While I’m not completely sure how or why we had interest in rental property, it was something in our mind that we couldn’t rid ourselves of. Perhaps it was the success of one of my uncles that owned several rental homes in my home town,...
My wife and I had a pretty firm rule in our first couple years of marriage, no kids until we were thirty. We stuck to that rule, basically and our little dude came along in our thirtieth year and sixth year of marriage. We had...
We’ve all heard the stats about how much time Americans spend watching TV or in front of a screen, and most of us either need to do better or want to do better. Before our son was born my wife worked and always got home...
Optimizing spending is a critical step and consideration in the financial path to freedom, what I find interesting is that we and no one ever really seems to get it right on their first pass. As a result, it is a step that needs to...
While I’ll probably never remember what shoved me the direction of considering laundromat ownership, I definitely remember my first look at one that was in our purchase price range and what that process looked like. We had some cash after the sale of our town...
Our first steps into investing were in the form of 401k investments with very little, actually no effort whatsoever. I initially had a 401k at atmy big box retailer job that I contributed to for about a year along with the match, but when I...
One of my favorite podcasts asks each of their weekly guests the same four questions at the end of each show. One of those questions is, “What was your first, or worst job you’ve ever had?” I always think about answering that question and what...
It wasn’t intentional but I’m writing about my wedding day on my ten-year wedding anniversary! Happy anniversary, wife! It is important to celebrate and recognize each and every year but what a landmark moment it is not only making it ten years but deeply enjoying...
We purchased our second home with very specific criteria and were fortunate to find it, avoiding the alternative which was most of our stuff going into storage and a month to month lease at an apartment somewhere while we sought out our forever home. Our...
In 2010 the housing market was ever so slowly crawling its way toward a recovery and we couldn’t have been more privileged to have begun a marriage and financial journey at that time. My wife and I were earning a combined $95-$105k, well over the...