Tonight Mary and I had the chance to eat at a very wealthy person’s house in Dallas.  This house is AMAZING.  This house is probably 10,000 square feet, and they had a “mile of wood trim” throughout their game room.  It was very impressive, and it sits on one of the most visible places in ... Read the rest »

Our society has a perception complex. We are raised to judge and compare ourselves against others and our perceptions of other people become our own reality. We are trained from an early age in this regard. In school it didn’t matter if I got a “C” on a project as long as it was in ... Read the rest »

I took an investments class the during the Fall semester of my Senior year in college, and when I say “took” I mean that I dutifully attended every class, sat in the front row, and tried with all my heart to understand what the hell he was talking about.  It wasn’t that I didn’t understand the ... Read the rest »

Mathematically being young and frugal makes a great deal of sense; save as much as you can now, and let the compounding interest build up over the course of your life.  In theory if I were to invest $50,000 in a decent mutual fund at the age of 23, assuming it earns at least 10% ... Read the rest »

I’ve always been a jack-of-all-trades, never afraid trying to do something on my own, and always watching and learning how to do things.  I can’t help it, was raised this way.  From a young age I pushed a toy lawn mower behind my dad as he mowed the lawn, in elementary school I spent afternoons ... Read the rest »

As I watched the Super Bowl the other week, I was reminded how much I hate commercials. I have Tivo, and so I usually fast forward through commercials, but it was the Super Bowl, you are supposed to watch for the commercials.  Anyway, I really haven’t been watching TV much in the past months due to ... Read the rest »

The New York Times ran an article today about how the shrinking credit market is changing the way America thinks.  I found great relief when I read this:  “With the number of jobs shrinking, housing prices falling and debt levels swelling, the same nation that pioneered the no-money-down mortgage suddenly confronts an unfamiliar imperative: more Americans must ... Read the rest »