March was another good month for my finances. The usual things happened. I made decent money, watched my spending, and thus had a good chunk left over for saving. It seems to be the pattern this year. My net worth increased an...
Read MoreI’m young and barely starting my career, which means that I come in contact with a lot of young people who are in the same position. Mid-twenties and making real money for the first time. It never fails to surprise me how...
Read MoreThe verdict is in for January 2012, and the Case-Shiller index of home prices has now fallen to its lowest level since peaking in 2006. At the beginning of 2011 I had mentioned that it appeared we were heading for a double dip...
Read MoreIn May 2009, GMAC Bank changed its name to Ally Bank. GMAC was once part of General Motors, which is where it got its original name as General Motors Acceptance Corporation. It provided automotive financing for General Motors...
Read MoreYoung investors are being hammered with information about investing early. Everybody in their 20s has heard of the benefits of compounding in some form, and that’s a very good thing. The benefits of compounding are real...
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I’m Will, the creator of HackingTheBank. No, this site isn’t about actually hacking banks. This blog is all about maximizing personal finance decisions so that we win instead of the banks.
I started this blog in 2010 when I graduated college with $43k of student loans and a negative net worth. Since then I’ve achieved milestones like getting married, buying a house, and tripling my income. During this time my wife and I managed to earn over 12,000,000 miles and points and used those points to travel to over 50 countries. And all of these points came from banks; neither of us travel for work.