Adventures of Sam

Musings about personal finance, real estate investing, life in South Florida, historic house projects, Snarfle the dog and anything else that strikes my fancy.

Friday, August 23, 2013

2013 Savings Goal - August Update

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(1) Max out 401k(s) -        $23,633 (68%)  (goal is $35,000) (2) Max out IRA(s) -         $9,125 (83%)    (goal is $11,000) (3) Add to e/...
Thursday, August 22, 2013

FitBit Data - Update # 1

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Earlier  I posted about my new FitBit and improving my fitness through data. A week or so into using the FitBit, I've determined the f...
Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Unemployment Compensation - Follow Up # 2

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Earlier  I posted regarding Mr. Sam's Florida unemployment compensation adventures , and the fact that his application was denied becaus...
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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Improvement Through Data - Fitness

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As someone who has improved their finances by utilizing data, I am a fan of tracking data.  For our personal finances, we use Quicken to tra...
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Refinance of Rental # 3

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Gosh, I am so glad we got refinanced our primary home last year (into a 15 year loan at 2.75% rate) before Mr. Sam was laid off from his job...
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

How Low Can You Limbo

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In addition to our primary home mortgage, we have three other mortgages on our investment properties.  In working on updating our  net worth...
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Unemployment Compensation - Follow Up

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Earlier,  I posted about how difficult the State of Florida makes it to obtain unemployment compensation.  Well, after Mr. Sam worked on th...
Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Tossing and Turning

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I found myself unable to sleep last night and as a result ended up reading several great articles on  Longform.org which is one of my favor...
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Sam
I live in South Florida with my husband, Mr. Sam, and our dog Snarfle. Mr. Sam and I both slave away in the salt mines by day and manage real estate investments by night.
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