Income Maximization
Retread: 10 Reasons You Need a College Degree
"In my own life, grit has helped me more than my good looks, incredible smarts, and..."
Gerry Born
Tax Minimization
Tax Planning: 2025 Free Money!
"I'm still NOT a CPA, accountant, or tax professional. Truth be told, I struggled in my accounting classes that I had to take for my MBA. Like you, I'm a normal person trying to make sense of our infinitely complex U.S. tax code."
Hardcore Savings
FIRE Flashback: Our $15,000 Financial Triple Play
"Our lateral move to regain our sanity and reduce our stress ended up being a hardcore-savings bonanza!"
Frugal Living
10 Reasons We're Not "Real" Millionaires
"Okay, so maybe we're faux millionaires or millionaire wannabes...we're living a lie!"
FIRE Mindset
Retread: FIRE vs Sasquatch
"FIRE and Bigfoot appear to be passing through Arthur Schopenhauer's three stages of the truth..."
Hardcore Savings
My Advice to the Class of 2017
"Take it from me, keg beer tasted just as good in graduate school!"
Debt Avoidance
7 Reasons to Hate Debt
"Suddenly, it was clear to me that my freedom had been compromised and that..."
Hardcore Savings
How We Saved $500,000 in 4.5 Years
"Eventually, a moment of clarity arrived...sometimes it's good to be crazy."
Prudent Investing
Retread: How I Escaped My 403b by Quitting My Job
"As a teacher, coach, and former D-1 basketball player, I initially found it difficult to embrace quitting."
Hardcore Savings
"Crappy" Jobs II
"From the beginning we estimated that we would save at least $10,000 a month..."
Debt Avoidance
A $7,500 College Degree in 12 Months?
"It's possible to earn an undergraduate degree in one year for under $7,500."
Hardcore Savings
How We Saved $250,000 by Taking "Crappy" Jobs
"In the eyes of my friends, we were taking really CRAPPY jobs..."