Written By Paula Pant
What’s the purpose of money?
That’s not a rhetorical question. I’m inviting you to sit with this question for a moment. Ponder it. Pray / meditate / reflect on it.
Why do you want to create wealth on your life? What’s the ultimate purpose?
I’ve thought about this on a near-daily basis for the […]
Written By Paula Pant
Ready to rumble?
There’s a fight brewing. Two contenders have climbed into the ring.
Both are clawing for victory. Only one will survive.
In one corner: Crush Your Mortgage, and his team of anti-debt advocates.
In the other corner: Keep Your Mortgage, and his cheering crowd of leveraged investors.
Who will take home the […]
Written By Paula Pant
This article is Part 1 of The Airbnb Series. When you’re done, check out Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4.
“I wonder if …”
The greatest adventures of my life usually begin with that phrase.
When I say “greatest,” I don’t necessarily mean “best.” Sometimes I mean “weirdest-smelling” or “insanely-profitable” or “almost-gave-me-malaria.”
“I […]
Written By Paula Pant
At first glance, Forest doesn’t seem to fit the profile of a successful entrepreneur and world traveler.
He grew up in a working-class neighborhood. He dropped out of school at age 16. He endured a tragedy in his early 20’s.
But our early life doesn’t determine our future. Forest is living proof.
He’s been […]
Written By Paula Pant
Afford Anything turns 3 years old! (Which is 87 in blog years, as my friend J. Money says.)
This lil’ website officially launched on March 1, 2011, with a handful of posts about (what else?) retirement and travel.
Little did I know, at the time, that the Afford Anything tribe would begin brewing a rebellion …
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Written By Paula Pant
Finance nerds have strange habits.
Here’s one of mine:
Once a year, I lock myself in a room with nothing but a laptop, spreadsheet, and boatloads of determination.
The mission: Decipher my savings rate.
Am I saving 30 percent of my income? 40 percent? 60 percent?
As longtime readers might recall, my then-partner (now […]
Written By Paula Pant
One Afford Anything reader asks:
In my area, I can buy a quality house/duplex for $45,000 – $100,000.
My partner and I want to get a house with great rentability. We’ll live in it for 4 years while I finish graduate school, at which point we’ll move.
We hope to keep the place – as […]
Written By Paula Pant
You can summarize the answer to almost every financial problem in two words: Earn more.
Snag extra work on the side. Save every dime of this extra income. (After all, you don’t “need” the money. You’re already living fine without it.)
Boom — you’ve instantly super-charged your savings.
When I wrote that, a […]
Written By Paula Pant
I’d like to tell you about a stupid money mistake I made last week.
I’ll share why it was so dumb … and how you can do the opposite.
Let’s go:
During the past three months, I’ve been overseeing the renovations on one of my six rental property units.
We’re ripping everything […]
Written By Paula Pant
One reader asks:
I’m young (23), and my fiancee and I are looking at getting her a used car to replace her old clunker.
We’re looking in the $6,000 – $10,000 range and easily have the cash to pay for the car. (This is seperate from our emergency fund, we […]
