Surviving The City | What is Your Financial Picture?
What is your Financial Picture? First, we need to understand what a financial picture means. Simply put, a financial picture is a breakdown or illustration of all your assets and…
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The Curse of The Millennial Student Loan Syndrome
The average Millennial leaves college and enters the professional world with an average $27,000 of student loan debt. If you finished school in 2016, the average student loans…
4 tips to pay off your student loans in 3 years
I paid off my $80,000 student loan debt in 3 years. And so can you! What’s up all you city loving, urban dwelling millennials?! Student loan payments got you down? Feel like…
8 Student Loan Elimination Strategies
If you are like me (and most millennials), you left school with massive student loan debt. Feel like you’re never going to pay them off? Student loans are no joke, and are a huge…
Financial Tips for Planning a Wedding in an Expensive City
Rachael and I are getting married in August, so we are in the midst of planning for our future together. That means we are discussing our needs, our wants, and our dreams. What an…
5 Money Mistakes Millennials Make | When Living in Cities
What’s up everyone! Thanks for checking out my blog. I’ve been living in large cities nearly all my life. My fiancee and I love to explore, eat at trendy restaurants, go to art…
Automatic Millionaire v. Blue Bottle Coffee: Surviving Expensive Cities
No, Automatic Millionaire v. Blue Bottle Coffee is not a real court case! Nor do I have anything against the coffee from Blue Bottle . The opposite is true. I freaking love it.…
3 Reasons Why Living Abroad Helped My Financial Position And Worldview
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclosure page for more info. I’m a strong advocate for living abroad, at least for a few years. It’s not for everyone, but the follow
May 3, 2026
I saved 500 dollars last month with this simple adjustment
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclosure page for more info. Last month I challenged myself to rethink my eating and drinking habits, but it wasn’t for health reason
September 9, 2026
Emergency Fund for City Living: A Simple Way to Set Your Target
Build a cash buffer around the expenses that would be hardest to cut quickly — housing, food, transport, insurance and debt payments.
September 9, 2026
How Much Rent Can You Afford in a Major City?
A practical way to set a rent ceiling before apartment hunting, using take-home pay, fixed costs and the life you actually want to fund.
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Affordability squeeze pushes millennials to hold off on homeownership, embrace co-living
A new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis argues that the traditional measure of the under-35 homeownership rate is misleading, as it simply counts young…
Toronto Renters Are Squeezing Every Dollar as Side Hustles and No-Deposit Perks Gain Ground
03 November 2026