As 2019 comes to an end, I wanted to take the time to review my House Hacking results for 2019. I bought my house in late 2018 with the plan to rent out my spare bedrooms to offset the cost of owning a home. My goal was to reduce my most significant expense (housing) to […]
Intentional Decisions
Avoid Complacency & Optimize The Easy Stuff
When I was on my Debt Free Climb, I developed a habit to start tracking my income and expenses closely. By tracking my money, I avoided complacency because I was hyper-aware of where my money was going. I analyzed spending trends which helped identify ways to adjust/eliminate waste in my financial life. Due to my […]
5 Things I Didn’t Expect When Planning for my Wedding
We are about four months away from our wedding, and finalizing the last half of planning. When I first proposed to my fiancee, I thought I had a decent idea of what to expect regarding wedding planning. I had observed both my older sisters get married when I was younger. However, even though I thought […]
Wedding Planning & Honeymoon Update
I can’t believe it, but I am 6 months away from our wedding. Time has gone very fast since we were engaged in September 2018. I wanted to write this post to catch yall up on what has happened (wedding planning wise) since my last update (way back in March 2019). My goal for paying […]
House Hack Update: My First Renters
In my last house update post, I spoke about my plans for renting out the two additional bedrooms in my house. I treated January as an experimental month and listed my furnished room on Airbnb while I searched for full-time renters for February. Let’s see January’s results and the next steps for February regarding my house […]
House Update: Moved In & Next Steps
That’s right; we are finally all moved into our first home. Meaning I am officially a homeowner! Check it off the bucket list. via GIPHY How I Did It After I became debt free in 2017, I began planning my next move. I built up my emergency fund, increased contributions to my 401k, maxed out […]
