Living for today - Planning for Tomorrow
It’s done. I sold my 2006 Toyota Tacoma and am now driving a 2000 Toyota Tacoma. While it was a bit stressful to do, I don’t regret it one bit. The 2000 has only 55,000 miles on it and should last for quite some time. I ended up getting about what I wanted for the 2006. The check has cleared and the money is in
I posted about a week or so ago about the fact that I bought an older used truck and am selling my 2006 Toyota Tacoma. I need some advice on how to handle the transaction. Here are the details: Received a token few hundred dollars via Paypal to hold the truck Buyer is from Vancouver BC (a few hours north of where I live)
Everyone likes an instantly wealthy person. I have a special fondness for the newly rich. No, I don’t have a business proposition for you. Nope, don’t need a loan either. I just care about you and your pile of cash. I want you to be successful like my good friend Brad Duke. (okay, he’s not my good friend and he doesn’t even know me, but
Happy Sunday morning to you. Here are a few links I came across this morning: Retire in paradise, whatever that might mean to you: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003948199_overseas14.html Not enough to retire? Start a home based business. 10 million other people are: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003948225_sellathome14.html 1 in 5 families are struggling to make ends meet: http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/even-jobs-41-million-americans/story.aspx?guid=%7BC5F1A412%2DD153%2D4477%2D96DE%2D9CEA8CA63DCB%7D Are credit cards the next major crisis? http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bz.hancock10oct10001523,0,987590.column?coll=bal_business_util MadameX
If you are a long time reader of ELYM you know that I tend to make some rather “out of character” moves now and then. Usually these out of character moves have to do with automobiles. If I was smart, I think I’d just sell everything and head on over to become an Amish man or a Mennonite. At least in their culture, there is
So, one million isn’t enough for you, right? I know it’s not enough for me. I know I need much more than that. Will $2 million cover you in retirement? If so, are you on the right path to meet that goal? About how much money should you have at your age? Age 21: $0 Age 32: $77989 Age 43: $279236 Age 54: $798538
File this one under “amusing time waster”: http://www.mcvideogame.com/game-eng.html Someone took the time to build a Mcdonalds simulation. I’m sure the folks at McDonalds aren’t very happy about it but if you give it 10 minutes, I think you’ll find it’s a bit addictive. I was able to make decent money but I kept having to deal with pathetic employees, environmental groups, health conscious consumers, earth
I always like to know if I’m on the right path and on schedule with my investing and saving. I normally keep a spreadsheet of what my net worth needs to be at various points along my journey. I use this as one of many tools to see if I’m making good decisions about saving, investing and avoiding purchases. We each have a unique number
Uggggh. I just got the bill for the sheet rock. It was over $2000. That’s just for materials, delivery and staging of the sheetrock. I’ll also be having to pay upwards of $2000 to have it all hung and mud/tape/textured. I was hoping to get through sheetrock with less than $3000 in total cost. Needless to say, the wallet is feeling rather light these days.
Here’s an interesting link to pictures from various countries showing how close the ultra poor and the not so ultra poor live. It’s interesting to me that a simple street is sometimes the only divide. http://deputy-dog.com/2007/09/19/extreme-rich-poor-divides/?/