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The first thing I do when I visit a new city is a travel secret hidden in plain sight
Knowing I was meeting friends for dinner and rather tired of lugging my laptop around the city, I p…
Twin brothers who turned a single house into nearly $8 million of property share the first step to take before investing in real estate
In fact, they still keep copies of the story of the tortoise and the hare. "We always use the analo…
A sommelier shares 10 words to look for to find high-quality wines under $25
"Many wine consumers in the US are still challenged by the abundance of language on a wine label," …
A former investment banker who quit to travel the world gives her best advice for people seeking adventure
"Figure something out that you're really really good at, and figure out a way to market that skill …
A woman who's visited more than 50 countries gives her best travel advice
"When you're deciding to go on a trip, it's probably a once-in-a-lifetime trip," she said. "Even if…
A woman who built a business while visiting 50 countries explains how she balances work and travel
Almost immediately after arriving in Italy, the couple launched a hobby blog to detail their advent…
How a woman who's visited over 50 countries built a luxury travel business from scratch
She had been living and working in Arizona when her husband got transferred through his military jo…
With 30-day mandatory, paid vacations, a Utah company is helping bring an unusual corporate perk to the startup world
The solution the business partners landed on was a 30-day paid sabbatical, offered to employees aft…
15 tips to start earning money doing what you love, from people who have done it
Here, 15 entrepreneurs share their best advice for veering off the beaten path and building an inco…
A man who went from his last few hundred dollars to earning $250,000 a year explains how his view of wealth has changed along the way
While he's now able to stay in resorts, travel Europe, and "not worry about how much a side of avoc…
How aiming for 6-pack abs helped one entrepreneur start earning 6 figures on his own
So he repackaged his blog into "12 Weeks in Thailand: The Good Life on the Cheap," which made $600 …
A 31-year-old who's been traveling the world for 5 years gives her best advice for people seeking adventure
In the meantime, she told Business Insider via email from her current home in Darwin, Australia, he…
A 31-year-old who's been abroad for 5 years explains what everyone gets wrong about long-term travel
In 2012, she picked up two unexpected jobs: teaching English online, and freelance writing. "Becaus…
A 31-year-old who's been traveling the world for 5 years explains how she affords it
In the meantime, she told Business Insider via email from her current home in Darwin, Australia, he…
A man who retired at 34 shares his best advice for people seeking financial independence
"I'd never been a spender," Brandon, who saved and invested about 70% of his take-home pay, told Bu…
A man who stopped working at 34 shares the hardest part of preparing to retire early
But then, he said, he got a little carried away, saving about 70% of his after tax income. "I went …
Here's the salary you have to earn to buy a home in 19 major US cities
HSH.com looked at median home prices from the National Association of Realtors. It took into a…
What it feels like to retire early, from an average guy who became financially independent at 34
Brandon said he was always more interested in being financially independent than retiring in the tr…
A man who retired at 34 shares a spreadsheet that helped him get there
"It's always been about 'financial independence' for me and not really 'early retirement,'" he told…
An entrepreneur who now earns 6 figures shares the career advice he wishes he'd had in his pizza delivery days
"I wish I'd gotten out there and put myself out there like I am now," Henry said. He's found, for h…
A man who went from delivering pizza to earning 6 figures shares the best insights he gained from years of taking successful people to lunch
"One more thing I learned is that once you start making money and start having a lot, it's a lot ea…
The 10 best states in the US to live a rich life
Below, find the top 10 best states for families to live richly, and see the full ranking and method…
A CEO who's done everything from weigh seals in Antarctica to found a software startup gives his best advice for 20-somethings
"A lot of folks come out of college and they don't know what they want to do," he said. "Find somep…
A CEO who worked in Antarctica as a teen says 2 lessons he learned in the ice still serve him today
And so, Grainger's first adult job was as a field assistant in the Antarctic. "Anything involving l…
6 signs you're saving enough money
In fact, pretty much everything in personal finance varies by person, from how much you need to liv…