I’m happy to announce my 30 days series about how to reach financial independence. This is not a bootcamp to get your finances in order, more a guideline on how to get started on the way to financial independence. Once you go through it with me, talking about how much you need to be financially independent,… Read more
How much can you make renting your extra room?
According to Airbnb.com, a website that allows you to rent your extra room to travelers, the AVERAGE earning of people renting through them in NYC is $21,000 a year. Wow. On average of about 10,000 people. What would you do with an extra $21,000 every year, just like that? (check out my article about Airbnb… Read more
Renting your extra room: is it worth?
Is it worth it to rent your extra room? I grew up in a big family, and holidays were often spent in cramped houses, where all the kids would be sharing a huge dormitory, and we would seldom shower. Then I moved on to campus housing, shoebox apartments and having between two and seven roommates…. Read more
How I became a landlady
I have always had this financial independence idea in the back of my head, ever since I started working and realizing that a normal, 9 to 5 job is not the thing for me. And when thinking about how to produce passive income, real estate was always on the top of my head. This is… Read more
Coming up: 30 ways to reach Financial Independence
I am starting a series in August, that I hope you will like. I will describe 30 ways to reach financial independence, one per day. We will talk about the basics, like saving money, starting a fund for your future financially independent life, and run a few numbers to see how much you need to… Read more
What I like/dislike about BF (financially)
BF and I have been together about two years now. It is a strange relationship since we barely met before we decided to leave everything and travel the world. We have been to about 15 countries, and are living 24/7 together since we travel by day, and share a hotel room or camp at night…. Read more
Why are people so mean?
I have read J.D. Roth’s brilliant and moving article about his self-transformation over the years, starting back in primary school where he was bullied and labeled as a geek. He first lived happily among his little group of geeks before realizing that there was a hierarchy and geeks ranked right at the bottom. That sent… Read more
Bang for your Buck: Morocco edition
I have lived for a year in Casablanca, Morocco, in 2010. That was a fun year and I love that country, for its diversity, vibrant culture, delicious food and lovely people. Moving on… here are some of my money tips to get more Bang for your hard earned cash! Cheap flights to Morocco You… Read more
How I rented out my place on Airbnb
How I rented out my place on Airbnb I have lived in several flats for the past three years, one of them in Casablanca, Morocco, and the other one in Antigua Guatemala, a beautiful colonial town that is a UNESCO Heritage Site. Both those locations were desirable for tourists and when I looked up the possibility… Read more
Blogs I like and follow
Here are a few of the blogs I follow, most of them go into my Google Reader and I read several article at a time when I have a moment. The first blogs are among the most popular PF blogs, so if you have stumbled upon my blog before those (really??!!), I strongly encourage you… Read more