In terms of my career, I have a lot going through my mind these days. This post is just me putting my thoughts in writing. I work as a W-2 employee. I am a patent examiner at the USPTO. I’m coming up on 14 years in October. This job is completely work-from-home, pays decently, and … Read more
Ever since we hit our goal of $1M net worth, I went from doing monthly updates to just twice a year. It was a lot of work to post monthly, and I felt like semi-annual updates would give me (and my readers) a good idea of how things are going. A few things happened in … Read more
If you’re a new agent, here are some tips to help you get started in real estate. I’ll continue to revise this list as I learn more about what new agents need. Find a good mentor. This is not a business where passing tests or getting good grades will determine your success. Ask someone who is … Read more
Real estate is a tough business to get into. I never planned to turn it into a career. Back in 2013, my friend/roommate and I decided to get our real estate licenses together for fun. What was a hobby for 5-6 years had now turned into a fulfilling and rewarding business and career. One of … Read more
Last month, we decided to pay off our mortgage. It wasn’t an easy decision. By the way, no, that’s that’s not a picture of our house, silly! That’s just a stock photo. I wouldn’t put a picture of our house on the internet. I only put up all of our finances for the world to … Read more
On our recent trip to California, we decided to drive as (many) Californians do and rent an electric vehicle (EV). My wife did most of the planning for this trip. With gas prices hovering above $6/gallon in CA, we decided to rent a Tesla Model 3. She rented it on a platform called Turo for … Read more
Wow, we’re at the end of 2021 already! Here is my year-end financial summary. I’m doing these financial updates twice a year now (semiannually) to keep track of my progress. This is the year we finally became millionaires (read that post here). After over 5 years of hard work and tracking that goal, we eclipsed … Read more
This is the 5th monthly update on my goal to run a 5 minute mile (see post here). I’ll keep track of my training and progress here. Training For the most part, I neglected my speed training this month. Instead, I ran a 50k and a half marathon. With the cold weather, the holiday season, and … Read more
I ran a trail ultramarathon (50k) this past weekend. I ran this same one in 2019 and wrote a much more detailed race report then (2019 Race Report), so I’ll keep this one short. I got very lost in 2019 but only a little bit lost this time. Staying with a couple other runners helped … Read more
This is the 4th monthly update on my goal to run a 5 minute mile (see post here). I’ll keep track of my training and progress here. Training For some reason, this was an extremely busy month. I’ve been able to get a bunch of easy 5 mile runs in, but I haven’t really done any … Read more