Blogging – 18 Months & Going Strong
When this blog was born I promised myself that I would be in it for a minimum of 1 year before I decided if I would continue or not. Now 18 months in, I think it goes without saying that I am here to blog for the long term. I use the term blog loosely as […]
[Guest Post] Freedom Fighter Interview #23 – Maggie Banks
Today’s guest, Maggie Banks, hails all the way from Alaska. She and her husband have set a goal to reach financial independence in 2022. They have grand plans to raise a worldly family. For them a paid off mortgage and about $500,000 is all they need to live a comfortable life. And can you believe […]
Paid Off Mortgage is Equivalent to a…Perpetuity?…Bond?…Dividend Paying Stock?
Having a fully paid mortgage sure does get a bad wrap around personal finance circles. I constantly see arguments about money being super cheap and that paying off the mortgage will lead to a loss of the interest tax deduction. I won’t argue that rates are historically cheap and that eliminating your mortgage will lead […]
Equity Portfolio Update #2 [+7.2% YTD @ 3-31-16]
We have officially begun a new year and with that I have decided to start a new quarterly series. As many of you know that have been reading for any length of time, every month I put together a very detailed financial report that details out gross income, expenses, net worth, savings rate, and progress […]
Monthly Goal Check-in #3 – @ 4/1/2016
Didn’t March just start a week ago? I can’t decide which is more fleeting TIME or MONEY. If you’re not intentional with either, they can be gone in the blink of any eye, or so it seems. The difference is that you can always make more money, you can’t make more time. You see money can […]
March 2016 – Detailed Financial Report #15 – Net Worth $368,985 [+16.1% for 2016 YTD]
GYFG here checking in for the March monthly financial report. If you have been reading these reports for a while you will notice that I introduce each month with the same intro month after month. I do this for two reasons, a) for the newbies to the site (which make up about 50% of the sites […]
