Category Archives: General FIRE
What I Read This week and Loved
A few things I read this week that I thought were especially thought-provoking: From Our Next Life – How they calculated their “Enough Number”
The Case for Rental Property Now
A couple of posts ago I talked about the Oldsters buying a house. It has been a while since we’ve been in the mortgage market so, though I try to pay attention to these things, I was a bit surprised … Continue reading
Wholesale Shopping Clubs May Be Costing You More Money Than You Think
I live in a fairly rural area of the country. I remember when we got a Wal-Mart; it was very exciting. But when Sam’s Club opened a store in our area, you’d have thought we’d died and gone to heaven. … Continue reading
The Oldsters Buy a House
The Oldsters are buying a new house (well, new to us anyway). To be honest, it is not something I thought I’d be doing at this point in life. Oh, I knew that I’d eventually buy another house. Where we … Continue reading
The 4% Rule: What It Is and What It Is Not
The 4% Rule is probably not exactly what you think it is. To be fair, there are as many opinions on appropriate safe withdrawal rates from retirement portfolios as there are experts who give them. I was reading an article … Continue reading
