Does Inflation Matter If You’re Frugal- GovernmentWorkerFI If you’ve watched the news this past month, you’ve probably seen some headlines about inflation. Prices are skyrocketing. Over the past year, the consumer price index (CPI) rose by 6.2% over the previous year. As a result, inflation is the highest it has been in over 30 years. Read more »

15 Mint Alternatives for 2021 Have you been a long time user of Mint to track your spending and net worth? Perhaps you are frustrated with the user experience and wanted to try something different. In 2021 there are many different budgeting apps to choose from. If you want to try a different budgeting app Read more »

Turning Our Primary Residence Into A Rental Property There are as many ways to earn money with real estate as there are houses and land parcels in the United States. Some people seek out multi-unit rentals to acquire. Other people “house-hack” or find ways to rent out a portion of their house, either in a Read more »

If You Don’t Understand the FIRE Movement, Read This By now, you’ve probably heard of the FIRE movement. FIRE stands for financial independence and retiring early. The math behind FIRE is simple; save up a multiple of 25-33x your annual expenses and you’ll never need to work again. (CountAbout has a great FIRE widget to Read more »

Financial Lessons From Bobby Bonilla Day And Did The Mets Get The Better Deal? On July 1st, a baseball player named Bobby Bonilla received a check for $1.2 million dollars from the New York Mets. While this is not newsworthy in and of itself, you might be interested in learning that Bobby Bonilla hasn’t played Read more »

Frugal Living Tips from the Great Depression We are slowly starting to emerge from the shadow the the coronavirus has cast over our lives this past year and a half. I can’t tell you how many times I heard the word “unprecedented” during 2020 and the beginning of 2021. While COVID-19 was certainly a unique Read more »

12 Mint.com Alternatives You’ll Love: Our Top Picks for 2021 Do you track your expenses, keep a budget, or both? Chances are if you’ve done either of those activities in your life, you’ve probably used Mint.com. Owned by Intuit, Mint is a free budgeting app that boasts more than 20 million users. While the free Read more »

Do I Need a Will? Who Needs One and Why One unique aspect of being human is that we are able to contemplate our own mortality. How one reflects upon their impending death says a lot about the individual and how they live life. One common way people deal with their mortality is to ignore Read more »

I tried to get rich off Dogecoin and all I got was this lousy blog post Have you seen the stock market lately? Redditors have been fighting hedge funds on so-called meme stocks such as Gamestop and AMC. These stocks have thrust the stock market into the daily news and created a giant buzz about Read more »

4 Credit Card Mistakes to Avoid Credit cards are everywhere. When I was a kid I’d fantasize about the future. I thought we’d all be living in outer space. Instead of paper money, we’d just swipe our arm in front of a microchip reader. While we’re still on planet earth, I guess I had the Read more »