MONEY

As someone who has been writing about financial independence and escaping corporate America since 2009, I’ve developed several rules that serve as the backbone for achieving FIRE and staying free..

About 10 years ago, I tried logging onto SSA.gov to check my Social Security benefits. You would think after decades of paying FICA taxes (6.2% for SS, 1.45% for Medicare),.

People knock real estate for being slow and tedious. I get it. It’s not nearly as exciting as chasing big tech or the latest AI winner. But slow and steady.

Housing is one of life’s fundamental needs, right up there with food, water, and safety. For decades, though, housing affordability has become increasingly out of reach for the average American..

Housing security is something I hope everyone will one day obtain. Once you are house secure, you can more easily focus on your career, family formation, and other things you.

A poor millionaire sounds like an oxymoron, but they definitely exist. Roughly 6% of U.S. households are millionaires, yet many of them still don’t feel rich. A poor millionaire is someone worth.

If healthcare in America weren’t so egregiously expensive, more people would retire earlier and live better, happier lives. We’re one of the few countries in the world where affordable healthcare.

1999 is back, and I’ve missed it. Ever since then, I’ve been chasing that next 50-bagger, the kind of life-changing winner that helped me come up with the down payment.

It’s been several months since we returned from Hawaii, and surprisingly, my FOMO about the AI tech boom has faded. Sure, I still don’t have a job paying me gobs.

As long-time investors, we all understand the importance of diversification when it comes to growing wealth. Bear markets and corrections are inevitable, which is why putting everything into a single.