The Lost Art of Frugality

TURBOCHARGE Your Financial Life. Buy A Used Car.

So this one is pretty darn simple. Unless you are quite wealthy–as in into the seven figures of liquid net worth–buy a used car. This has to be one of the simplest and smartest ways to massively jumpstart and accelerate your financial future.  Even if you are a car person, I suggest you still buy […]

Return Stuff You Don’t Like or Want

I wouldn’t write this, but I have personally known people who just can’t be bothered to return clothes they bought that didn’t fit or that they didn’t like–or to send some item back to Amazon that just didn’t match their expectations. Yes, you can take stuff back.  It’s no big deal.  The people at the […]

Batch Your Life: Save Time, Money, and Stress

Don’t Insure Your Cell Phone

When you go to Best Buy, one of the wireless carriers, or wherever you buy a television or a high-end cell phone, don’t buy the add-on insurance.  Ever. This is a tax on the mathematically challenged. Think about it.  What are the odds that your phone will break within the two years of the service […]

Build Wealth on The Trailing Edge of Technology

You can get rich riding the trailing edge of technology.  This means just buy slightly used or slightly older models of cell phones. Here’s an example.  I’ve decided to upgrade my cell phone.  I’m doing this because I want a higher quality camera for making videos for MightyInvestor.com.  I’ve done my research, and I’m going […]

Quick Savings: Share Amazon Prime

Did you know you can share your Amazon Prime subscription benefits with family members and another adult?  My parents, sister, and I have been sharing for years.  We keep the prime membership in my name, but rotate who pays each year.  Same exact benefit, one third the cost. (Please note that the terms of service […]

Frugal Travel – It’s Easy To Travel For Less And Come Out WAY Ahead

When I lived overseas, my colleagues would fly their family halfway around the world to take a vacation.  I would get in the car with my girlfriend and drive to a nearby island and go camping or stay in a reasonable hotel.  With this type of frugal travel, I dropped maybe $100 or $200 (yes […]

Challenge Your Assumptions About Christmas

My sister and I give each other roughly $20 in gifts individually each Christmas.  The rest of my family gives maybe a smidge more, but not much. Are you giving gifts valued deep into the hundreds or thousands of dollars? Cool if you want to, but you don’t have to…..  Nobody even has to know […]

Quick Savings: Mail Book Rates

Did you know it is super cheap to send books in the mail in the United States.  There is a special rate structure.  Make sure you ask for the book rate…..