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Retro: 2005 Expense Review Part 2

Jun

28

2016

To kick off the new year, I undertook the task of reviewing ALL our income and expenses from the past year. The Income Review was posted first and fit nicely into a single post. The Expense Review however, was getting too large and needed to be split into two posts. Part 1 of the Expense Review ...

Retro: 2005 Expense Review Part 1

Jun

26

2016

In the last post I reviewed all of our income for the previous year and discovered some fun surprises. For instance, I expected our new full-time jobs to be the bulk of all our income for the year. And while it was the largest chunk of income, it amounted to a smaller percentage than I anticipated. I ...

Retro: 2005 Income Review

Jun

22

2016

I openly admit (and embrace) the fact that I am the “financial nerd” between my fiance and me. At the end of every month, I really and truly enjoy updating all of our account balances to get the full picture on our financial situation. I go through every account, every credit card, open my wallet ...

Retro: December 2005 Net Worth Update

Jun

20

2016

And just like that, the year 2005 is wrapped up! I can hardly believe that our first 6-7 months of working after college have gone so fast. It was a great year for us as we transitioned from studying in college to working full-time. We moved to a new city, in a new state. We ...

The (Almost) One Month Blog Anniversary and Update

Jun

18

2016

It’s hard to believe that I started the Financial Independence Champion (www.fichampion.com) Blog almost one month ago! That’s right, my first post was back on May 21, 2016. If you’re been watching closely too…..in the past month I’ve been able to publish 16 new posts. Those FULL posts have been back-dated to their appropriate dates, but I’ve ...

Retro: My First Christmas Bonus

Jun

18

2016

Happy Holidays to everyone! We are right in the middle of that magical time between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Life has been busy as we prepare for our first Christmas holiday together, in our new city, in our new home! We purchased our first Christmas tree, our first lights, our first ornaments, our first snow shovel…..well, ...

Retro: November 2005 Net Worth Update

Jun

14

2016

This was a big transition month for us. We recently finished up the cleaning (and part renovation) of one unit in our duplex — and then moved in! That’s right, we now call our duplex home. Half of it at least! The other half we continue to rent out to the tenants we inherited when we purchased ...

Retro: First Move Out Inspection

Jun

13

2016

I conducted my first move out inspection this week since we had a tenant moving out of the property. And let me just summarize by saying, people are dirty!! Unbelievable. I was extremely disappointed at the condition of the property during the inspection. I’m convinced that no effort was made on their part to do ...

Retro: October 2005 Net Worth Update

Jun

10

2016

In the middle of the month, we took our first vacation together by travelling to Chicago for several days! My fiance and I love to travel and we always wanted to make it a priority for us to take at least one or two big trips together each year. From day one, we have always ...

Retro: September 2005 Net Worth Update

Jun

7

2016

Life continues to stay busy as we discover new and exciting things in our home city. I love having a MLB stadium so close to our home. We’ve been out to the ballpark many, many times in the past few months. Now we have pre-season NFL games starting up too. As a sports fan, I’m ...