Last month I wrote about how my brother in law just bought his first house at age 25 for $45,000 in South Bend, IN. My sister is 34 and on the opposite end of the housing spectrum. She lives in San Jose, CA, the tech capital of the world. Both …
Newsflash; I will not buy a new car this year, or next year, and probably not the year after that. I most likely won’t ever buy a “new” car, and I will delay replacing my current car as long as possible. My current car is worth around $1,000. As a …
I’m all about maximizing the utility of my money, the bang for my buck so to speak. I started out trying to cut every little expense I could find, then I worked on buying the right house with 20% down, increasing my income and savings rate, and maximizing my …
This quarter has been intense. I was working upwards of 80 hours a week for a good chunk of the quarter and finished up my spring nuclear outage season in mid May. Since then I have been hanging out with the kids and Mrs. C. has been working more hours. …