Last year, on April Fool’s Day, we paid off our mortgage. Was it foolish to pay off a 2.0% interest rate mortgage instead of investing in the stock market? Being immersed in the personal finance world, I know what the conventional wisdom says to do. Expected returns in the stock market are far greater than … Read more
Do you ever wish you weren’t stuck in your job? Do you dream of a life where you can work when you want as much (or as little) as you want? If so, FIRE may be right for you. But which type? There are many different kinds of FIRE. What is FIRE? FIRE, sometimes also … Read more
As I was playing Monopoly with my son, I realized there are some profound life and money lessons that can be learned. I used to play with my twin brother when I was young, but I see it so differently now after working as a real estate agent for almost a decade. First, let me … 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
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
It’s been a couple months now since we hit the $1M net worth goal (read about it here). I decided I’m still going to track my finances, but just twice a year now. This is the 2021 mid-year financial update. I’m going to spend more time writing about other things going on in my life. … Read more
Like my catchy title? 😉 I’m following the lead of YouTuber TechLead, who uses the word “millionaire” in almost all his video titles. He has some interesting videos, and I find his dry humor amusing but also full of wisdom. After setting a goal 62 months ago to achieve a net worth of over $1,000,000, … Read more
Here’s net worth update #61. We had a pretty big jump in net worth this month. Here’s why. I had given conservative estimates for the valuation of the houses we own, but I increased the valuation to be more in line with the current real estate market (super hot). I also closed a little over … Read more
Wow! This marks my 60th post, or my 5th year blogging. I really haven’t done a whole lot with it, but my adding a little bit once in a while over 5 years, there’s a decent amount of random content on this blog. Yes, the SEO could use some work. So could the graphics and … Read more