I think the title says it all. If not, I think this picture does. My car just surpassed 190,000. This isn’t a Honda or Toyota. This is a 1999 Ford Escort. It’s been surprisingly reliable, but I feel that it’s...
Read MoreI’m sure there are very few of you who will care, but I was interested in seeing if IRA contributions will increase anytime soon. They’ve been the same ($5,000) since 2008 so it seems like it should be time for an...
Read MoreEach Sunday I gather up some of the best articles I’ve found online that I think you’ll be interested in. There are probably about 500 personal finance blogs, so we simply can’t read them all. So if...
Read MoreI’m getting married next summer. As an accountant and someone who actively follows my personal finances, this means that I had to look up how saying ‘I do’ will impact my financial situation. Most specifically,...
Read MoreWillpower (self-control) is an interesting concept. Over the past ten years there has been a lot of research going into determining whether willpower is a limited resource or not. Willpower is closely linked to our financial...
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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.