What to do with a lump sum?
A friend asks: My wife and I have recently purchased a home that we can comfortably afford. We have extra money in our budget that we'd like to put to…
On Buying and Renting
A friend I knew from high school recently posed an interesting question on Facebook: should she and her husband buy a house, or continue renting while paying off debt? The…
About those “401(k) millionaires”…
Several months ago -- perhaps mid-January, and corresponding with the crest of the S&P500 -- a friend of mine around my age posted on social media about becoming a "401(k)…
That time I protested my property taxes: an analysis
All the data here is publicly available from traviscad.org.Every year, the residents of my condo building are given the option to have their property tax appraisals protested by MegaProtest*. The…