Finance 101

Looking Back, 10 Years of Home Ownership Mistakes

I’ve always been a big believer in buying a home as an investment. The reason for that is I spent my life moving from rental to rental every few years, never having spent more than a 4-year stretch in any one location. Growing up, that was pretty rough.
The trend continued for a large majority [...]



My Crazy Budget, the Quicken Way

Budgeting is no fun, but it can be by using a few tricks and Quicken to track your stuff!



Retirement Objectives in your 50’s

This post was written as part of the M-Network’s Money Matters for All Ages project. See the bottom of this article for the full list of participants and links to their articles. Please check back daily as I will update the links as new articles are posted! Also, if you are blogger and would like [...]



The Forty Year Olds’ Wakeup Call

This post was written as part of the M-Network’s Money Matters for All Ages project. See the bottom of this article for the full list of participants and links to their articles. Please check back daily as I will update the links as new articles are posted! Also, if you are blogger and would like [...]



Emergency Measures – What to Do When There’s No Money

This is a subject I’ve thought of recently because of some stability issues at my own work. But I’m in a good position already; 3+ months income emergency fund, in-demand skill set for work, lots of networking/contacts in my field. So I’m not too worried. But I did start doing a "What if,.." about [...]