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The Frugal Football Team

I’m not a fan of professional sports, in fact I think I have only watched 1 entire football game start to finish in my life.  Professional athletes, and especially professional football players are well known for their flashy lifestyle. It isn’t uncommon to see football players living the lives of …

My Wealth Building Journey

The first several years of becoming an adult I struggled like hell with money.  For the most part it just seemed like I couldn’t get ahead. Every year I ran into large unexpected expenses which kept me from being able to build any wealth.  At the same time I was …

Paying the house off early

Paying Extra On The House

Moments ago I made the first large step towards accelerating our mortgage.  I transferred $5,000 to our loan, dropping our balance to below $100,000 and taking over 2 years off the back end of the mortgage.  I originally wanted to throw closer to $10,000 at the house, but fell short …