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Hey Dad, I Earned a Penny in Interest!

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It’s Time to Start Writing Again

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Building Your Portfolio, Part 3: Specific Investments

Building Your Portfolio, Part 3: Specific Investments Welcome to Part…

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Back to the Basics in 2021

Back to the Basics in 2021 As we start a…

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Building Your Portfolio, Part 2: Asset Allocation

Building Your Portfolio, Part 2: Asset Allocation Welcome to Part…

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Building Your Portfolio, Part 1: Accounts

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3 Financial Lessons I Wish I Had Learned in High School

3 Financial Lessons I Wish I Had Learned in High…

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State of the Blog, Year 1

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The Student Loan Debt Problem, My Perspective

February 29, 2020 1 Comment T.K. Schiefer

The Student Loan Debt Problem, My Perspective Today’s post is a special post for a couple of reasons.   First, this is my 50th blog […]

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Bad Advice: Keep Your Home Mortgage to Get the Tax Deduction

February 21, 2020 1 Comment T.K. Schiefer

Bad Advice: Keep Your Home Mortgage to Get the Tax Deduction I’d like to start a new series of blog posts called Bad Advice.  Too […]

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Taxes

5 Ways to Reduce Your Taxable Income in 2020

February 14, 2020 No Comments T.K. Schiefer

5 Ways to Reduce Your Taxable Income in 2020 Since it’s tax time, I thought I would write a little more about taxes today.   […]

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Life Optimization

My Daily Money Habits

February 7, 2020 No Comments T.K. Schiefer

My Daily Money Habits I strongly believe that small and simple daily habits, when done consistently, can lead to great things.  Personal finance is no […]

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Top Ten Terms You Should Know About Taxes

January 31, 2020 No Comments T.K. Schiefer

Top Ten Terms You Should Know About Taxes Well, it’s that time of year again . . . time to file your taxes.  Instead of […]

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FI Step by Step: Step 7, Maximizing Your Employment Benefits

January 24, 2020 No Comments T.K. Schiefer

Step 7: Maximizing your Employment Benefits Today I’d like to discuss what I recommend as Step 7 on the path towards financial independence.  But before […]

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Real Estate

9 Reasons I Want to Invest in Real Estate, Part 2

January 17, 2020 2 Comments T.K. Schiefer

9 Reasons I Want to Invest in Real Estate, Part 2 This is Part 2 of the 9 Reasons I Want to Invest in Real […]

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Real Estate

9 Reasons I Want to Invest in Real Estate, Part 1

January 10, 2020 1 Comment T.K. Schiefer

9 Reasons I Want to Invest in Real Estate, Part 1 In my last post about financial goals for 2020 I talked a little bit […]

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Life Optimization

2020 Financial Goals

January 3, 2020 No Comments T.K. Schiefer

2020 Financial Goals I’m a goal setter.  Always have been, probably always will be.  While some people despise the New Year and new year’s resolutions, […]

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My Path to FI: Part 5, Finally, A Real Job

December 27, 2019 No Comments T.K. Schiefer

My Path to FI: Part 5, Finally, A Real Job Well, it’s about time to wrap up 2019.  This will be my last blog post […]

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About Me

T.K. Schiefer

T.K. Schiefer

Personal Finance Blogger

In 2018 I began the pursuit of Freedom through Financial Independence (FI). Follow my journey on this blog and learn how you too can start your own Path to FI!

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