Once our needs are met (food, clothing, shelter), then a great use for money is to make life easier. This article discusses five inexpensive ways I’ve found that make our lives easier in an outsized way. Buying back your time or buying down your aggravation Such things can either buy back your time or buy … Read more
Photo by Tierra Mallorca on Unsplash The question of whether real estate is an asset or a liability is not a new one. Back in 2009, Harlan Landes, at the time a.k.a. Flexo, took issue with Robert Kiyosaki‘s definitions of asset and liability: An asset is something that puts money in my pocket. A liability … Read more
Businesses LOVE automatic recurring subscriptions. Once you sign up, it’s up to you to cancel, and they get paid until you do. If you forget about the subscription, no problem for them, you just keep paying. These subscriptions add up. An unused $7.99 monthly subscription is nearly $100/year down the drain. How many of those … Read more
Filing my Form 1065 U.S. Return of Partnership Income is getting to be a bit of a drag each year. If I do this right, I’ll have to file one more set of 1065s, in March 2024, and that’s it. Late 1065 filing that isn’t actually late 1065 filing We have two limited liability companies … Read more
Hearing people complain about how unhappy they are with their high-end stuff makes me really sad. They possess something pretty fancy that makes people go “Wow!” … and then they point out all of the flaws in it or talk about similar items that are even better than the one they have. People aren’t down … Read more
Selling things on eBay can be a nice side income. The premise is simple: buy low, sell high. EBay began as an auction-only site. Potential buyers bid against one another for an item, just like in a live auction. Five years later, in November 2000, eBay introduced its Buy It Now option. This allowed sellers … Read more
I recently ran across a new-ish referral site called invitation.codes. It’s a site that aims to be one-stop shopping for referral bonuses. These are the extra sign-on goodies that you sometimes get when signing up as a new user on a site. Often a website will offer a bonus to its current users for referring … Read more
Finding your people is the best thing for your spiritual well-being, your personal growth … and your bank account! A friend of mine has collected beer cans for four and a half decades. He started in his teens (yeah, times were different then!) A little over a week ago he went to his first CANvention … Read more