Sorry to hear that Flexo. Is this because of a change in google’s algorithms or just you scaling back to have some free time?

Any ideas?

Haven’t thought much about interest-only mortgages. It’s similar to renting — you’re not building any equity and could be left holding the bag if your house declines in value. But maybe I can put together something interesting.

Congrats on the growing ‘Other Income’ over the past year. Your additional projects seem to be taking off. Your financial disclosure is motivating to say the least. However, could you comment on your ‘work-life’ balance. More specifically, how many hours (avg) do you spend a night/week on other income? Do you have any non income earning hobbies?

Unrelated- Have you considered writing any article on IO mortgages? If/when you decide to buy, assuming you don’t pay 100% cash, this type of flexibility seems beneficial to those with irregular incomes.

Thanks

“Other earned income” includes writing gigs, subscriptions, and advertising. In addition to my day job, I spend several hours a day preparing articles for Consumerism Commentary, contacting people to be involved with the podcast, writing for other websites, writing for books, responding to emails, editing podcasts, researching for articles and podcasts, programming websites (php, MySQL), helping people set up their own websites (”consulting,” I guess), managing the technical aspects of hosting websites, networking with other individuals in the industry, and it doesn’t seem to end. Until recently I was also spending time developing this redesign of Consumerism Commentary, rather than farming it out to other designers, but that’s mostly done.

… And cooking dinner, which should be ready right about now. :-)

Why do you seem to avoid the question about your income?
Can you tell us exactly what you do to make that extra income?

I want details on all your internet-related projects. lol
That would make a great inspirational post.

thanks

With our internet revenue increasing so well are you getting tempted to quit the “day job”?

The income is mostly split between my day job, which is probably low for what I do, and other earned income, which includes internet-related projects, this blog being one.

Your charitible controbutions seem ridiculously low for someone earning what you do. Wouldn’t it make some sense, even for tax purposes, to give away a little more? This leads in to my next question of: how in the wide-wide-world-of-sports are you earning that much every month? Is it just from your blog, or do you also have a 9-to-5 job?