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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It’s official! After years of hunting, and looking for a wonderful place to finish raising our family, we’ve finally decided to move! I mentioned our upcoming move in my recent post “What have I been Up To (Winter 2022 edition)”, but I didn’t go into a whole lot of details about the move.
Why? Well, I didn’t have a lot of the details completely nailed down at the time…
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Wow! Has it been a month already since I last posted an update? Don’t worry, this blog isn’t dead! I’ve just been super busy! While it might seem like nothing is happening on the surface, behind the scenes I’ve been working like an absolute madman these last few weeks.
As I mentioned in a prior post, we’re moving this summer, and I’m doing my best to fix up our home for an eventual sale…
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