How We Avoided over $24,000 of Investment Fees in 2017
Warm Yucatan greetings to all my trillionaire readers! This week I was poking around on my Personal Capital account and found something that I have to share with the world. …
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3 Similarities Between FIRE and Sasquatch
Like many FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) enthusiasts, I’m a flat-out weird guy full of many strange interests and beliefs. In the realm of FIRE, some of my bat-guano-crazy beliefs…
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FAQ #5: What About Health Insurance?
Here’s a FAQ that many of my readers probably have: “Hey Ed, what about health insurance?“ Oh boy is this going to be a fun topic! “Deductibles, in-network limits, out-of-network…
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7 Reasons to Love Your 457 Plan
Saluton al ĉiuj miaj milionoj da legantoj! If you’ve heard any of my podcast interviews (#1, #2, #3), you know how much I love my 457 plans, even my fee-bloated…
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How We Generated $2,000 of Free Money to Fund Our Son’s College Account
FIRE’d, frugal greetings to all my millionaire readers. (Hi Mom, Josh, and Miguel!) Okay, as most of you already know, I’m bat-guano crazy. Once my mind gets going on something,…
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FAQ #3: How Do You Invest Your Money?
If you read FAQs #1 and #2, you now know how we save money and how we cover our living expenses. In this post, I’ll explain how we invest our money as…
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FAQ #2: What Do You Live on?
If you read FAQ #1, I already know what your next questions is. Here’s what’s going through your mind: “Gee Ed, I think the way you funnel all of your…
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7 Reasons to Hate Debt
Debt…ugh! Where do I start on a topic that I hate so much? Let’s go back to the summer of 1996. After two years of full-time graduate school, I had…
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¡Adiós 2016 y Bienvenidos 2017!
Another successful trip around the sun has passed, so it’s time for our year-end review. Overall, 2016 was a resounding success for us in the following areas: Work * From January…
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