Savings Rate – The Most Important Variable to Wealth Building, With the Math to Prove it
When it comes to wealth building, there are many variables to consider: the power of compounding is amazing, but it takes a long time to realize its true power. Income earning is certainly important, and so is its sister, annual income growth. Taxes paid matter. Time in the market is important, too, of course. Investment returns, which […]
[Guest Post] Making Changes is Hard [Part 1 of 3]
Today, we have the return of Mr. CEO after a multi-month hiatus. He had to step away from the blog for a while because of work, family, and other obligations. Today we take a short break from the normal financial post (although that does get honorable mention at the end). Mr. CEO is going to […]
[Guest Post] Freedom Fighter Interview #19 – Michael @ Financially Alert
Today we have our 19th Freedom Fighter interview in this series. Our guest today started an IT services company a couple years out of school that he and his partners grew to over $2M in annual revenues. After 10 years running his own business they decided to sell it for a sum that earned each […]
Solar Power – Getting Paid $4,500 to Go Solar – With a 23% IRR to Boot
Since buying our house in 2014, I have always been interested in going Solar. Living in Southern California means you have likely had at least a dozen or more Solar representatives come to your door. Our usage for a 3,300 sqft house is much lower than most in the neighborhood and I had always assumed […]
[Guest Post] Freedom Fighter Interview #18 – Matt @ Your Roaring Twenties
Today we have our 18th Freedom Fighter interview in this series. The 2009 financial crisis motivated our guest Matt to devour blog, books, and podcasts on the topic of personal finance. He recently published a book called “Your Roaring Twenties: Avoid the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Life as a Twentysomething.” This book really came as a result of […]
October 2015 – Detailed Financial Report #10 – Net Worth $301,788 [+66.4% YTD]
GYFG here checking in for the October 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 […]
