Do You Know Where Your Money Is?
How many jobs have you held since you turned 20? Did you know that the average number of jobs held by a person in their 20’s is seven? I was shocked when I saw that figure. In many cases, these people opened up a 401k plan while at their job and then left it with...
How to Retire With Rental Properties
Retirement planning is a process that takes a lot of time, patience, and hard work. The very basic idea of working and saving a portion of your income (after spending the rest to live on) so that you don’t have to work for another part of your life sounds like...
Investing 101: Avoid Fees like the Plague
I’ve been investing for about three years now. By all standards, I’m a novice investor. While I’m probably decades ahead of my peers, many of my own readers have been at it longer than me. But, investing isn’t all about being the most...
Why You Should NOT Calculate Retirement Income off based on Income
Last Monday I wrote a post in response to the TRowe Price article about retirement planning, talking about the approach that one should take when saving for retirement. This is something that I’ve talked about numerous times, but the basic principle is simple:...
What % of Your Income Do You Need in Retirement?
Anyone who has done any initial research on retirement planning has probably come across the popular advice to plan to live off of 75% of your pre-retirement income while in retirement. In other words, take whatever you are earning before retirement and multiple it by...
Hi, I’m Corey. I’m a husband, college graduate, young adult, and non-profit manager. I enjoy learning new things about personal finance and sharing them with my loyal readers. Join the conversation.