My family and I just got back from visiting our son in Europe. I spent most of December there because I wanted to go on a road trip with my son. We visited The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, and when the rest of the family came, we went to Paris, France. Nearly all the places…
Happy New Year’s 2025!
I hope you’ve had a great 2024 and may you have a fabulous 2025!
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays
Best wishes this holiday season to everyone!
U.S. Filial Responsibility Laws
As millions of people across America gather for the holidays this season, I have been exploring all aspects of retirement and came across some interesting information regarding filial laws. Filial Laws What are Familial Laws? Filial responsibility laws (filial support laws, filial piety laws) are laws in the United States that impose a duty, usually upon adult children, for…
Real Estate Rentals: Best Appliances
I finally caught a break from my vacation in Europe. I came across this great video from Coach Carson on the best appliances for property rentals that’s worth watching if you’re a landlord. I took some notes for future reference so I hope you found this as helpful as I have.
Bogleheads Conference 2024 on YouTube
The Bogleheads 2024 Conference is now on YouTube. This is a great resource to hear from various investors and their ideas and well worth your time, especially if you’re young or new to investing. As a reminder, I am traveling through Europe and won’t be able to approve comments or update posts but there is…
2024 Year End Reflections
It’s not exactly the end of the year but I’m writing this post now because I’ll be in Europe for most of December and I have a busy itinerary so I doubt I’ll have time to write too many posts. Here are the most important reflections for me in 2024 from a personal finance perspective….
Traveling Again This Week
I am repositioning to Europe this week to spend the holidays overseas so posts will be sporadic until I can get the time to do them.
Retirement Software Review: Boldin
I have been using Boldin software now for a couple of months and felt it was a good time to write a review about it. You can visit their website at www.boldin.com. Cost I’ll get to the cost part first because it’s one of the easiest things to discuss and what most people are generally…
My Tax Plan for 2025
It’s December and I finally made some decisions around tax planning for 2025. As your income grows higher and higher, tax planning becomes a core part of your long term strategy. W-2 Income I decided to defer about 1/4 of my income for 2025 in the company deferred compensation plan and I will also be…