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Financial Lessons From My Dad

Perception is an amazing thing, as time goes on you see things differently than when you were a kid.  It’s funny, I have seen myself transition from being Calvin to being Calvin’s dad, and it feels like it happened rather gradually.   One of my favorite concepts that I have …

Promise Zones Provide Free College in MI and Now TN!

Michigan Promise Zones: In 2005 A group of anonymous wealthy donors made a promise to the city of Kalamazoo: Children who  graduate from the Kalamazoo public school system will be able to earn a 4 year degree with no tuition cost to them. In 2007 legislation was passed in Michigan …

Retirement Planning Spreadsheet

Personal Finance Tracking Spreadsheets

These planning tools have been extremely helpful to me, and I hope that they will be beneficial to those reading this blog as well.  I have given them their own page here, and you can also access them by clicking on the link on the bar across the heading of …