I hate to admit it, but my quest for financial independence did not start from a vision of a beautiful blue sky future, my quest for financial independence was born out of fear. When I entered the workforce in 2005, Michigan was in a single state recession, and was hit …
I came across a study recently that talked about the average household wealth in the United States, and it was broken down by race. When I started reading it, I thought there might be a small difference between white and black households, MAYBE a 25% difference. What I found when …
I spent a lot of time looking into daycare and preschool costs for our youngest kid in the house, our nephew who turned four back in May. Even though we are his legal guardian, and not a parent, our income is still counted for daycare assistance from the state and …
Back in February a friend of mine was talking to me about Bitcoin at work and asking me what I thought about it. I said that I thought any investment in it was a speculation, not an investment, and that it was similar to investing in foreign currency. He seemed …