Our office went out to lunch the other day to celebrate the birthdays of a few of our people. On our way to the restaurant, we drove through the heart of Newport Beach, and passed by a couple of Ferraris, a handful of Corvettes, and at least a dozen other [...]
I love the internet. There are so many ways that the internet makes our lives so much better and easier than it used to be. It's especially awesome for introverts like me who hate talking to people. I will bend over backwards to get as much information as possible without [...]
Wanna check out my new house? Here it is: the new Yeti cave. OK, after clicking on the link and drooling over the photos, you probably popped over to take another look at my last reported net worth to see if I can even afford this sweet piece of property, [...]
The hardest part for me about making smart financial decisions on a day-in, day-out basis is fighting my feelings of jealousy. I don't have entitlement issues, and I'm grateful for what I have. I'm also happy to work hard and save money and fight to get ahead. But it's hard [...]
Refinancing your mortgage to get a lower interest rate is a good thing, so long as the amount you will save on interest payments is greater than the closing costs of doing the refinance. But so many times, I hear people say that they don't want to refinance their mortgage, [...]
3 Ways to Pay Off Your MortgageThere are endless debates within the personal finance community about whether or not it makes sense to pay off your mortgage faster. This post doesn't tackle that question (but I will tackle it in the future). Instead, this post deals with three different ways [...]
