Road Trips, Parks and Places to See, Making a Living Remotely, Van/RV Life, and How Wealth is Built – and Lost
By Rachel Grainger Puryear, the Free Range Lawyer Do you have an extra room in your house that you have considered renting out to a new housemate? Or have you thought about buying an investment property and renting it to families? You are not alone. Real estate investment can be a powerful tool for building…
By Rachel Grainger Puryear, the Free Range Lawyer Outer space. Its beauty and mystery never ceases to inspire wonder in us Earthbound humans. The night sky in dark, remote areas is nothing short of awesome and amazing. So far, only a select few people have ever gotten a closer look at what is up there.…
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This Memorial Day weekend, my husband and I visited Lassen Volcanic National Park, which is located in far Northeastern California. This park, offering plenty of high desert mountain beauty as well as really cool geothermic activity, is well worth a visit. The park’s geothermic features including bubbling mud pots, geysers, hot springs, and fumaroles. Such…
It’s something any property owner dreads, whether it’s their home or their business. Nothing seems amiss, and then all of a sudden, someone got hurt on your property. Maybe a slip and fall, a weak step, a sharp edge, or poor electrical work. You feel bad that someone is hurt, and want to do the…
As anyone who has ever worked in a law office knows, conducting legal research can be costly. Access to the practice guides provided by legal research companies can easily run hundreds of dollars a year, maybe more depending on practice areas. Many attorneys depend on these guides regularly to do their jobs. However, if your…
Sometimes, a tenant with a disability will need to physically modify a rental unit in order to meet their living needs. They might need grab bars in the bathroom, a wheelchair ramp up to the door, a flashing door light instead of a doorbell, or lowered kitchen counters; as a few examples. When this happens,…
One of the best things about self-employment and remote working, is the ability to travel while working. I can go on the road without anyone’s permission, often at the last minute. I recently visited Crater Lake, Oregon’s only national park. The pictures speak for themselves: Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States,…
Welcome to part 4 of this series, which will discuss alternative careers in the law to being a lawyer which can pay well, do not require a law degree, and have lower barriers to entry than being a lawyer. (Links to the previous three posts in this series are provided at the bottom of this…
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Welcome to part 3 of this series, which will discuss why going solo could be a lawyer’s best shot at personal satisfaction and financial success. Part 1 of the series discussed financial aspects of becoming a lawyer that anyone thinking about going to law school should read:https://freerangelaw.net/2019/04/30/should-you-go-to-law-school-arguments-for-and-against-part-1-of-4/, and part 2 of the series discussed what…
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Welcome to part 2 of this series, which will discuss what it is like to work in the legal profession. Part 1 of the series discussed financial aspects of becoming a lawyer that anyone thinking about going to law school should read: https://freerangelaw.net/2019/04/30/should-you-go-to-law-school-arguments-for-and-against-part-1-of-4/. If you follow this blog, you probably have a favorite lawyer show.…
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