Profitable Ideas: True Financial Freedom, The Most Common Financial Regrets, and More

Weekly list of curated personal finance articles from around the web.

How to achieve true financial freedom (No Sidebar). “Less is more” — it’s more than an architecture philosophy, it’s a good financial philosophy as well.

Why you really do need travel insurance to protect your pricey vacation (Wall Street Journal). I can vouch for this one. I would never travel overseas without it.

I paid rent today. I also collected rent. (Afford Anything). Insights on real estate investing and how the price-to-rent ratio can help.

Financial regrets—we have probably all had a few (Sound Mind Investing). We can’t go back, but we can move ahead having learned some lessons from past mistakes.

10 frugal living habits that will wake you up from your boring life (This Evergreen Home). Hard to argue with any of this.

Should I rollover my 401(k) to an IRA? (Marriage, Kids, and Money). An important decision when leaving an employer.

How we became actual real estate investors (The White Coat Investor). One person’s real-life lessons on what to do and what not to do when buying property.

Debit and ATM card scam involves fake texts and porch piracy. How to protect yourself (USA TODAY). “Debit cards ranked as the top payment method for both attempted fraud and actual dollar losses in 2024.” See also, Paying with plastic—safely (Sound Mind Investing).

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