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...
50 Ways to Cut Costs
Cutting your own spending can seem daunting – but if you think outside the box, you can often find simple solutions to your money problems. Below are 50 tried and true ideas to save money, many of which will work for you. Read on! Cut your own hair...
Mistakes to Avoid in Budgeting
If you are new to budgeting, this is just the article for you. If you think you have budgeting mastered, you may want to make sure you are not committing one of these mistakes. The simple truth is that everyone makes mistakes when it comes to budgeting and we should...
Reasons You CAN’T Save Money
Focusing on the positive is really boring sometimes and frankly, unrealistic. Who is perfect all of the time? Who manages to control every urge to spend money instead of investing it an index fund? Who doesn’t splurge? Giving in once in a while is one thing, but...
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...
How to Grocery Shop
In a previous post, I talked about the benefits to learning how to cook. If you are interested in learning how to cook, then you are going to need to know how to grocery shop. You might be thinking that grocery shopping is rather easy to do. The actual task of grocery...
What to Do Years Before Buying a Home
As many of you already know, my wife and I will be moving in a few months. As I’ve already shared before, we’ve already eliminated the option of buying a home. It would be a stretch for us to buy a home this early – it’s possible, but it would...
How We Are Planning to Save MORE Money
A few months ago, I wrote a very boring informational piece on how people can save money. It’s a rather simple topic in the abstract, but when you go to apply it to yourself, it’s hard to make a big change. It’s hard to find lots of extra money in...
Extreme Frugality
When I first started out this blog, I went through a series of frugal tips. I prided myself with coming up with weekly tips on how to help people save money. I know that cutting your expenses is the first step to financial responsibility. Regardless if you are making...
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.