The Happiest Teacher

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 down, I wanted this ass...

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 away and lacking the c...

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 just a little bit. ...

One of the most common questions people first learning about financial independence ask is: "When do I know I have enough money to retire?" This is a great q...

“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 where I can’t get ah...

I ran into a psychological block in my investing this past year. When I checked my quarterly net-worth progress there were several quarters where I had save...

It's time. Time for simplicity. Having re-read the classic JL Collins book, "The Simple Path To Wealth" for my Millionaire Teachers Club, I decided it's ti...

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 of 10.8% and that i...

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 consequently frozen off...

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 predicted then that...

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 out the reasoning beh...

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? In this post I'll wa...

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 investing philosophy and ...

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 doesn't, when I succe...