Zach
Net Worth Update: August 5, 2020 - Uncertainly Positive
This feels awkward to write. The world is in such a weird place right now. People are suffering, dying, jobless. Hell, I'M in an...
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Zach
- Feb 27, 2020
- 5 min
Real Estate Investment #2 Update: Fundrise after 1 year
Over a year ago, I felt like I needed a real estate asset that wasn't correlated to the stock market. So, when the stock market went...
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Zach
- Sep 7, 2019
- 3 min
Real Estate Experiment 1: UP 19.2%
Last year, I determined that I wanted to invest in Real Estate, but that buying physical real estate was not feasible due to being far...
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Zach
- Apr 26, 2019
- 5 min
Net Worth Wowza!
For the first time, I've really felt the elation (and had the numbers to back it up), that my money is actually working for me. And not...
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Zach
- Apr 22, 2019
- 3 min
The 4% rule: how to know you are financially ready to retire
One of the most common questions people first learning about financial independence ask is: "When do I know I have enough money to...
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Zach
- Apr 11, 2019
- 4 min
5 Reasons We Are Bad At Managing Money - And 5 Solutions
“Money, I don’t know where it goes! On payday I have money, then, far too quickly, it’s just… GONE! I feel trapped in this endless cycle...
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Zach
- Feb 24, 2019
- 5 min
Fundrise: Real Estate Experiment #2
I ran into a psychological block in my investing this past year. When I checked my quarterly net-worth progress there were several...
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Zach
- Oct 4, 2018
- 2 min
Quarter 2 Rebalancing: The Simplification
It's time. Time for simplicity. Having re-read the classic JL Collins book, "The Simple Path To Wealth" for my Millionaire Teachers...
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Zach
- Aug 17, 2018
- 4 min
Real Estate Experiment
Is anyone else skeptical about compound growth on index funds? Is it just me? I know that, so far, index funds have returned an average...
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Zach
- Jul 5, 2018
- 3 min
Investment Philosophy #3: A mistake and a change
One of the main reasons for this blog is to document, warts and all, my financial journey. Today will be about a small wart that was...
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Zach
- Jun 5, 2018
- 2 min
Quarter 2 "Re-balancing": That Was Easy!
On March 1, I added about $12,000 to my investments, and worked out how I could do that to maintain my desired 80/20 stock/bond split. I...
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Zach
- May 3, 2018
- 4 min
Investing Philosophy Part 2: Which Index Funds?
UPDATE: I have gone against this reasoning and gone with VTI. Read this for a breakdown and charts and stuff! Back in February, I laid...
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Zach
- Mar 1, 2018
- 3 min
My First Quarterly Rebalancing!
You've been investing for a bit, you have more money that you've saved to put into your account, and it's time to Rebalance! Now what? ...
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Zach
- Feb 25, 2018
- 4 min
Investing Philosophy: Stock/Bond Allocation and Rebalancing
Want to figure out how many stocks and how many bonds to buy? How about when you should buy them? In this post I will detail my own...
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Zach
- Feb 13, 2018
- 2 min
From Bags to Riches - An Overview
One of the main reasons I started this blog was to detail my journey to Financial Independence (FI). I want to record what works, what...
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