House Financial Blunder

My Largest Financial Blunder

Retirebyforty posted an article on financial setbacks, which got my gears turning on a major financial blunder I had about 5 years ago.  I had several co-workers who were older than me who invested in real estate. They made it sound like it was easy money, and I wanted to …

It all adds up

401K Match Left on the Table?

Many company retirement plans offer a 401K match, and allow employees to contribute anywhere from 1% of their pay up to 75% of their pay. The match is given every week that the employee contributes. There are two ways to miss out on the company 401K match, by not contributing …

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 …