Category: geography and geoarbitrage
If you’re new to my blog you might not know I’ve done tons of mapping posts over the years that detail various aspects of personal finance from a geographic perspective. Many or most of these posts can be hugely valuable...
It’s that time of year when the Census Bureau releases the official income data for the U.S. Of course because they work at government speed the data are for last year – 2022. But 2023 isn’t over yet so cut...
If you haven’t heard there have been widespread wildfires in Canada this year and recently the U.S. was heavily impacted. Smoke from fires in Ontario drifted down into the United States and blanketed large portions of the East Coast. Washington...
Regular readers know the drill but if you’re new to my blog I’m a geography and mapping nerd who’s always on the hunt for online mapping tools that have relevance to finances and financial independence. Today I have a short...
Regular Accidental FIRE readers know I have super intelligent artificial intelligence bots constantly scouring the internet for cool mapping tools to help with any aspect of personal finance. And when I find a good one worth highlighting I put the...
Every year millions of Americans move, many to other states. The IRS publishes migration data annually showing the movements of income tax payers based on changes in their mailing address from the previous year. I did a post a while ago...
Regular readers know I’m a map geek and always on the hunt for cool new map-based tools that help with any aspect of our financial lives. I have a geoarbitrage resources page that highlights tons of such tools, and today...
Last week I did a short post showing the official median household income data for 2021 as a whole and by state. I started doing posts like that in 2017, and since inflation is the topic on everyone’s mind I...
I did a median household income post the first three years of this blog. But last year the Census Bureau had massive delays in publishing the 2020 data so I didn’t do a post when they eventually released it. Plus,...
The housing market has had a tumultuous 2022 so far. Interest rates started the year at around 3.22% for a 30-year mortgage and are now at around 5.55%. That along with other factors has cooled a market that has been...
Let’s talk estate and inheritance taxes. First we’ll do definitions, and Investopedia is great for those. What is an estate tax? An estate tax is a levy on estates whose value exceeds an exclusion limit set by law. Only the...
According to U.S. Postal Service change of address data as aggregated by Mymove.com Americans have been moving in record numbers since the start of the COVID pandemic. As they state: Looking at the number of movers who filed for mail...
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