My AirBnB Horror Story (Sewer Backed Up, Angry Guests, and Lessons Learned)
When I bought my first AirBnB rental property about a year ago, I had dollar signs in the eyes....
Read Moreby Curtis Hearn, CFP | Apr 3, 2019 | Investing 101 | 0
When I bought my first AirBnB rental property about a year ago, I had dollar signs in the eyes....
Read Moreby Curtis Hearn, CFP | Jan 6, 2018 | Investing 101 | 0
Today after work I met up with a couple of friends for dinner, and the conversation eventually...
Read Moreby Curtis Hearn, CFP | Aug 27, 2017 | Investing 101 | 0
We all know that financial literacy is vital to our ability to have a comfortable financial...
Read Moreby Curtis Hearn, CFP | Jun 7, 2017 | Investing 101 | 1
If you’ve spent much time reading financial blogs, you’ve probably run across the...
Read Moreby Curtis Hearn, CFP | Apr 30, 2017 | Investing 101 | 0
Coming out of the Great Recession, the US government was doing just about anything it could to...
Read Moreby Curtis Hearn, CFP | Apr 24, 2017 | Investing 101 | 0
The Acorns investing app is a unique combination of automated savings and automated investing....
Read Moreby Curtis Hearn, CFP | Mar 8, 2017 | Investing 101 | 2
We don’t have to be smarter than the rest. We have to be more disciplined than the rest....
Read Moreby Curtis Hearn, CFP | Feb 23, 2017 | Investing 101 | 0
“Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want...
Read Moreby Curtis Hearn, CFP | Dec 19, 2016 | Investing 101 | 0
Back in 2002 after an exhausting year of teaching high schoolers the basics of grammar and...
Read Moreby Curtis Hearn, CFP | Oct 13, 2016 | Investing 101 | 0
I spent a year teaching high school English, and one thing I’ll never forget is the...
Read Moreby Curtis Hearn, CFP | Sep 18, 2016 | Investing 101 | 0
Here we are in 2016, eight years into a strong stock market rally with a total return on the...
Read MoreHi, I’m Curtis. I created SMN as a personal blog to chronicle my investing and personal financial life. I’m a finance industry veteran, a CFP, and just all around money geek (read my story). I try to keep it light, irreverent, and fun around here–no finance jargon allowed! Please drop me a note, ask a question, or comment as desired. NOTE: Info posted on SMN is personal opinion, not professional investment advice (read more.)