I have mentioned, in earlier articles, that rental real estate has provided an excellent way for us to build net worth and to create a passive income. I thought it would be helpful for readers who are early in their personal finance journey to learn about what it takes to set up this type of […]
Archives for 2015
Talking About Priorities with My Pal, Buck
We had a special visitor at our house today. Our readers may remember when we introduced Buck earlier this year. He and I had a lengthy conversation about priorities and concerns about shelter, food, and friendships. It has been months since we have seen him and I had wondered where he had been since our […]
Got Goals? A Bright Future is Only Four Months Away
There are plenty of books, articles, blogs, seminars, and classes about goal setting. Each may present a unique approach as to how one should go about setting goals, creating a system to ensure success. I know that, for me, setting goals has been an important practice in my life. The nature of my personality is […]
The Secret to Happiness: Drink Wine
Our experience in Sedona over the last four years has been focused in a few key areas; working, hiking, and early retirement planning. Also sprinkled in for fun is visiting with family when they are in town, about 6 months of the year. We realize that it is important to make more connections with neighbors […]
The Beginning of The Banker’s Battle
Folks, today we have a very special guest post from ARB. He is taking the blogging microphone today as I am enjoying some R & R on the beaches of Florida with my friend Billy. I highly recommend you check out his site and subscribe to his new posts, discovering the challenges and life of […]
We Turned 50 Today!
I have some exciting news….well at least exciting for me. No, I did not celebrate my fiftieth birthday today. I already passed that milestone. Today our website and blog “Just One More Year” is celebrating its 50th post! We turned 50 today! About eight years ago I had the idea to start our own blog. […]
A Quick Update: The world keeps moving on
Hey folks, today’s post will be a short, sweet, and quick update as to what has been going on in our world the last few weeks. I am noticing that the world keeps moving on, no matter how much we try to control or direct the course. We have experienced a bunch of travel, a […]
Rental Properties: How I Got Started
Both personally and financially, my involvement with real estate has been an important aspect of my life. My first home was an investment property that I acquired in my late teens in a rather unusual manner. I certainly was not planning to buy a rental property at an early age, yet a serendipitous chain of […]
What is your Return on Happiness (ROH)?
Many people who are interested in personal finance topics have a love for numbers—perhaps they have an aptitude for math, or they study finance, or use numbers in their jobs. I, too, am a “numbers person,” someone who analyzes potential scenarios from a numeric perspective. However, my wife—educated as a musician—employs a very different thought […]
Amtrak: Traveling in the Moment
In the next few weeks, I’ll be traveling to Colorado. My plan is to get a sense of the rental property business there and visit with family members. In the four years we’ve lived in Sedona, I have made this 1,400-mile round trip using a few different approaches—various combinations of driving a car, taking a […]