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Jan 12, 2021

The Best Investment Vehicle in America

Different types of investment accounts offer varying treatment from a tax perspective. Nearly every one of them only allows you to benefit from one side of taxation. I’ll go into the details of each of those in another post, but here’s a quick summary. Pre-tax Retirement Investments Typical 401ks, 403bs, 457s, and IRAs allow you...

Dec 28, 2020

The Craigslist (now Facebook marketplace) Reverse Rental Program

What if I told you I was paid hundreds of dollars to own a garden tiller for a year? Or that I was able to borrow a multi-thousand dollar industrial chipper shredder for several months for free? Or that I was also paid to own and use jack hammers, cement mixers, compound miter saws, chainsaws,...

Nov 8, 2020

Save Money on Groceries with Ibotta

A free Thanksgiving Dinner. Yes, that’s right. In the crazy year that is 2020, I’m getting a free turkey roast, green beans, French’s Onions, gravy mix, a 2 liter of Coke, potatoes, stuffing, cream of mushroom soup, and cranberry sauce for FREE! This is definitely not the first time that I’ve received the entire amount...

Oct 2, 2020

Our Philosophy at Spend This, Not That

Welcome to the first post for Spend This, Not That! I thought it would be good to share a bit about our philosophy. WE BELIEVE… Don’t spend more money than you make Money should be a tool for good.Money definitely cannot buy happiness, but you do need money to live. You should enjoy the money...