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G. Brian Davis is a real estate investor, personal finance writer, and travel addict mildly obsessed with FIRE. He spends nine months of the year in Abu Dhabi, and splits the rest of the year between his hometown of Baltimore and traveling the world.
One in seven middle-aged Americans supports both an aging parent and children, according to the Pew Research Center. Dubbed the “sandwich generation,” this generation of adults in their 40s and 50s finds themselves sandwiched between caring for their aging parents…
Debts fall under two broad categories: secured and unsecured. The difference between the two lies in whether the borrower puts up collateral for the loan. Although the difference is a simple one, it has profound implications for the loan’s pricing…
Only 28% of Americans have a written financial plan, according to Charles Schwab’s 2019 Modern Wealth Index study. Those who have a written plan are in vastly better financial shape than their planless peers. Of the “planners,” 78% say they pay…
The No. 1 key to building wealth is your savings rate. Your savings rate is the percentage of your income that you save, invest, or put toward debts. The higher your savings rate, the faster you build wealth. Sure, it’d be…
How well do you know your financial health? If you’ve ever tried to improve your fitness, you know the importance of goals and measurements. It’s hard to lose weight without a diet, a scale, and an exercise plan, or to…
When you no longer need to physically report to work, it detaches where you live from where you work. Suddenly you can live anywhere in the world, rather than being restricted to a single city. It’s an incredibly freeing feeling….
In late December 2019, President Donald Trump signed into law the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (SECURE Act). Many of the changes volleyed around Capitol Hill for years, and proponents tout them as the most comprehensive retirement…
Small companies tend not to offer 401(k) plans, given the administrative costs and headaches associated with them. So where does that leave employees and owners of small businesses who want retirement benefits? There’s a type of employer retirement account specifically…
Roughly a quarter of U.S. households are either “unbanked” or “underbanked,” according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). To be unbanked is to be without a checking or savings account at a licensed, FDIC-insured bank. The FDIC defines being underbanked…
With Americans waiting later to get married, many young adults live with roommates to reduce their housing costs. But living with other adults isn’t easy. They can be dirty, loud, or simply abrasive. And, of course, they don’t necessarily have…
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