Over 40 million Americans have student loan debt, and the average balance people owe is hovering just below $30,000. With $1.2 trillion in outstanding student loans in the United States, it is …
Why Traveling is a Great Investment
Traveling is often seen as a luxury or a way to indulge in vacation, rather than an investment. But as a travel lover, I know just how much traveling has affected my life and my finances. …
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The Complete Beginner Guide to Budgeting
Love it or hate it, budgeting is one of the most important parts of managing your finances. While earning more is the only way get rich for most of us, understanding, managing, and controlling our …
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The Complete Beginner Guide to Freelancing
Making money on the side has completely changed my life. Last year, I earned $30,000 outside of my full-time day job. That is more money than many people earn in a year, and I did it on evenings and …
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Career Transition Guide – Find a New Job, Get It, Leave Gracefully, and Kick Ass In Your New Job
In 2010, I changed jobs within the same industry in Denver. Seeing as I just changed jobs again this year, I wanted to dust this guide off and give it new life. …
The Complete Beginner Guide to Travel Hacking
If it’s too good to be true, it usually is. That’s the mentality I had when I first learned about travel hacking, a blanket term for using miles, points, and know how to travel the world in luxury …
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How to Get Started Listening to Podcasts for Free
Podcasts are an incredible medium that is completely changing how we engage with audio entertainment. What Netflix did for movies and TV, podcasts are doing for radio. Salesforce.com recently shared …
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Should You Get Your MBA?
I earned my MBA in 2010, and I attribute quite a bit of my financial success to this degree. However, for many people an MBA may be unpractical or simply a waste of money. George Diaz recently …
Deciding Which Student Loan Repayment Plan is Best for You
Student loan debt is a part of life for millions of current college and university students and graduates throughout the United States. Once the grace period ends on student loans, borrowers are …
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My Family’s Almost Free Trip to Austin
The last weekend in February, I took my wife and daughter to Austin to tour and visit family and friends. We had a great trip, and thanks to travel hacking and smart planning the entire trip cost next …
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