Archive for May, 2006
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Save Money or Grow Money… How about Both?
The timing couldn’t be better for Moomin Valley’s “Reflections on PF Bloggers” (via Adventures in Money Making). When I started this blog, I realized that I had two very different influences. On one hand, I just finished Rich Dad, Poor Dad which is about making money. On the other hand, I grew up in household [...]
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Condotels anyone?
I recently finished reading this article on a relatively unknown type of real estate that is starting to gain popularity. Basically it works like this… You buy the hotel room as if it’s a condo. You can stay in that room whenever you want. Alternatively, you can release the room back to the hotel for [...]
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Buying a car for fuel efficiency
My fiancee has recently moved in with me and has made the sacrifice or lengthening her commute from the “get out of bed and slide into work in 10 minutes” to the “break out the iPod because it’s going to be awhile” time of 40 minutes. I have had to commute more than 40 minutes [...]
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Live Long and Prosper?
That will be my first and hopefully last Star Trek reference I make. I’m probably one of the few software engineers that haven’t spent any time watching it. About 6 weeks ago, I took $100 and deposited it with a new website, Prosper. The website is often called the Ebay of loans. It basically matches [...]
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Rich Dad, Poor Dad
I’ve been reading about Rich Dad, Poor Dad for some time and finally took the plunge and used a gift certificate to pick it up. I have to admit that I really enjoyed about the first 120 pages, but the last 60 or so weren’t quite as good. I’m sure I should have took away [...]
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Welcome
This blog is about a man, a lazy man, and his quest to not only retire early, but to retire rich enough to live a comfortable lifestyle. I’m a software engineer, so don’t expect journistic quality writing or professional quality money ideas. I’m from the Boston area (just a few miles west) and my motivation [...]
