I’ve lost track of how many different iPhones I’ve owned in my life. I’m a ride or die Apple nerd so you know I scooped up the new iPhone 11 Pro Max post haste. While the new camera is absolutely bonkers, I’m not quite sure what it offers above and beyond what my previous iPhone[…]
I live in a small New Jersey suburb about 20 miles outside of New York City. It’s dripping with charm, rich in history and screams America. One visit to our downtown area and you will want to wave miniature American flags in both hands while singing “My Country Tis of Thee.” Having grown up in[…]
And just like that I handed off Ruby to her teacher for her first day of school. With her outstretched arms, I felt a piece of my heart being ripped away with her. I could see the nervousness in her brow and as her new environment overwhelmed her developing senses. I stood there, utterly unsure[…]
Six months ago, just a few days after Ruby was born, I published “Bad Things, Good People” where I compared the sales processes of timeshare companies to those of colleges and universities. The post shared the immensely frustrating experience of assisting a client— a sweet elderly women assigned to me early on in my career—[…]
Conversations between family members about money are taboo and highly stigmatized, even today. So I always find it fascinating when people plan their financial future around the death of their parents knowing that, in all likelihood, they haven’t had a single discussion with them about their finances. Maybe they helped you with a down payment[…]
When we bought our home three years ago, I remember telling my wife that we would never again see mortgage rates this low. We had locked in a 30-year fixed mortgage at 3.65% with 10% down, no PMI. I remember telling her how lucky we were to be buying in this rate environment, despite the[…]
Last week, it was reported that billionaire investor and Miami Dolphins owner, Stephen Ross, planned to hold a fundraiser for Donald Trump at his Hamptons mansion. For $250,000, donors could attend a luncheon, take a photo and sit down for an intimate roundtable discussion with the president. Despite defending his decision to hold the fundraiser,[…]
Back in 2016, when Heather and I wrote The Millennial Money Fix, the student loan crisis was an afterthought to both Democratic and Republican presidential candidates. With the exception of Bernie Sanders, the issue failed to make it to the top of the priority list of those running. Instead, other important issues like healthcare, immigration[…]
You may think of memes as childish and trivial images found on the Internet, but memes are smarter than you think. The word “meme” was first created by Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book “The Selfish Gene”. Dawkin coined meme to explain how our cultural information spreads genetically. However, the concept of the Internet meme[…]