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Taxes Stocks Electric Cars
OK. There’s so much going on that it has been hard to know where to start. So, pardon me as I literally roll up my sleeves. I didn’t need to roll them up, but that act let me think a … Continue reading
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Tagged Dream. Invest. Live., ElectraMeccanica, electric cars, frugal, frugality, Great Resignation, health insurance, HELOC, income tax, investing, personal finance, real estate, real estate broker, self employment, SOLO, stocks, tax havens, taxes, WA Health Plan Finder
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Reflecting On 2021 – A List
2021 is over. Yay. Whew. Wow. I felt exhausted, but that’s because I was. It was a challenging year. Ah, but there had to be good in there, and I wanted to remind myself of it. I felt like I … Continue reading
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Tagged anxieties, frugal, HELOC, hiking, housing, investing, Jeep, MVIS, pandemic, personal finance, photography, real estate, real estate broker, Retirement, retiring anxieties, stocks, truck, Twelve Month series, Whidbey, writing
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Unlicensed Knowledge
How much do you know that you don’t even know you know? I’ll wait if you have to read that a few times. College degrees, professional licenses, certificates are the things that are hung on walls and listed on resumes. … Continue reading
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Tagged #TomTea, community, conservation, education, preservation, real estate, real estate broker, tea, TomTea, Whidbey Camano Land Trust, Whidbey Island
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Terms And Conditions Changing
The world is changing. Duh. If you feel like you’re having a tough time following all of the updates, revisions, and error corrections associated with your stuff, then congratulate yourself on being perceptive. Even for folks who strive to keep … Continue reading
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Tagged copyright, real estate, real estate broker, Terms and Conditions, time
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A Jeep Dancing And Credit
Pardon me as I crack open a beer, because this story starts out like a country song. Don’t worry, no dogs die. A credit card did. Along the way there is a troublesome truck, dancing, and some impressive efforts from … Continue reading
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Tagged AAA, credit card, credit score, dancing, foreclosure, frugal, frugality, Great Recession, identity theft, mortgage, MVIS, personal finance, real estate, real estate broker, small town, Social Security, stocks, WOWI
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Semi Annual Exercise Mid 2021
As I note at the start of my stock synopses; “INTRO Here’s my semi-annual exercise to see if I remember why I own the stocks I own, and so I can check back and see if their stories have changed. … Continue reading
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Tagged About Whidbey, Dream. Invest. Live., GERN, Geron, GigOptix, house, Individual investor, LCTX, Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Lumera, Microvision, MVIS, NeoPhotonics, NPTN, personal finance, Pretending Not To Panic, real estate, real estate broker, Social Security, stocks
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Signing up for Social Security
Mix good news and bad news and get mixed emotions. I signed up for Social Security, I think. Should I have waited? Sure. Should I have signed up earlier, definitely in retrospect. Was it easy or hard? Yes. No. It … Continue reading
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Tagged consultant, frugal, frugality, IRA, personal finance, real estate, real estate broker, Retirement, Social Security, stocks, taxes, Whidbey Island
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Selling A Sliver – MVIS
I made money. I lost money. Take your pick of perspectives, but it may be best to pick both because both things are true. After a lot of research, analysis, and thought I wanted to pop myself in the forehead … Continue reading
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Tagged AAPL, amazon, AMZN, Apple, Covid 19, Dream. Invest. Live., goog, Google, individual investing, invest, LTBH, Microsoft, Microvision, MSFT, MVIS, pandemic, real estate, real estate broker, stocks, Tesla, TLSA
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See It For Yourself – Remote Living
OK. I’m tired. But trips can do that. During the last few weeks I managed to fit in three business-related road trips. Really, business trips. Honest. OK. So they were all touristy or wild or at least remote; but so … Continue reading
Affording Affordable Housing
“We need more affordable housing!” So goes the cry in the country. I think we need to review those words, and their connotations. A different emphasis may be more useful. And that ‘we’ can include me – if I had … Continue reading
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Tagged affordable housing, housing, Living Wage, real estate, real estate broker, Whidbey Island
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