There are three categories of finance. Bucket 1: Your income Bucket 2: Your spending Bucket 3: What’s left over Everything that has ever been written on a financial topic fits into one …
Hierarchy of Wealth
The theory behind Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is that you start on the bottom level and can’t move upwards until the needs on the current level have been met. For example, if you are starving you …
We Did Our Taxes – And We Owe For The Very First Time
So we just finished our 2013 taxes. We have always gotten a tax return, but not this year. We have a tax bill of about $700. In mid-2012 we decided to have less money withheld for taxes out of my …
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My 8 Year Old Started Investing
My 8 year old just bought his first stock today. He's very proud and was going to tell all his friends at school. No one will know what he's talking about but I'm glad he's happy. It all started …
Open Enrollment Time! My Insurance Options
Guess what day it is? It's open enrollment! You know what that means. Mind numbing health insurance calculations. As we stand on the precipice of Obamacare our insurance options are quite a bit …
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Why I’m Choosing To Keep My Mortgage!
Every month since the beginning of 2008 I have tracked my debt balances. That's nearly 6 years of tracking! 71 times I've sat in front of an excel spreadsheet and taken a snapshot of my debt …
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