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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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Possibly Profitable Patience
Pardon me an old man moment. Kids, slow down! Oy! OK, back to the show. Patience is useful, a hard task for some, and changes with time and age. It is also possibly profitable. Yep, another stock post with some … Continue reading
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Tagged investing, LTBH, Microvision, MVIS, patience, real estate, real estate broker, stocks, Whidbey Island
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Waiting – April 2021
Oh, to dance, again. It’s been a long wait. And that’s not the only thing I’ve been waiting for. Weeks, years, decades of waiting should be resolved within the next two months. Potentially, all of it is good news. But … Continue reading
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Tagged About Whidbey, Covid 19, dancing, Microvision, MVIS, optimism, real estate, real estate broker, recovery, tourism, vaccine, Whidbey Island
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Thirty Steaks – Burp
Burp (figuratively.) A while ago I celebrated finances that were good enough that I could take advantage of a sale on bulk meat – Thirty Steaks. You can probably imagine my doctor’s carefully tempered reaction. Polite and professional, but I … Continue reading
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Tagged frugal, frugal folk, frugality, personal finance, real estate
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Go West Or Somewhere
Things are changing. Ha! That and other gross understatements are provided at no charge (so far). “Go west, young man.” was advice delivered to people (men) struggling to escape terrible conditions on the east coast of the US. Gold rushes … Continue reading
Popular Posts in 2020
Oh, what a year it was. Some of the topics I wrote about where: Politics, a pandemic, wildfires, storms, floods, changes in a social structure (including social media), health care, health insurance, Social Security, tea, writing, science fiction, real estate, … Continue reading
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Tagged anxieties, community, floods, food, frugality, Gig Economy, health care, health insurance, kindness, pandemic, politics, real estate, recovery, rural life, science fiction, shop local, Social Security, storms, sustainability, taxes, tea, wildfires, work from home, writing
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Help With Social Security
This week I started signing up for Social Security. The benefits are better and not as great as I expected. The process is easier and harder than I expected. I’m not done yet; and I’m sad and glad to be … Continue reading
