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You can read about why we started buying real estate here. How we saved up the money to purchase our first property here. And how we actually got started here: I was already deep into the FIRE (financial independence retire early) movement when I started considering real estate. Real estate investing just kept […]
Read MoreDo you ever listen to an investing or real estate podcast and scream at your phone “But HOW?! *HOW* DID YOU SAVE UP $50K TO BUY YOUR FIRST HOME?!” “*WHERE* DID YOU GET THE MONEY TO REHAB YOUR PRIMARY HOME?!” “*HOW MUCH* WERE YOU EARNING TO BE ABLE TO BUY FOUR PROPERTIES IN ONE […]
Read MoreIf you’ve ever read this blog, or talked to me in real life, you know I was not a fan of real estate I can’t stand to be in debt. A mortgage would only tie us down. I had no desire to be a landlord. So what happened? Well, you know how every Boomer […]
Read More132 days That’s how long the new me has been around. I know, because it correlates with my Duolingo streak. Nuevo año, nuevo yo. Back in January, I was in the middle of an existential crisis. Over my job, and our finances, and the fixer-upper I thought I would love living in but do […]
Read MoreI took a quick poll at work the other day: Have you heard of a high yield savings account? 5 out of 5 nurses said no! People, this is 2024, and interest rates are huge! And if you don’t have a high yield savings account, you’re missing out. Do yourself a favor Go check your […]
Read MoreOnce upon a time I was a burned out, disgruntled old hag who wouldn’t have recommended a nursing career to her worst enemy. Well, okay, I would like to see my worst enemy wipe poop from under a grown man’s testicles, so… maybe I would’ve. I left my last staff nurse position in 2015 and […]
Read MoreIn spite of my not having worked the first three months of 2018 (against my will, for once), financially the Warckens crushed it last year. I didn’t start working until the first week of April, and just to show how much of a sugar mama I am, I made more in my first two […]
Read MoreDisclosure: I am a complainer. Post disclosure disclosure: I am making a conscious effort to stop complaining. Post disclosure disclosure note: “Do. Or do not. There is no try.” – Master Yoda I recently read Will Bowen’s A Complaint Free World: How to Stop Complaining and Start Enjoying the Life You Always Wanted and am […]
Read MoreToday I’m here to talk to you about free money, and you all know how I feel about free money. There are lots of ways to make and save money online and buying discounted gift cards is something you might never have considered. Note: You can also sell gift cards online if you receive some […]
Read MoreWhen we moved from Oklahoma to Arizona I drove the Subaru, Sheila, and Greg drove the Tundra, who he named Percolator? Harvey Judgerson? I can’t remember. The point is, I had a lot of hours to listen to financial podcasts and think about money in the solitary comfort of my own vehicle. How much […]
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