[Guest Post] Freedom Fighter Interview #28 – Nick True
Today we have Nick True, a Mechanical Engineer, and a self proclaimed tightwad. He got married young, at 20 years old, and then proceeded to ruin his honeymoon. But he and his wife got through this, and learned core beliefs and principals that now guide their financial life. I hope you enjoy the interview below. Nick, […]
October 2016 – Detailed Financial Report #22 – Net Worth $479,950 [+51.1% for 2016 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 […]
[Guest Post] What I Learned Working With Someone Making $1.5M a Year
Today we have a guest post from Finance Solver, the blogger over at SolvingFinance.com. He is a recent college graduate with a degree in finance and is sharing his unique path to wealth building, just like the rest of us in the personal finance blogosphere. In the guest post to follow, Finance Solver is going […]
Equity Portfolio Update #4 [+17.1% YTD @ 9-30-16]
We have officially closed out 9 months of the year, thus the need for another peek into the equity portfolio. 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 […]
[Guest Post] Freedom Fighter Interview #27 – Joshua @ Biglaw Investor
My name is Joshua and I write about investing and financial topics over at The Biglaw Investor. Before I go any further, I’ve looked through all of Gen Y’s previous Financial Freedom interviews to find one with the most comments (current record holder is White Collar Freedom). I want this to be Gen Y’s most […]
Do the Work, Get the Reward – 8 Years and Many 70-100 Hour Work Weeks – Gets you What?
Not many people are willing to put in the kind of time it takes in order to take what appear to be quantum leaps. However, for those that are willing to “do the work,” great reward is there for the taking. In this short post we will explore what is possible in short periods of […]
My $1,000 Weight Loss Bet – 11 Weeks to Lose 44 lbs
The past 18 months have been incredibly busy with signicatly more attention and focus on the trajectory of my career (and thus finances) then on my own health & fitness. Part of the reason that I set a workout goal and nutrition goal was to try to play defense against the carnage to my waistline that was […]
Monthly Goal Check-in #9 – @ 10/1/2016
We are officially down to the last 3 months of the year. This tends to be a very busy quarter for me on all fronts. With the exception of this year (which has been insane since it started), my busy season at work usually kicks in around mid-October and extends through January for annual business […]
September 2016 – Detailed Financial Report #21 – Net Worth $472,664 [+48.8% for 2016 YTD]
GYFG here checking in for the September 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 […]
