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August 2024 Dividend Portfolio Update

Published on September 2, 2024April 11, 2026 by 1 Comment

Another month in the books which means it’s time for our August 2024 dividend portfolio update!

Much like July, the month of August was pretty crazy. Once again most of our time was spent dealing our home build. And eventually we made the long drive back to Texas to stay for good. Once we finally got settled in at our hotel and took care of a few things we were finally able to catch up on other things, like our investments.

While we didn’t have a lot of time to focus on investing we were at least able to make some moves. As usual investable funds were scarce because we have no time to focus on generating income. So we did the best with what we had which was still tough with the markets flying.

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July 2024 Financial Update

Published on August 11, 2024April 11, 2026 by 2 Comments

Welcome to our July 2024 financial update! It’s only been a couple of weeks since we posted our June 2024 financial update blog, but a lot has happened in that time.

It looks like we really getting down to the nitty gritty with our Texas home build. Last we saw the interior pieces are starting to come together. And as far as we can tell, at least through FaceTime, everything appears to be working out as planned. That’s a little weight off our shoulders. Not being on site to see everything person had us second guessing some things.

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June 2024 Financial Update

Published on July 27, 2024April 11, 2026 by 1 Comment

Welcome to our very late, and probably brief, June 2024 Financial Update. Better late than never I guess!

We were hesitant to even write this blog given how close we are to another month end. However, with everything we have going on there is no telling when we will be able to get to that month end blog either. So we are using this brief window of free time to give our update.

Since our last update we have traveled back and forth between Utah and Texas twice. Both trips required a lot of our attention as our home build is really getting down to the details. This stage is both exciting and a little scary. Our design choices starting to get implemented into the house so hopefully everything comes together as planned. The problem is that we are now 1,200 miles away and can’t be there to make changes on the fly if something doesn’t pan out. Hopefully when we get back there we don’t have an “oh shit” moment.

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May 2024 Financial Update

Published on June 20, 2024April 11, 2026 by 2 Comments

Welcome to our very belated May 2024 financial update. It seems that all of the cross country travel and probably some stress finally took its toll. Traveling was nice when we were doing it in a big luxury RV. We always had food and snacks in the refrigerator readily available. And when we were tired we would just hit up a rest area and sleep in our own bed. Traveling in a car with three people that is packed full with stuff is a completely different story however.

With our son completing college and getting ready to start his new career we had to empty his college apartment. For a minimalist person he had a lot of stuff! The car was completely packed and every nook and cranny was filled. And with his entire life in the car we didn’t want to leave the vehicle unattended. So with the exception of our three day stay in Texas to check on the our home build we ended up sleeping in the car, sitting upright when we stopped for the night. Not very much fun at all!

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April 2024 Financial Update

Published on May 10, 2024April 11, 2026 by 2 Comments

Hello again! We are pretty late publishing our April 2024 financial update blog, but for good reason. We made the cross country trip from Utah to Pennsylvania so that we could attend our son’s college graduation! It’s crazy how quickly four years flew by and we are so proud of him! He the first person to graduate college from my side of the family and he did it with honors to boot. Obviously he gets his smarts from Mrs. RVF’s side of the family.

Thankfully, he already has an amazing job opportunity lined up starting in the fall. There’s also a good possibility that he will not be too far from our new house during a good portion of his onboarding time. So that might be a very nice bonus! In the meantime he will be taking a well deserved trip across Europe, which we are very jealous about. As for us, we will be mooch docking in his apartment until he gets back home. Then we will make the journey back across the country to Utah.

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February 2024 Financial Update

Published on March 10, 2024April 11, 2026 by Leave a comment

Oh, where to begin! Another month in the books and it’s time for our February 2024 financial update.

However, before we get to the numbers let us bring you up to speed on the adventure that is our life. We knew that building a custom home would be a new challenge that would take a lot of patience. In our update last month we were in the process of trying to get permits and approvals for our plans. The good news is that we have cleared all of those hurdles. The not so good news is that there are a whole new set of hurdles to jump over.

It’s not a real big deal and we are making progress, but our timeline keeps getting pushed back. It would have been helpful to know about these things months ago as we could have probably taken care of them. The problem we have is that this is all new to us. We don’t know what we don’t know. Then something comes up in conversation and we have to figure it out. It’s all part of the experience I guess!

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January 2024 Financial Update

Published on February 8, 2024April 11, 2026 by 2 Comments

Welcome to our January 2024 financial update. As you can imagine there is a lot going on in the RVonFire household. It feels like everything is up in the air as life is continuously evolving.

On the home front not much has changed or progressed. We agreed on terms with a new builder and visited the property to discuss a few things. Now we are in that phase of trying to get permits and approvals so we can get started on the build. For me this is the worst part of the process as I hate waiting on people, especially government types. Although we can definitively say that South Dakota and Texas government folks are much more courteous, helpful and respectful than the human debris that occupies California government entities.

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