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Running on Thin Ice
Running on thin ice – you know exactly what this post is about everyone? I know, very ambiguous and disguise-like, but it’s how I’ve been running over the last 5-6 months. This year has had many...
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Ending a Short Chapter in My Career
This Sunday, I woke, poured my morning cup (or two or three) of coffee and turned on the television. I began flipping through the channels to see what I could watch before I fired up my laptop to begin...
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Crushing $6,000 in Projected Dividend Income
I am very glad I have set a realistic, attainable goal this year and am churning my way to it. I remember last year, I was sprinting past my 2014 goals early and often, but this year definitely is...
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This week, I learned a valuable investing lesson that caused me to miss a great opportunity in the market. Luckily, this lesson did not result in a realized loss like lessons in the past, so I can’t...
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Bert’s Recent Buy – EMR…too
Yesterday was a very fun day for me as I quickly went from a passive trader who was standing to the sideline in a matter of minutes. My purchase on Friday shared a lot of parallels with a situation...
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Why I’m Considering Cutting the Cord & Dropping Cable
Lanny inspired me this week to call my cable provider, AT&T, and see if I could reduce my current monthly bill of about $110/month. I know this is extremely expensive and the bill is almost split...
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Endless Liabilities of Owning a Car Part 3 – $250 Edition
Throughout the life of our blog, Lanny and I have searched and slashed our way to save as much as possible to invest in the market NOW. Even though we have tried to identify ways to save through...
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First KMI… now BBL… The Pain
Here I am again… hurting, almost feels like the knife that went in the first time was starting to come out, only to be pushed, but this time twisted. Another dividend cut, the 2nd one in three little...
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Why I Haven’t Purchased a Stock in 30 Days
30 days everyone. It has been a long 30 days since I have purchased a stock. An investment. A bridge stone to financial freedom and it feels… well, there really isn’t one word for it. It is weird,...
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5 Reasons I Am in No Hurry to Buy a House
My fiance and I have been joking around about this (well, mostly me) recently. When you talk about your wedding with your friends and family, there seems to be three questions that always enter the...
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3 Ways to Simplify My Finances
Life is short, we all know that. Over time, small tweaks to financial habits can build up into a bureaucratic nightmare. That’s what I think happened to me and it caused an unnecessary burden. At...
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Why I Love Listening to Podcasts
Random topic, I know. But over the last year, I discovered the wonderful world of podcasts. I’ll be honest with you, it has been a game changer for me and I have learned some pretty cool stuff,...
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My Wedding Day: The Best Day of My Life
Our wedding day finally arrived! The day my wife (that STILL is strange to write) and I had been planning and eagerly awaiting for over one and a half years finally arrived. A few weekends ago, we...
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Crushing $7,000 in Projected Dividend Income
Here we are. June of 2016. It has been a very big year thus far and I have climbed another rung of the illustrious ladder that we are all holding. The steepness to the ladder and the climb up is...
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Why We Didn’t Create A Wedding Budget
A month or so ago, I wrote about the best day of my life…my wedding day. I wouldn’t have changed a thing! Towards the end of the article, I mentioned that I was going to write a few more articles...
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How My Stock Portfolio has Skyrocketed
Finally, a fun title, right? Labor day has just ended and I am writing this article, as I have recently updated my portfolio and just smiled at what has occurred. As the community may remember, I...
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5 Reasons Why You Need to Side Hustle
Most of us have our “Main” hustle where we go in for approximately 33% of our day, do what we need to do and “clock out”, then go home. In this day of uncertainty, passion provoking thoughts,...
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Thinning Down on a Bare Bones Budget
Lately I have been thinking of my income and expense, seeing what goes in and what goes out. I couldn’t help but start to think that there are two ways to increase your financial moat to reach...
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My Plan to Pay Off Our Student Loans
Student Loans….a topic that almost everyone can relate to and almost every person in the personal finance community curse. We’ve all read the reports and the numbers are staggering: total student...
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Pay Down the Mortgage or Invest: Part II – Rising Interest Rates
Now that the year of 2016 is wrapping up and we are only around 4-5 weeks away until we ring in the new year, I have been deeply thinking about my extra-mortgage payment paydown strategy. Mortgage...
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