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...
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...
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,...
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...
Inflation continues to rage in America and just hit 8.6% for the 12 month period ending in May 2022. Regular Accidental FIRE readers know that I’m a geography geek and whenever possible try to highlight aspects of personal finance from...
Back in the summer of 2018 I did a mapping post showing the costs of the big three expenses by state in America. It was one of my most popular posts for a good year or two until it started...
Regular Accidental FIRE readers know I have a background in GIS and mapping and that I constantly scour the web for cool mapping tools. Being this is primarily a personal finance blog I have a special place in my dorky...
We are approaching a year and a half of the COVID pandemic in America and with so many people still working from home the desires and priorities of many homeowners have changed drastically. Regular readers know I have some magic...
Not long ago I did a post about working from home. Specifically, I highlighted a Bloomberg article showing that many workers are quitting instead of going back into the office. I’m all about sticking it to the man when necessary. ...
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