I Dream of FIRE

In pursuit of financial independence and personal fulfillment

Category: General finance (Page 1 of 9)

Should I file my Airbnb or nightly rental income on Schedule C or Schedule E?

February 26, 2020 / / 7 Comments

Should I file my Airbnb or nightly rental income on Schedule C or Schedule E?

Ask two dozen CPAs that question and you’ll probably get a pretty even split. Ask them why they think that and you’ll probably get half a dozen different answers, but the biggest thing you’ll hear is: “It’s a gray area.”

I looked all over the Internet for the definitive answer, and what I found was absolute chaos. So, of course, I had to do my own research to figure out which side of chaos felt right for me. Unlike a lot of the posts I read while trying to sort it out, I’m going to show my work so you can decide for yourself where you fit. Continue reading

We *gulp* bought our first rental property

November 26, 2019 / / 3 Comments

Have you ever heard the saying, “You make your own luck”? My wife set out to prove it true, and at the end of that maxim’s rainbow we found ourselves the happy owners of our dream rental property that was never even on the market.

There are a lot of ins and outs to how this happened, but I think there are lessons for many of my readers all along the way, which is why this seemed like the perfect post to bring me out of my long blog hibernation. Continue reading

Talking financial coaching on the Silicon Slopes Life podcast

April 1, 2019 / / 0 Comments

I recently sat down with Andrew Diaz, a fellow ChooseFI SLC member and a successful real estate agent, to talk about Live Your Way Financial Coaching.

We discuss how a coach differs from some of the other financial professionals out there, how coaching can help people in any situation, and why having a super-expensive car might be just fine.

Andrew’s Silicon Slopes Life podcast explores different aspects of the communities near where we live, but the topics — including this podcast — are not necessarily Utah-specific.

Check out the podcast here.

A lesson learned through credit card fraud

February 19, 2019 / / 2 Comments

I was halfway between home and our weekend getaway destination in Idaho when I got the email from Chase Fraud Alert.

“Action needed: Please confirm you made this purchase.”

The business description wasn’t obvious, but I knew I hadn’t actually used the card in question this month. I’m working on the minimum spend for a different card.

Crap. Continue reading

Our slightly less ridiculous 2018 spending recap

February 6, 2019 / / 0 Comments

Last year we spent nearly $100,000 in non-investment purchases. This year wasn’t quite that bad, but it wasn’t the $80,000 I was ballparking back in January 2017.

The plan for a mini-retirement wasn’t fully formed at that point, and I hadn’t considered how taking that break would affect the numbers when I came back around this year. Not that I didn’t plan for the year’s expenses before leaving my job — of course I ran the numbers several ways to make sure we would be OK. I mean I didn’t get too far into the categorical weeds of what would go up and what would go down. Continue reading

« Older posts

© 2023 I Dream of FIRE

Theme by Anders Noren — Up ↑