In my article “Should Pennies Be Made From Recycled Plastic“, I suggested replacing pennies with recycled plastic. The idea being that if we replace a penny with a plastic instead of metal, the benefits would be two-fold. First, the recycled plastic version would be much cheaper to create that the metal version, and secondly we… Continue reading Fixing The Penny Problem With A New Currency?
Is Now The Time To Buy Real Estate?
With interest rates are a ridiculously low rate, I have to wonder “Is this the time to buy real estate“? Since interest rates are below 4.0% for both the 15 year and 30 year mortgage loans, I’ve started to unconsciously notice the houses and multi-family apartments for sale. For the multi-family units, I’m mostly looking… Continue reading Is Now The Time To Buy Real Estate?
Should Pennies Be Made From Recycled Plastic?
In the United States, it cost more to make a penny than it’s worth! “It costs almost 1.7 cents to make a penny,” said U.S. Mint director Ed Moy. See original 2008 article here: Penny Problem. Since it cost more to make a penny, why not start to make the pennies out of recycled plastic?… Continue reading Should Pennies Be Made From Recycled Plastic?
Making a Temporary Illness Work To Your Advantage
I’m still sick, but I’m optimistic about my blogging content once I get better… Sometimes getting sick works to your advantage because it breaks an repeating routine and the downtime enables you to think see and think outside of your regular routine. For me, such times enable to to take everything in and readjust my… Continue reading Making a Temporary Illness Work To Your Advantage