Category: FI

How Long Until I Retire?

How Long Until I Retire?

How long until I can retire? It’s just math, right? In the many podcast interviews I have listened to, one…

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Real Estate Investments – Beginner Analysis

Real Estate Investments – Beginner Analysis

I purchased my first investment property in January of 2022.  I began thinking about real estate investment as a possibility…

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Tax Planning: 2023 Free Money!!

Tax Planning: 2023 Free Money!!

One of my favorite podcast episodes is from Choose FI, episode 13. As an educator, the millionaire educator aka Gerry…

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My investor’s statement

My investor’s statement

In early March of 2020, there were stirrings of a sickness coming from China and spreading across the world.  As…

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Life Insurance

Life Insurance

I called a local financial advisor last year and in our conversation he mentioned a few things he always wants…

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Summer lunch (for kids 18 and under)

Summer lunch (for kids 18 and under)

     Schools provide many things for kids, a roof over their heads during the day, a warm place to…

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Advanced FI Hack – Credit Card Rewards

Advanced FI Hack – Credit Card Rewards

     Here is a picture visiting with two almost three decades old friends, we flew into Seattle for a…

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The Superpower of 403b’s and 457b’s

The Superpower of 403b’s and 457b’s

     When I was younger, I thought there might be a possibility I was a superhero with latent powers. …

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Emergency Fund

Emergency Fund

      So, what is an emergency fund, how much should you have in your emergency fund, how do you…

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Tax Free Money 2020

Tax Free Money 2020

     I didn’t understand tax brackets until a couple years ago. I have been doing my families taxes (through…

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