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The Complete Guide to Achieving Financial Independence Through Simplifying [Free Calculator]
Achieving financial independence not only requires a high income, but you’ll get there quicker by simplifying your life. Learn to do both!
The Ultimate Guide to Making Side Income (2020)
It covers everything from making quick side income to creating a long-term side hustle that could become your full-time job. Making extra side income could change your life. I've explored dozens of ways to earn a second income on top of my day job, and it's...
Achievement App: Get Paid for Healthy Activity
Looking for a way to get paid for healthy activity? The Achievement app rewards you for walking, connecting health apps, and completing health surveys.
Five Money Saving Tips for Parents
Building your family is a life-changing decision, one that also has a financial impact. It probably didn’t take you long to realize that raising a child comes with many expenses from the start, beginning with diapers, formula, and childcare costs. Those expenses grow...
How Do You Compare With These 16 Personal Finance Statistics? (2020)
I don't know about you, but I enjoy personal finance statistics. They provide no actionable takeaways whatsoever but it's fun to see how you stack up with your peers. Here are 16 personal finance statistics based on the year 2020. How do you compare? 1....
How Much Does College Cost? Here’s What It Cost Me
If you’re going to college and asking yourself, how much does college cost, I analyzed how much an associate, bachelor’s and master’s degree cost me.
8 Investing Mistakes I Made With My Roth IRA
When I first started investing, I had no idea what I was doing. Because of that, I made A LOT of investing mistakes. Here are the 8 most common.
Personal Capital Review: 5 Powerful Free Features
Here’s my Personal Capital review and why it’s the best free financial planning software of 2020. Start tracking your investments and net worth today!
Top Rated Free Budget Software That Will Simplify Your Money
With all of the free budget software on the market today, which one should you choose for your personal finances. Today, I’m covering one of my favorites.
Money Management
Personal Capital Review: 5 Powerful Free Features
Here’s my Personal Capital review and why it’s the best free financial planning software of 2020. Start tracking your investments and net worth today!
Top Rated Free Budget Software That Will Simplify Your Money
With all of the free budget software on the market today, which one should you choose for your personal finances. Today, I’m covering one of my favorites.
Where to Stash Your Cash
I’m going to show you 5 places to stash your cash based on goals that are one to five years away to get the maximum value from each of your dollars.
Debt Free
How Do You Compare With These 16 Personal Finance Statistics? (2020)
I don't know about you, but I enjoy personal finance statistics. They provide no actionable takeaways whatsoever but it's fun to see how you stack up with your peers. Here are 16 personal finance statistics based on the year 2020. How do you compare? 1....
How Much Does College Cost? Here’s What It Cost Me
If you’re going to college and asking yourself, how much does college cost, I analyzed how much an associate, bachelor’s and master’s degree cost me.
3 Debt Payoff Strategies to Destroy Your Debt
You've probably heard debt is bad but can be good for certain purposes. This can be true, but what if debt starts to completely ruin your life and you can't get rid of it? Aside from just paying it off, you can implement one of these debt...
Lower Expenses
Five Money Saving Tips for Parents
Building your family is a life-changing decision, one that also has a financial impact. It probably didn’t take you long to realize that raising a child comes with many expenses from the start, beginning with diapers, formula, and childcare costs. Those expenses grow...
Coronavirus Financial Impact on US Households
The coronavirus financial impact on US households has been big and has exposed many weaknesses that show people were not ready for another recession. Have you been impacted by the coronavirus? Chances are, in one way or another—you have. The last recession was hard...
Why I Stopped Trying to Pursue Financial Freedom
Growing up, we didn't have much. One of my biggest desires was to one day be financially free. I read books as a teenager that mentioned how to become a millionaire and live the life of your dreams. I believed if I became financially free...
High Savings Rate
How Do You Compare With These 16 Personal Finance Statistics? (2020)
I don't know about you, but I enjoy personal finance statistics. They provide no actionable takeaways whatsoever but it's fun to see how you stack up with your peers. Here are 16 personal finance statistics based on the year 2020. How do you compare? 1....
Top Rated Free Budget Software That Will Simplify Your Money
With all of the free budget software on the market today, which one should you choose for your personal finances. Today, I’m covering one of my favorites.
Where to Stash Your Cash
I’m going to show you 5 places to stash your cash based on goals that are one to five years away to get the maximum value from each of your dollars.
Minimalist Lifestyle
Achievement App: Get Paid for Healthy Activity
Looking for a way to get paid for healthy activity? The Achievement app rewards you for walking, connecting health apps, and completing health surveys.
My Struggles Getting Into The Financial Services Industry
From a young age, I knew I would work in the financial services industry. I wanted to become a writer, a coach, a speaker, or a financial planner. I had a BIG desire to help people, most likely because of the pain I experienced in my childhood. In high school, my...
Today Is Our 5 Year Proposal Anniversary
My wife Kenzie and I got engaged 5 years ago today! What's even crazier is we dated for nearly 5 years before we got married. Now, here we are with an 18-month child, a mortgage, and a lot more responsibility. We started dating in high school. I was going into my...
Multiple Income Streams
The Ultimate Guide to Making Side Income (2020)
It covers everything from making quick side income to creating a long-term side hustle that could become your full-time job. Making extra side income could change your life. I've explored dozens of ways to earn a second income on top of my day job, and it's...
Achievement App: Get Paid for Healthy Activity
Looking for a way to get paid for healthy activity? The Achievement app rewards you for walking, connecting health apps, and completing health surveys.
8 Ways To Get Paid To Study In College
Hundreds of thousands of students across the country will be starting college within the next week. If you're part of that group, here are 8 ways to get paid to study. According to a Huffington Post article, “Nearly 4 out of 5 college students are...
Investing
8 Investing Mistakes I Made With My Roth IRA
When I first started investing, I had no idea what I was doing. Because of that, I made A LOT of investing mistakes. Here are the 8 most common.
Personal Capital Review: 5 Powerful Free Features
Here’s my Personal Capital review and why it’s the best free financial planning software of 2020. Start tracking your investments and net worth today!
Can You Outperform the Market?
One company seems to think so… 98% of active managers can’t outperform the market. Perhaps you’ve heard this. I’ve always told clients not to try and outperform the market because they will almost always end up failing. But my thinking was challenged. A few colleagues...
Financial Independence
The Complete Guide to Achieving Financial Independence Through Simplifying [Free Calculator]
Achieving financial independence not only requires a high income, but you’ll get there quicker by simplifying your life. Learn to do both!
Top 40 Personal Finance Resources
For about 10 years, I've consumed A LOT of personal finance content. I have always been on the lookout for the top personal finance resources. My goal has been to learn as much as possible so I can one day reach financial independence. But on Dec 13th, 2017, the day...
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[BIG NEWS!] I Decided to Join the Qube Money Team!
I mentioned two weeks ago that I quit my job as a financial planner. I had a bunch of people reach out and ask me what was happening! I'm excited to share the new chapter of our lives with you! The new opportunity is with a fin-tech start-up company based out of...
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