What is one thing you do with your personal finances or investments that bucks conventional advice, but it works for you and your family? I'll go first – outside of cash held for EF and house fund, we're 99% allocated to equities. — Fervent Finance (@ferventfinance) April 27, 2019 There is one problem with conventional Read more about Bucking Conventional Personal Finance Advice[…]
My wife and I were recently under contract to purchase our first home. It’s been a long time in the making. We are both very picky when it comes to homes we like, and rarely do we find one we can both agree on. We found a home in our price range that fit most Read more about Walking Away[…]
My wife and I have been haphazardly looking at houses to purchase as our primary residence for a couple years now, and we have finally have begun to get serious about the process. Now I’ve never owned any real estate, and therefore never sold any real estate, so I’m going to be explaining from the Read more about Buying A House Sucks[…]
The personal finance space is a great place to learn about getting your finances right. Unfortunately, 95% of the related discussions, blog posts, articles, and books on the topic concentrate on budgeting, investing, and debt repayment, yet the one thing that will most likely move the needle the most in someone’s financial journey the most Read more about Increasing Your Income In Corporate America[…]
It’s the beginning of the year, and many people use this time to reflect and evaluate on the prior year, and then establish goals for the new year. Unfortunately not all goals are compatible. Want to run a four hour marathon and pass the bar in the same year? You’re going to have a lot Read more about Competing Goals[…]
In my first job after I graduated college, I worked for a regional accounting firm. It was fairly outdated in terms of its offering of non-financial benefits to its employees, and most likely operated just as it had 25 years prior. Employees were required to sign in and out at the front desk everyday. God Read more about Careers and the Hedonic Treadmill[…]
Another year is in the books. They really do seem to fly by faster every year I turn older. I used to take the end of the year as a time to reflect on the year, and make a few bigger resolutions for the New Year. But at 30, I think I have the big Read more about New Year, New Me?[…]
When people quit a high-paying job to pursue a passion career, or quit traditional employment to start a business, or retire early, they can be met with many questions regarding the potential risk of these moves. Some people don’t understand how one could take such a risk when they have a good thing going. Questions Read more about You Can’t Plan For Everything[…]
Growing old is tough. We all know that. At some point we realize that life isn’t hanging out and partying with friends multiple days per week. One aspect of adulthood that can catch folks off guard is if they move into a different socio-economic class than their friends and relatives, or if their friends and Read more about Growing Apart[…]
Last year I was attending a conference where I was discussing with two individuals that I potentially wanted to start my own business. These two individuals were self employed and were unequivocally in agreement that I should get started right away. Go for it. Just get it started. No looking back. Five minutes later, I come Read more about Transparency[…]