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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...
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,...
Saving small amounts of money on your online purchases can really add up over time. Between just two cashback sites, I’ve saved over $1500.
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...
Learn tips on how automatically tracking for income and expenses can set you up for financial success.
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...
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! /talktoerik-assets/uploads/2020/11/screenshot 20201110-215335 chrome.jpg Four long years. It’s been over four years since we bought our property out in Volente. We weren’t in...
! /talktoerik-assets/uploads/2020/08/20200718 193041.jpg Sailboat minus sail One of my favorite things to do while we’re spending time in Michigan is to go sailing. We didn’t ge...
This is going to be one of those random and short blogs — really just for me. Today is December 20, 2019; the day before Crosby’s seventh birthday. Korey had a ladies only Chris...