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August 19, 2013

Money Monday: How to Invest in Stocks without Losing Money

First a story. When I was a sophomore in high school, our Geometry teacher asked if anyone wanted to participate in his stock-picking exercise. We were to pick a stock and track its performance over the course of the semester….

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August 12, 2013

Money Monday: Do your blog readers get an emailed message when you respond to their comment?

Y’all ready for me to admit wrongdoing / fault / business fail? Since this blog is my own little personal P&L, I need to treat it as a business and I have failed you! Honestly, I didn’t even realize it…

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August 3, 2013

College Series: The Key to Success is Primary School Education.

You know how they say that breakfast is the most important meal? It makes sense, right? You load up on all the eggy and starchy goodness early in the morning to sustain you for the rest of the day. It…

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July 30, 2013

College Series: Stop the Advertising!

I have been wanting to write about college for quite some time. Not about my own college experience, but whether it is even worth it to send our kids to college these days. It’s a pretty loaded question and a…

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July 22, 2013

Money Monday: We Saved $1,605,179

Update on the house. We didn’t get it. But that’s ok because that means we saved ourselves from committing to $880,000 in lifetime debt, which in reality totals over $1.6 million in mortgage payments and interest. The listing price was…

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Home Buyer Letter

July 19, 2013

Pick Us! Example of a Home Buyer Letter

Need an example of a home buyer letter? Here is the one we submitted in addition to our $1.1 million offer for 614-618 Eugenia Street in San Francisco. Fingers crossed! Home Buyer Letter: July 18, 2013 Dear [Sellers], Thank you…

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July 15, 2013

Money Monday: One Million Dollars

No we did not win the lottery. In fact, we will be in the red by going into debt by close to a million dollars. That’s a lot of zeros! You do not retire at the age of 55 by…

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July 8, 2013

Money Monday: The Rigors of Getting a Mortgage in this Economy

My friend Affinity who wrote this fantastic post on retiring early, agreed to write another post on getting a mortgage in this challenging environment. She made the move from San Francisco to Oakland and had this important advice to share….

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July 1, 2013

Money Monday: Missed Housing Opportunity

I have a set of housing criteria which filter out some real housing gems. One of these criteria is a parking spot which this condo in the Inner Richmond does not have. It’s already in contract and I swear if…

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June 24, 2013

Money Monday: Tips on Having a Successful Internship

It’s that time of the year when students are getting a taste of what it’s like to bring home the bacon with summer internships. Before I delve into this post, I just wanna say I’m so glad I was born…

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