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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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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…
Let’s discuss homeownership! This guest blog post was written by my long time buddy Mark Van Dellen. Mark’s passion in life is to help navigate the path of homeownership for us…
Hey all! I’m Thomas, a 32 year old Millennial DINC (Double Income, No Kids), living in an expensive city. My Fiancée (she’s the knock out in the picture above) and I work hard and…
Fine, you got me, today isn’t actually Earth Day. April 22nd marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970 . That said, cities across the United…
What do you like to do after work? If you are like me, you are out enjoying The City most nights. The point of living in a bustling urban center is to enjoy its beautiful energy,…
Millennials are a generation of passionate dreamers, trend setters, and entrepreneurs preceded by Generation X. Howe and Strauss suggest that the Millennial generation consists of…
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…
Awesome! You stumbled across my successful blogging guide. Each week, we walk through tips to starting a successful blog (that’s every bloggers dream right?). This is week 3.…
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…
City Side Hustles I needed extra cash to purchase an engagement ring. A Google search suggested the engagement ring needs to be at least 2x your take-home monthly salary. WTH!?…
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…
5 City Side Hustles that are more trouble than they are worth if you live in a city. I’ve tried them all! One in two millennial’s have a side hustle. Most of us live in cities, so…
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…
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…
Each week, I walk through steps to starting a successful blog (that’s every bloggers dream right?). This is week two. Check out my journey and results below. Click here to see the…
To my crew of future successful bloggers (click the banner above to set up your blog, and receive a FREE domain) Each week, I walk through steps to starting a successful blog…
What does The City mean? People from New York City claim it as their own. Residents of San Francisco refer to their hilly city on a peninsula as The City. The point is, people…
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.…
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
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
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclosure page for more info. I recently read an article about the 2026 housing market in San Francisco, California. It suggested that
Build a cash buffer around the expenses that would be hardest to cut quickly — housing, food, transport, insurance and debt payments.
Move beyond “rent is throwing money away” and compare the decision through time horizon, flexibility, cash reserves and total monthly cost.
A framework for choosing flexible extra-income work without turning every evening into another shift.
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.