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[…]
In just a few weeks, my wife will return to work from maternity leave. I still remember the tentative and concerned look on her face the morning she reported back after having Hazel. It was heartbreaking. Despite having an extra month off this time around, I doubt her feelings will be much different. Like most[…]
Add another Millennial murder to the list. This time, doorbells. According to this Mashable article from last week, we’re out here making doorbells. As ridiculous as it might sound, this one actually makes a lot of sense. Technology has made communication so fluid that both the *ding* and *dong* have been rendered obsolete. There’s absolutely[…]
Last December, I wrote “When Coffee is Life” to explain why I am obsessed with my favorite drink. And in 2019, I’ve noticed the caffeine conversation growing on a national scale. Almost everywhere I’d turn, *coffee.* Someone left a Starbucks cup on the set of Game of Thrones? Wild. Luckin, the Starbucks of China, went[…]