• 2017 Budget Year in Review

    2017 Budget Year In Review

    It’s that time of year again.  No, I don’t mean Christmas. I mean dusting off the transaction history for this past year from Personal Capital (link) and sifting through…(checking total amount of transactions)…2,097 transactions! Boy, what fun it is to calculate net income…yeah. It has certainly been an interesting year.  The first half of the year was largely focused on travel, and mid-way through the year, Peter changed jobs and work locations.  Let’s take a look at the numbers and then we’ll provide a summary of the good, bad, and ugly.  Please note that we will publish only the percentages of our expenses compared to our after-tax income (or disposable…

  • Best Books to Help Improve Your Life

    Rich Dad Book Reviews (2017 Edition)

    As I mentioned in another post, The Best Books to Help Improve Your Life, I may do more of these book reviews, but will do them 5 at a time. Well, surprise! Here's 5 more book reviews available for browsing in our humble blog. These vary from business, finance, and real estate investing books, so in some form or another, it is about money & earning it! This particular edition, I decided to focus the reviews on Robert Kiyosaki's Books. Why? Because Robert Kiyosaki's "Rich Dad Poor Dad book" has been an integral part of my life. It was actually the first personal finance book that I ever picked up when I was around…