One of the easiest ways to increase your household savings rate is to take advantage of raises at your job. Actually any type of raise or increase to your income can be used to quickly accelerate your savings rate. For example, I was recently notified that I was getting a market increase at my job. […]
Continue ReadingI can’t believe how fast the year has gone by so far. Most of the time I want life to slow down so I can enjoy it a little more and spend time with my wife and kids. But the one time I don’t mind it flying by is when I get to publish our […]
Continue ReadingJust over 10 years ago when my wife and I bought our first dividend stock, we didn’t realize the impact it would have on our retirement. While we are still many years away from our magic financial independence number, we now realize that dividend income will be an important tool we use one day. Some […]
Continue ReadingA few months ago I discussed a problem my wife and I had with opening too many checking accounts. If you are in the same situation as us … today I would like to share how to simplify your checking accounts … just like we recently did. For the past 2 to 3 years, we […]
Continue ReadingAre you a millionaire? At some point in the not so distant future, my wife and I will likely cross that 7 figure net worth threshold. That mark won’t get us to full financial independence, but it will be a big step towards our ultimate goal. Based on our savings rate and investment strategy, we […]
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