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Ever since two park rangers approached me at an empty public court while I was teaching my own children tennis, I've been thinking about how to make sure it never happens again. Not just to me. To anybody. The problem that afternoon wasn't that the rangers were doing their jobs. The problem was information. They […]

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Sotelo Avenue in Forest Hill is the most prestigious street to own a home in San Francisco. I know. Someone on Broadway just spit out their $28 espresso. Stay with me. For 25 years I've watched San Franciscans argue about neighborhoods when neighborhoods are the wrong unit of measurement. As a resident and multiple property […]

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There are layers to freedom, and most of us only ever peel back two. The first layer is breaking free from your parents. Some people manage it the summer after high school. Others are still depending on dad to pay their new credit card charges at 37. The second layer is breaking free from work. […]

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After reviewing dozens of financial tools on this site since 2009, ProjectionLab is one of the most comprehensive planning tools I've come across. It shows you how today's financial decisions play out over the next 10, 20, and even 40 years, with a modern interface that makes financial planning something you actually want to do. As a […]

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One of my biggest fears as a parent is raising kids who can’t launch into adulthood on their own. My hope is that by 26, three years after college to find their footing, they can support themselves without my money. If they can’t, I’m afraid I’ll feel like I failed them as a father. So […]

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Recently, I shared a sample budget of a family of four earning $408,000 a year on Twitter, the amount the latest data deems necessary to feel comfortable in San Francisco. The tweet received over three million views and more than a thousand responses. But the views aren't the story. The story is what I learned […]

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Back in 2017, I wrote that households need to earn $300,000 a year to live a middle-class lifestyle in an expensive coastal city. The internet was not pleased. I was called out of touch, delusional, and a few other things I can't print on a family finance blog. After having a second child in December 2019, I […]

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