You know how one of the easiest ways to cut back on your grocery bill or on how much your spend at Target is to swap name-brand products for generics? It’s such an effortless way to save money, and it just makes sense: 99% of the time, the generic or store brand is nearly identical…
The Most Important Question: Is This Useful?
I’m always looking for books that challenge the reader to look at the world differently, and I usually satisfy that urge with the latest Malcolm Gladwell or Michael Lewis book. Since I just read David & Goliath and the wait at the library for Flash Boys was significant, I picked up two excellent books that…
Stress-Free Cooking Installment 5: Mexican Shredded Chicken
This is, without a doubt, my new favorite recipe to make for three reasons: (1) it’s SO easy, (2) it makes a LOT and (3) you can use the chicken in several different ways so you’re not having the same meal over and over again. And of course, you can freeze any leftover chicken and…
A Realistic Look at Ideal Days in Our Future Financially Independent Life
We talk a lot here at Richmond Savers about saving money and why it is so important in order to make your life easier and more financially stable. Money is a tool that you can use to give yourself power over your life that most people living paycheck-to-paycheck will never have. Life is simply much…
Make Travel Blackout Dates a Thing of the Past
When we talk to people about frequent flyer miles or hotel points the biggest concern is always, “what’s the point of collecting all these points when you can never use them because of all the blackout dates?” For years we didn’t want to be bothered collecting points for precisely this reason – it just seemed…
Stress-Free Cooking Installment 4: Chicken Marsala
This chicken marsala meal is the perfect stress-free meal. It’s easy, delicious, makes a large quantity and is perfect for putting leftovers in the freezer to enjoy again a few weeks later. It’s a little different than the typical Italian restaurant-style chicken marsala in that I cut the chicken into small pieces about 2 inches…
Top 10 Personal Finance Lessons Learned from Medical Training
We’re thrilled to have our friend Alexi from Miles Dividend M.D. guest posting today. Alexi, who is more formally known as Dr. Alexi Zemsky, is an electrophysiologist (a heart doctor who specializes in abnormal rhythms), and he’s also one of the most interesting personal finance bloggers around! He writes from the unique perspective of being…