Happy Monday! Time for your favorite telenovela, set deep in the Guatemalan jungle. After the handyman debacle last month while we were away, we are so relieved he quit. Once he was gone, the carpenter who had been working as well during our month of absence admitted that he never saw the handyman when he… Read more
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Financial independence: do you have a plan?
The following is a guest post from Ross at Cash Rebel. He’s a 20-something engineer who writes about frugality, sustainability, and stick-to-itiveness. He’s striving to reach financial independence by age 35. I read a statistic the other day that claimed only 17% of people had long term goals, and only 3% have actually written… Read more
The pros of living with no mortgage
I never thought I’d buy a property cash. Yet this is my second one. Right out of college, I had $25K in savings, thanks to a lot of student jobs, and the French system’s cheap tuition. I wanted to put the money down for a flat, but since my work contract was ending with the… Read more
Retirement? What retirement?
Good morning! Today I have a post from Maria, the blogger behind The Money Principle: a personal finance blog that will ‘make your head hurt and your wallet sing’. There she writes about money management, wealth, health and anything that takes her fancy. Enjoy! Once upon a time retirement was a relatively simple and… Read more
The fantasy world where money doesn’t exist
When I was working an hospitality job, some wealthy customers came one day, and their daughter had just lost her tooth. I asked her if she was expecting a shiny coin from the tooth fairy. The mother replied “money is not very important for us, the tooth fairy brings a nail polish, or a small… Read more
Little house in Guatemala, week 26-30
Happy Monday! As I write this, I have been home for three days, back from a much deserved and relaxing month in France. So what happens when you leave your beloved little house for a month and trust your handyman will handle the garden, animals and the house? Sh*t. BF stayed in Guatemala City while… Read more
Creating a worry-free financial life
Good morning! Today I have a guest post from Matt Becker, a personal finance blogger at Mom and Dad Money. Matt is a proud husband and dad and loves to share the financial lessons he’s learned with other young parents. You can find him on twitter and facebook. I hate it when I have to think about my… Read more
Lessons learned from an investment gone wrong
As you may know by now, I enjoy high risk/reward investments as part of my investing strategies. Being young, healthy, and with a sought-after degree in business, I can still go back to work if the plan was all too risky, but so far, things have been going quite well. Except for that investment. I… Read more
4 Mistakes I Made When I First Started Investing
This is a guest post by Troy enjoy! When I was a kid, I had (and still do have) great parents who talked about a lot of interesting things, especially around the dinner table. Driving to school with dad was a real treat, as he’d teach me about all sorts of things, such as What… Read more
A forced emergency fund
Good morning! Want to listen to something new and fun today? OG and Average Joe just launched a brand new podcast called Stacking Benjamins, and chose the awesome Shannon of The Heavy Purse to present activities you can do to raise financially smart kids for this very first edition. Here’s the link on iTunes. When I… Read more
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