How To Go Paperless

Back in 2010, I decided to go paperless in as many areas of my life as possible. At the time, I was investing in real estate and buying and selling properties generates a huge amount of paperwork. Even excluding those documents, the amount of paperwork in my life was astounding. I had a 4 drawer filing cabinet in my office closet that was full of receipts, utility bills, cancelled checks, and who knows what else. I also had another two drawer...

Read More

Making The Most Of Your Las Vegas Budget

My wife and I took a trip to Las Vegas recently and I thought I’d write about the expenses involved and how we managed to reduce those by using a casino's player's club card.  I’ve written before about how important these are when it comes to getting comps while gambling. Hopefully, this will provide some hard evidence as to just how much you can save. I'm Not Referring To Gambling Money First, let me say that I have two budgets when...

Read More

I love you, honey. If I die, here's how to get our money.

 A while back I read a post titled "I love you honey. If I die, you'll be rich" over on the Beards & Money blog. The upshot is that, because, Dr. Beard's wife does not bring in an income, if something were to happen to him, she would not have any income coming in to pay the bills. So he has a life insurance policy and laid out a plan his wife can follow to ensure she will be taken care of financially for the rest of her life, should something...

Read More

Goal Update: End of June 2016

At the end of each month, I post an update of my goals, including a brief discussion of any notable events that might have occurred during the month. The latest month's figures can always be found under the Featured menu in the menu bar at the top of the blog. Last updated: End of June, 2016 Current value: $24,085 Change from last month: +$924 Percent of Goal:  22.15% Note that the funds in this account are invested in stock,...

Read More