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How We Generated $2,000 of Free Money to Fund Our Son's College Account

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[caption id="attachment_3942" align="aligncenter" width="283"] $19.36 of Low-hanging Fruit [/caption] FIRE'd, frugal greetings to all my millionaire readers.  (Hi Mom, Josh, and Miguel!)  Okay, as most of you already know, I'm bat-guano crazy.  Once my mind gets going on something, there's no stopping it.  In January my mind began to percolate on how to fund $2,000 to our son's Coverdell educational savings account.  Since we're "retired" for now and living on a fixed income of $43,500 , we don't have lots of extra money just waiting to be invested.  How could we get our hands on $2,000 without working, stealing, or dancing for tips? Suddenly in a moment of clarity, it came to me.  Instead of earning money in a traditional manner, I decided to reach out and grab some of the low-hanging, monetary fruit that's all around us.  No, I'm not talking about a magic money tree.  I'm talking about the various bonuses of...

Choose FI Podcast

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Welcome to any and all who made their way here via the Choose FI podcast .  Jonathan and Brad are in the beginning stage of building a premier FI(RE) podcast.  Take a listen my interview  with them: Join My Mailing List * indicates required Name Email * Powered by MailChimp If you'd like to read more of my thoughts, here are some of my favorite blog posts: 2017 Free Money! How We Saved $250,000 by Taking "Crappy" Jobs "Crappy" Jobs II How We Saved $500,000 in 4.5 Years A $7,500 College Degree in 12 Months? 10 Reasons You Need a College Degree 7 Reasons to Hate Debt My Trillionaire Plan Thanks for stopping by, and if you have a question, please contact me.  Comments are always welcome too. [table id=76 /]