5am Joel, Author at Budgets Are Sexy

How to Include Charity in Your Budget, and Other Ways to GIVE!

by 5am Joel / on July 24, 2020 July 26, 2023 / with (18) Comments

There’s no right or wrong way to be generous. Charitable giving is a beautiful thing, no matter who it comes from or how big (or…

by 5am Joel / on July 20, 2020 April 24, 2024 / with (10) Comments

Last week I wrote about tracking one of my rental properties and comparing it to the growth of an index fund that’s currently worth about…

by 5am Joel / on July 17, 2020 May 8, 2024 / with (27) Comments

From the outside, the FIRE community appears to be full of young people — millennials and iGens — who are striving to reach financial independence…

Happy Monday, everyone! :) Thought it’d be fun to share some tax trivia — some true facts 😇, and some false facts 😈 — since…

There will always be a hot conversation in the personal finance community about investing in real estate vs stocks. I do both, so today I’m…

Hmmm. Interesting question. Back in the day, my wallet was the most important thing I carried around. I still remember my first wallet, one of…

Summer is here! And we’re all looking for ways to stay cool, save money on air conditioning, and have some fun while doing it! If…

by 5am Joel / on June 29, 2020 April 27, 2021 / with (38) Comments

Happy Monday, personal finance nerds! This week we cross over the halfway mark for the year 2020. Oh man, what a crazy year it’s been…

[Welcome to Side Hustle #81, where Zach from Four Pillar Freedom stops by to share his experience — and tips — on how to “productize…

by 5am Joel / on June 22, 2020 July 17, 2024 / with (17) Comments

Hey, everyone! For a little light-hearted fun, today’s post is a 100% made-up interview/story. But there’s a kernel of truth to it! Harry and Megs…