Written by “Why?” – Stella, my daughter My daughter is about to turn two, and she recently started asking “Why?” Every time she does, my eyes light up in excitement! You see, “Why?” is a game kids play starting around age two, and they’ll continue to play until their parents, teachers, TV shows, and government convince [...]
READ MORE »Investing In Private Equity Funds For Real Estate
As with all investment articles on this site, I’ll just warn that I’m not an investment professional, and this should not be taken as advice. In my recent monthly status I mentioned that I’ve begun a new experiment in my ever growing portfolio of alternative investments. Before I go into the details, let [...]
READ MORE »Retire By 35 – December 2011 Results
Each month I calculate my family’s cash flow and balance sheet to track my path to extreme early retirement. I do this to ensure we are spending our money on things we need and activities we enjoy. My intention with sharing it here with such transparency is not to show off my income or savings, [...]
READ MORE »Avoiding Income Taxes With Self-Directed IRAs
I’ve spoken a lot about income diversification, using various investment strategies to create the income. One of the things that bugs be about these types of income, however, is that I had to do a lot of it with taxable money. And since I’m still working a full time job, in a high marginal tax [...]
READ MORE »2011 – The Year In Review
I’ve thought about this quite a bit, and I think I’m willing to say that this has been the best year of my life. If not the best, certainly the most significant. I can say without a doubt that I’m not the same person that I was on January 1st. And I don’t mean this [...]
READ MORE »The Possibilities Are Endless
“The thing I admire about you is that you can do anything you set your mind to.” This was something my sister told me about 5 years ago, when I had just completed my first 100-mile ultramarathon. She thinks it’s a combination of luck and determination, but she was unaware of the most important part [...]
READ MORE »Retire by 35 November Progress or “The Doors of Perception”
I had some problems with Quicken in November, and because of this my accounting for the month wasn’t accurate. I could have spent several hours getting it all organized, but I’ve decided not to do that. Six months ago I would have put in the time to reconcile my expenses, but things have changed. Where [...]
READ MORE »The Non-Retirement Generation
A few days ago I was discussing the economy with an office mate, and he said something interesting: Did you know that we are the first generation that won’t ever retire? After I finished laughing, I dug in an asked him why he believed this. As he explained his opinion (which was sourced by NPR), [...]
READ MORE »Investment Styles and Considerations
(Disclaimer: I’m not an investment professional, I hold no degrees associated with anything related to finance, and this post should not be taken as financial advice in any way.) I’ve written quite a bit about investment and income diversification. And in studying all of these various forms of investments and passive income generators, I find [...]
READ MORE »The Waiting Place
It’s been awhile since my last post, other than my usual monthly financial report. This post took a lot of thought and introspection, and I wanted to make sure I got it right. I woke up early about 2 weeks ago with my son, and I was reading him the Dr. Seuss classic “Oh! The [...]
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