The tenants moved out of Rental #1 less than 1 month after Rental #2. After re-renting Rental #2 in July I was starting to think that re-renting Rental #1 might not be too bad.

The 2nd rental house we have became vacant not too long ago. Not only was this the first time I needed to re-rent a house that was being rented, but we were overseas so we needed to orchestrate this remotely.

A family member recently started a new job and told me about a benefit the company offers to buy company stock that I hadn't heard of before.

We finally closed on the townhouse my wife bought before we were married. We had moved into House #4 in December 2008 and had family living in the townhouse (House #3) until the last week of August. We then put the townhouse on the market in...

Heres a way to offset at least some of the potential damage from a Black Friday shopping spree. ING Direct is offering a Black Friday promotion with a $121 bonus for opening an Electric Orange account. I have not personally used this account...

A couple weeks ago I came across an online deal to buy an iRobot Roomba 530 for $125.99 (including shipping). I hadn't really given serious consideration to purchasing one, but these retail for typically ~$299 so I started contemplating the potential...

Here are a couple videos featuring Warren Buffet in the past week. A CNBC Town Hall Event with Warren Bufft, Bill Gates, and Q&A with Columbia MBA program students. CNBC Town Hall Event Warren Buffett and Bill Gates: Keeping America Great Also...

This is an ongoing monthly update on how our equity investments are performing. Please see this background on the investment tool I developed and how I am using it to track our performance against a benchmark to measure our progress or lack...