Wow, this post is nearly a month late! While you readers have been patiently waiting for the next blog post, I’ve been goofing-off and taking a vacation instead of writing! Oops! That’s what happens when you become financially independent I guess!
This October, the Tako family decided to take advantage of our proximity to California, and take a 4-day road trip…
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There’s a urban legend in investing that goes something like this: “Stocks keep moving up and to the right forever! Just keep putting money into the market and it will make you rich.”
That may have been true over the past decade, but 2022 has been a very difficult year for investors. Stock prices don’t always keep climbing…
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With the S&P 500 down about 20% YTD, its been a rough year for those with money invested in the stock market. Other asset classes have done just as poorly. Inflation has laid a solid roundhouse punch on household budgets this year, leaving many aspiring savers to wonder if financial independence is even still possible…
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As frequent readers of this blog know, the Tako family is currently in the market for a new home. This summer we sold our house in Washington state, and moved south to Arizona. Currently, we’re renting a temporary house, and it’s a pretty small place.
Over half of our “stuff” is still in storage, and we’re sitting on a small mountain of cash that we plan to use to buy a home…
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After a scary couple of months with some massive overspending, it’s finally safe to say things are “getting back to normal” for the Tako family. August was all about optimizing our lifestyle in our new home. We started turning the screws, and fine tuning our fiscal machine…
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After the long drive from Washington to Arizona, we started settling into our new home in July. We’ve been here a little over 1 month! The kids have now started school, and Mrs. Tako and I are starting to house hunt. Overall, our move didn’t go very smoothly. That said, I ‘m not going to hide any of the ugly stuff from you guys…
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When people talk about geo-arbitrage, they often tout the amazing advantages of moving from a high-cost location to a lower cost region. It’s all double rainbows, unicorn farts, and ice cream sundaes when you read about geo-arbitrage on the internet.
I wish the real world worked that smoothly. You don’t often read about the high cost of moving and all the little financial snags that happen along the way…
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Hello there! Yes, it’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything to this blog, but I’m not dead yet! Really! Behind the scenes A LOT has been going on the last few weeks! First off, the Tako family moved 1500 miles from Washington state to Arizona…
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First off, I need to apologize for the lateness of this post — it’s already mid-May! Sorry folks! I’m running *a little* behind schedule on the blog these days. Let’s just say I’ve been a little distracted by this whole moving process. Not only am I doing a ton of work fixing up the house, but I’m also packing up everything and putting it into boxes…
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