Last week, Adventure Rich published this post and it struck a nerve with me. I also briefly mentioned my experience as a server in this post last week. So today I’m going to take a few minutes to share my own thoughts on the subject. If you stick with me for just a few minutes, … [Read more...] about Don’t Forget To Tip Your Server!
Miscellaneous
How I Paid For Four Years At A Private University
A few months ago, I had a long discussion with someone close to me about my student loans. This person was under the impression I had scholarships that covered my entire college education expenses. Um….no. Not for my undergraduate, anyway. I’m going to lay out all of the ways … [Read more...] about How I Paid For Four Years At A Private University
Credit Card Churning Experiment: Month Two
THIS PAGE CONTAINS REFERRAL LINKS. PLEASE READ MY DISCLOSURE FOR MORE INFO. It’s that time again…time to see how my credit card churning experiment is going! I first posted about this in July and then provided my first update in August. If you want to see how the experiment … [Read more...] about Credit Card Churning Experiment: Month Two
How I Visualize My Money
I wanted to take a break from the extensive talk-talk-talk about how money works in theory and show you how it works in my actual life. And by show you, I mean show you. Personal finance talk doesn’t always lend itself well to pictures. That’s probably part of why so many … [Read more...] about How I Visualize My Money
Why I’m Still Saving Even Though I Don’t Have To
About 2 years ago, I started realizing my investments were doing pretty well. This was helped in large part by two real estate purchases, both of which appreciated a large amount in a short amount of time. In spring 2015, I sold one of the properties, locking in my gain and … [Read more...] about Why I’m Still Saving Even Though I Don’t Have To