have changed the nature of my emergency fund. Insight no longer offers a 5% interest account. I’ve also added Service Credit Union as a new 5% interest account and HMBradley and Service Credit Union give me access to 3% interest as well. Today, it’s no longer […]

Filed Under: Money Hacks, Saving

The Best Personal Finance Books

Last Updated on August 24, 2021August 28, 2019 5 Comments
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best personal finance books

I read a lot of books and over the years I’ve compiled a decent reading list of what I think are the best personal finance books. When you think about it, books are an amazing tool with a really high return on investment. You can usually get them for free at the library, so they […]

Filed Under: Financial Independence, Money System, Saving

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