According to Realtor.com the median home listing price in America was $340,000 at the start of 2021. That one caught me by surprise when I looked it up, I didn’t think it would be that high. The National Association of...
Regular readers know my background is in geography and geographic information systems, and I’ve done a lot of mapping posts related to finance. I also have a pretty sweet geoarbitrage resources page with tons of tools in one place to...
As COVID-19 drags on many employers are unfortunately requiring workers to come back into the office. Some who were enjoying full-time telework are now having to deal with their miserable commute again. Savvy financial warriors know that transportation (car ownership...
The Census Bureau released the official income statistics for 2019 a few weeks ago. In 2019 the median household income in America was $69,560, marking a substantial 8.1% increase from the 2018 median of $64,324. As a comparison, the official...
The U.S. housing market is on a tear and not looking back. Usually when unemployment rises and the economy slows, housing prices suffer. Not this time. Of course there’s nothing normal about the jump in unemployment from March and the...
COVID-19 has put a lot of people out of work. In many cases states and jurisdictions have forbidden certain businesses from operating, which obviously makes it hard to stay employed if you work at that business. In other cases businesses...
In response to the COVID-19 crisis the Federal Government issued Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans to businesses. It was an approximately $660 billion program that eventually approved approximately 700,000 businesses for loans. This past Monday the Small Business Administration released...
I live in the Washington D.C. area which is probably the most transient area in America. People come here for the jobs, then often leave for greener pastures. The come-and-go is constant, which is great for meeting new and interesting...
Regular readers know I’m always on the hunt for great mapping tools that show various aspects of finance in a geographic way. I even have an entire page dedicated to geoarbitrage resources and tools to help you find a better...
Geoarbitrage can be defined as taking advantage of an area with a lower overall cost of living to save money and thus build wealth. It’s a great strategy if you’re striving to reach financial independence as it can help you...
Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. was in it’s strongest job market in 50 years. In January I wrote about the incredible bull market that dominated the last decade. The spectacular rising curve of equities in the past 10 years...
Most people will experience their highest earning years in their 40’s and 50’s, according to research firm PayScale. Part of me thinks that since most people work into their 60’s they should theoretically be making the most in those years,...
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