This is a post that I never thought I’d be writing … never in a million years. The world has suddenly changed in a matter of months, weeks, or even a few days for some of us. Why has the world changed (for those of you reading this a long time into the future)? The […]
Continue ReadingHaving good credit can have many huge benefits when it comes to your family’s personal finances. For example, both my wife and I have very good credit scores. This has helped us get the best available mortgage interest rates two different times when we have purchased our homes. We’ve also been able to easily secure […]
Continue ReadingNext to housing, one of our biggest annual expenses is transportation. This includes car payments, insurance, maintenance, and even the price of gas to fill up our vehicles. Overall, our annual transportation costs comes in as our 3rd highest expense category … well behind housing (#1) and close to food (#2). Unlike with our housing […]
Continue ReadingFor most of my adult life, I have had good credit. To be honest, I can’t ever remember my credit score ever being below 760 … although I never kept detailed records.I’m not saying this to brag. But there are a lot of benefits to having good credit. For example, my wife and I have […]
Continue ReadingAt the end of every month … I try and publish the results of our dividend income portfolio. More specifically … I post the dividend income (by stock) that we earned for the prior month. My wife and I have been investing (and tracking) the amount of monthly dividend income we earn … ever since […]
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