Real Estate obviously impacts so many people. For most people, their home is their largest asset (assuming they aren’t under water). In recent years, the home even became the “retirement fund” for some. As you...
Read MoreIt’s fun to check up on everyone’s New Years resolutions. In particular, I’ve been enjoying reading those of other personal finance bloggers. Below are some of my favorites I’ve checked out thus far. Girl...
Read MoreThe New Year is here, and like everyone else, I want to start it out by listing a few goals. I’m a big proponent of SMART goals. In case you aren’t familiar with the SMART acronym, it stands for Specific, Measurable,...
Read MoreThe ball is really rolling now. It’s great to look back and see the total progress over the last quarter. In three months my net worth has gone from -$18k to -$4k. In December I sold a majority of my personal investments...
Read MoreOkay, I did it! As Ninja would say, I just punched Sallie Mae in the face. I sold some of my investments and paid off the nearly $10k I personally owed to Sallie Mae. Now she’s officially out of my life. Now, while I may...
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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.