April was a great month financially since we received most of the cash for selling my websites. That means we were able to pile a chunk of cash onto our various savings goals, which in turn, led me to look at houses more —...
Read MoreHome ownership is definitely something that’s in my long-term plan, but I haven’t quite figured out where it fits in. One important aspect of determine when I will buy a house, is determining how much house I can...
Read MoreMarch was a busy month. I sold a portion of my online business (nothing related to this website), which means I’ll be getting a chunk of money in April that will definitely help me reach my goals for the year. The stock...
Read MoreThings didn’t turn out as well in February as they did in January, largely because I owed almost $5k in taxes and had previously anticipated/saved only $1.5k. This is the reason our net worth remained flat, yet we were...
Read More2013 is off to an absolutely fantastic start from a financial standpoint. We contributed to all of our necessary goals and our net worth took a nice jump up and $100k in assets by the end of this year looks entirely possible...
Read MoreI was able to reach most of my personal finance goals last year, and I’m expecting big things again in 2013. My blog and personal goals didn’t go quite as well. Hopefully this year I can do a more well-rounded job of...
Read MoreUnfortunately I didn’t quite double my net worth since the start of 2012, but I came mighty close. And it was still a great year over all! There isn’t a whole lot to say about my balance sheets since I covered most...
Read MoreA goal really doesn’t mean much if you don’t measure yourself against it. I think that this is what often differentiates those “New Year’s Resolutions” from real goals. So in my traditional fashion,...
Read MoreThis month we were able to knock out another goal. I contributed the final $3k to my Roth IRA to complete our 2012 contributions. So now that all of our other goals for the year are completed, we can focus on saving for a house!...
Read MoreI’ve been slacking on updating the website recently. Between wedding planning and increased work on my side gigs (and the return of some great Fall TV) I just haven’t been posting as much as I’d like. I want to...
Read MoreSeptember was our first month of having combined finances, and all I can say is that I’m not sure what all of the fuss is about. Combining finances was actually pretty easy and definitely makes our finances simpler. We...
Read MoreI’m a big fan of taking traditional finance advice…and tearing it apart. Okay, obviously there’s a lot of great traditional financial advice. But sometimes, a “rule of thumb” just doesn’t cut...
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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.