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Understanding the Difference: Ordinary Income vs. Capital Gains Tax Brackets
How the concept of Ordinary Income Tax vs. Capital Gains Tax can shed light on why different investments can save you thousands in taxes.
Apr 2, 2024


How does real estate stack up against other investments?
What makes real estate investing worth it? In this article, we explore the differentiators in real estate investing versus the stock market.
Feb 27, 2024


Being a Lone Wolf Beats Following the Pack
When I bought my first rental property back in 2012, I didn’t belong to any real estate investing groups or socialize with other...
Feb 21, 2024


Susan's Real Estate Journey
The beginning: I graduated from graduate school in 2005, ready to jump out into the world bright-eyed and bushy-tailed with tens of...
Feb 7, 2024


Real Estate Investing can be a Path Around the Glass Ceiling
As women, we are often trapped in the societal expectation that we should be giving our time away for free – caring for children, caring...
Feb 7, 2024


Want to Build Wealth Faster than Any Other Strategy? Use these Four Tools.
Susan wrote recently about three main paths to achieving early financial freedom (extreme frugality & saving, growing a profitable...
Jan 30, 2024


Want to be financially free before 65? Traditional Investing isn’t going to get you there.
Society tells us to follow the traditional path: 💪 Start working a 9-5 job when you’re young 💰 Diligently contribute to your 401k...
Jan 24, 2024


Resetting After a Long Break
How we come back from long work, school, or life breaks is similar to coming back to our financial literacy goals.
Jan 10, 2024


Seasons of Financial Freedom
The journey to financial freedom is full of seasons: seasons of learning and growing, seasons of earning, seasons of saving and...
Dec 27, 2023


Spending Wisely for Happiness
Last week I came across this older, philosophical blog post from Mr. Money Mustache, and this graphic really jumped out at me. I recently...
Oct 4, 2023


The Case for Short-Term Renting Your Primary Home
How an extended vacation helped our family simplify, and make some money Last week, I returned from a month-long trip to Ireland with my...
Sep 19, 2023


Are we more than just our careers and net worth?
Typically the first things you note when meeting a new person are 1) What they do for a living, and 2) What social class they are in. But...
Aug 23, 2023


Calculating your Financial Freedom Number
One of the most common questions I get asked is how to know when it is financially okay for someone to ‘early retire’ from their W2 job....
Mar 30, 2023
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