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Tracking Expenses, Someone’s Gotta Do It

How much money did you make last month & where did it go? It’s impossible to be in control of your money if you don’t know where your money is going. It’s akin to…(seriously, I can’t think of a good analogy & I’ve come back 

We Bought A Home!!!

We Bought A Home!!!

It’s a fixer-upper but it has a lot of potential. I’m not sure if it feels like we were looking for a long time or not. Maybe it was because we were never seriously looking. It was always just one house that evening or a 

Flying (Almost) for Free with Credit Card Points

Flying (Almost) for Free with Credit Card Points

No one would believe how far, literally, $100.80 can take you. In the last two months, that amount of money has taken our entire family of four on roundtrip flights to Houston and the Hawaiian Island of Oahu. (Sure, Knox is a lap-carry since he’s 

How a balance transfer is saving us $1,350 on our student loans

How a balance transfer is saving us $1,350 on our student loans

A 0% balance transfer is a powerful thing when used correctly. A balance transfer is exactly what it sounds like. It allows you to transfer a balance from one creditor to another. The benefit is holding that balance at a promotional rate like 0% interest 

A few details on the paydown of our debt

A few details on the paydown of our debt

In my opinion, understanding the full scope of one’s debt has to be the first step in one’s journey towards FI. We’ve been paying off our debt rather casually since getting married. It wasn’t really til early 2018/after my layoff that we switched gears into