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Do You Really Need That MASSIVE House?

A few weeks ago I published the article Would You Move To A Completely New Place? In it I mentioned that we have put the home-buying...

Would You Move To A Completely New Place?

Last year here on Making Sense of Cents, I talked a lot about us buying a new home. However, I’m sure you’ve noticed that we have not...

What Is Early Retirement?

Before I started blogging, I can honestly say that early retirement never once crossed my mind. I thought that the normal age to retire...

I’ll Never Be a Frugal Blogger

I’m what you might call a bad personal finance blogger. Or maybe just a bad frugal blogger (never said I was a frugal blogger though!)...

Keeping Up With The Joneses

Do you ever feel like you are trying to keep up with the Joneses? It seems like everywhere I turn, a big purchase is happening to someone...

Avoiding Lifestyle Inflation

Today’s post is from my staff writer Jordann. I’m still loving her posts and she writes every Friday for me. I’ll let her take it away...

Retiring Abroad?

I’ve thought about retiring abroad, mainly because I love traveling so much, but for me, I don’t think I would/could. I know I don’t have...

My Retirement and Debt Plan

Lance was asking me about my possible retirement plans. He first wanted me to write a post about how I became so awesome, but I thought...

What is an offshore investment?

Offshore investing often is seen as a bad thing for the economy and countries, but for the most part, most offshore investment products...

Retirement Questions to Ask Yourself

There are many questions to ask yourself when thinking about retirement. When will I retire, how much money do I need to feel safe, where...

Roth IRA vs. 401(k)

A common question that I am asked is regarding the differences of Roth IRAs and 401(k)s. However, I don’t know everything about them and...

Investing for Beginners

P.S. I am not an investing genius. I almost have my Finance MBA and I work in the financial field, but I am not an investment/financial...

Rough Draft of our Retirement Plan

I’m not sure when I would want to retire, but hopefully somewhat young. 55 at the latest? I honestly have no clue. I think about...

Do I need a financial advisor?

Anyways, to get to the topic of this post, I’ve been thinking about getting a financial adviser. I recently received a pretty big bonus,...

When do you think you’ll retire?

Yahoo! Finance had an article the other day talking about how 25% of Americans expect to retire at the age of 80. This age is 2 years...

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