Living for today - Planning for Tomorrow
Did I ever mention how much I love the Internet? It’s amazing how much of a “disrupter” the Internet has proven to be for so many industries. Newspapers, realtors, travel agents, the Yellow pages, brick and mortar stores; the list goes on and on. Ironically, it’s also been quite a disrupter for the very companies that offer Internet services. Time Warner and Comcast are two
There seems to be a trend lately. (Okay, I guess this has been going on forever). First we read about Allen Iverson being broke after making over $150 million. Now we are hearing that Gary Busey is broke too. In fact, it turns out most of us are much richer than Gary. A broke college student’s net worth probably beats Gary Busey’s net worth. Buzzfeed
Yikes. Another story of a professional athlete burning through his millions long before he dies. If the rumor is to be trusted, it sounds like Allen Iverson has lived beyond his means and is now faced with garnishments to his future earnings to pay off an $860,000 bill to a jeweler. When Iverson was playing basketball for the Detroit Pistons during 2008 he made $20.8
Okay, I have clearly lost my marbles. Last weekend, I read an article about how the Powerball lottery was over $300M. I caught myself dreaming about what I’d do with that kind of money. After taxes they were saying it was somewhere around a $200M payout. Of course I wouldn’t use the winnings for anything other than generating interest income but that would still easily
I’ve been contemplating buying a rental property for a long time. I remember years ago when I was considering buying one, it just didn’t make financial sense. At the time, prices were at the point where I’d end up renting the property for less than the monthly mortgage payment. I can vividly recall reading articles from people like Robert Kiyosaki about how you just couldn’t
Happy Valentines day to you. I say that, not because I want you to run out and buy me chocolate and gifts, but rather just to be nice. At our house, we have never embraced Valentines Day as a day to spend lots of money to try to prove our love to each other. We sit firmly in the "Reject consumerism on pretend holidays” camp.
Well, it’s starting to get uglier in Belgium and I can only imagine how long it will take before the US ends up in a similar situation. http://www.businessinsider.com/belgium-brussels-police-firefighters-2012-2 Firefighters were out protesting against a raise in the retirement age from 58 to 60 and it was up to the police to keep order. In the end, the police officers ended up all wet from the
I met up with some friends of mine last week for a drink in downtown Seattle. I hadn’t seen them for years and had a great time catching up. They are all quite successful in the Information Technology field and have faired well through this economic downturn. As we talked, late in to the evening, I marveled at how fortunate we had all been to
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Yet another celebrity sponsoring a prepaid card. Of course there are fees. Please just go to a credit union and get a card! http://www.businessinsider.com/george-lopez-hops-on-the-prepaid-card-bandwagon-with-mango-financial-2012-2
