Welcome to Not Your Parents’ Financial Guy! A personal finance online resource that helps people get the most out of life and their money by following nontraditional advice.
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Continued Adventures in Europe The month of October involved quite a lot of moving around, so it's taken awhile for me to get around to writing this post. Traveling Europe has been a lot less relaxing than Asia, since it's so expensive that we can't stay in one location for...
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Have You Ever Spent Too Much Money and Later Felt Regret? It's a feeling that almost all of us have had during our lives. We get caught up in the moment or are peer-pressured by our friends, and we end up making one or many purchases that we later come...
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This page may contain affiliate links: Please read my disclosure for more info. The Debacle That Started My Travels This week was a pretty exciting one for me since I received a $2,250 check via email! Income has been quite low the last few months, so it felt great...
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