I’ve talked a little bit about the company I currently work for, but I wanted to share an interesting scenario with you guys. The company I work for employs around 50 people. In the managerial hierarchy, the company president is obviously the big dog. I (along with a couple other managers) report directly to him. There is also a vice president of sales, but I don’t directly report to him. Now, here’s the “what if” scenario… The president of the company […]
Financial freedom… I think about it more and more every day. I wish I had put more focus on this in my younger years so I could be even closer to the goal than I am today. Part of my desire to retire early is to have more available time to spend with my daughter. Unfortunately, with my late start, she’s going to be 15 years old when I finally quit my job. Although that’s still young, it’s going to be a
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So, I had been talking with one of my mentors a couple of months ago and we got on the subject of taxes… particularly taxes regarding rental property. If you’re a regular follower of my site, you know that I currently have one rental house and I’m looking for a second so this was an important topic for me. My friend that I was talking with has five rental houses and is extremely savvy when it comes to the financial details
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Today I’m getting slightly off track because I need to rant and, well, it’s my blog so I’m going to go for it! Ok, first off, maybe four weddings is an exaggeration… I have three to go to in the next month. And maybe it’s not really going to be my funeral, but it sure feels like it! Here’s the problem… Wedding number one is out-of-town – it’s in the big city… New York City. I hate the big city.
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Well, I’m about to hit the big FOUR-OH this month. Happy birthday to me! 🙂 So with that, I thought it would be a good opportunity to share my goals and plans I have for the next ten years. If you’ve read my “about” page (Time to Make the Donuts), you know that my goal is to retire at (or hopefully before) the age of 50. To some of you that might seem like a pretty good feat, and to others, it might seem like
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I thought it might be time to take a little break from the serious stuff and discuss something a little more fun. In all reality, this articles relates to the entire point of this site and what I’m trying to accomplish in life. Early retirement is extremely important, but if you don’t know why you want it, you might not enjoy the free time when it happens. So without further ado, here are the… Things I Should Be Doing Instead of Working… Playtime with my
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I liked money when I was a kid and was a better saver than most kids. I figured I would save enough so I wouldn’t have to work for the rest of my life (this was before I learned that savers use Other People’s Money the best way that they could.) Regardless, I’ve always been interested in figuring out money… and more importantly, figuring out how to become financially free and retire early. I always thought that was the dream, because
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