Today is Afford Anything’s five-year birthday. Er, anniversary. Birthiversary? Exactly five years ago today, I published my first blog article. Actually, I published my first five articles. They were terrible. Deplorable. Appalling. Ghastly. An affront to the English language. I’ve edited those articles multiple times over the past five years. I wouldn’t go so far as…
Back in March 2015, I had asked new Afford Anything subscribers to answer two questions: What’s your wildest dream? What’s keeping you from getting there? After reading through thousands of responses, I heard a theme emerge: “I don’t know how to invest, and I’m afraid of making expensive mistakes.” Let’s tackle that today. As a disclaimer, today’s…
Got a little extra free time around the holidays? Taking a few days off? This is a perfect time to settle down with a few books.
Myth: Wealth comes from living below your means. Fact: Frugality is the first step, not the last. I’d like to tell you about one of the most interesting couples I know. They were apartment-dwellers when we met, and I don’t mean the New York City variety. Their dark, musty apartment festered in an area where land is plentiful and square footage is cheap, where apartments are…