I remember working in Phoenix in 2006, just prior to the Global Financial Crisis and Housing Crash. One fellow attorney was renting an apartment above…
In April, we cut our housing cost by about one third. At the time, I wrote: “We have discussed some ideas about what we’ll do…
In my previous update, I shared that on 4/17 I sold to open 4 contracts for 5/16, 115 SJM calls at 4.25 each. On 5/13,…
Here’s an update on the SJM Covered Calls Game since my last post on 3/9/25. On 4/16, I rolled into 5/16 calls. So on 4/16,…
I posted last month that I wanted to cut our Arizona housing overhead by about one third. Well, I did just that! We found a…
In January this year, the odometer on my 2002 G Wagon hit 150,000 miles. The 2002 has the ultra-reliable M113 V8 engine that easily can…
KB Homes and Lennar recently released their quarterly reports. Sales are slowing, prices are dropping, profits are eroding, and forecasts are glum. Read all about…
“Spend extravagantly on the things you love, and cut costs mercilessly on the things you don’t.” –rAMIT SETHI Our residential lease will be expiring soon,…
Over the last few weeks, I have trimmed my position in Berkshire Hathaway to lock in profits. Berkshire has moved up significantly, very quickly. I…
On 3/3, SJM paid its quarterly dividend of 1.08. Then on 3/7, I sold 4, April 120 Calls for 4.50. So that’s $432 received for…