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...
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...
Inflation just hit 7.9% recently, life is starting to get expensive. Regular Accidental FIRE readers know I constantly scour the internet for online tools that help show the variance of different elements of personal finance based on geography. It’s a...
The housing market in the U.S. is on one of its hottest stretches in history. The past year and a half has brought record rates of bidding wars, strong demand, low inventory, and continual low interest rates. My house has...
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...
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...
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...
It was September 2001 and I was living in a tiny 500 sq. ft. basement apartment of a big house in the suburbs of Washington D.C. My $40,000 a year salary placed me slightly below the median income in America,...
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2024 Activity Tracker
Cycling: 1543 Miles
Running: 126 Miles
Hiking: 19 Miles
Paddling: 10 Miles
Climbing Days: 1
2023 Activity Tracker
Cycling: 5400 Miles
Running: 472 Miles
Hiking: 37 Miles
Paddling: 96 Miles
Climbing Days: 6
2022 Activity Tracker
Cycling: 5408 Miles
Running: 321 Miles
Hiking: 43 Miles
Paddling: 40 Miles
Climbing Days: 7
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