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David Carlson

David Carlson

David Carlson is the founder of Young Adult Money. He is a nationally recognized speaker and the author of Student Loan Solution (2019) and Hustle Away Debt (2016). His opinions have been featured on such media outlets as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Cheddar, NBC's KARE11, and more.
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Why Making Money is better than Saving Money

Why Making Money is better than Saving Money

The two main topics we focus on at Young Adult Money are making money and saving money. Whether it’s explaining how to organize your coupons in an Excel Spreadsheet or how to save money shopping at Target, we are big advocates of saving money whenever possible. When push comes to shove, though, making money is […]

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How to Break into Personal Finance Freelance Writing

How to Break into Personal Finance Freelance Writing

Hello Young Adult Money readers! This is Sarah from The Frugal Millionaire and today I’m going to be sharing how I got into personal finance writing and offer tips on how you can do the same. While no two freelancing careers are exactly alike, it’s always helpful to see how others got to where you […]

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How to Keep Your Passwords Secure

How to Keep Your Passwords Secure

It seems like you need a password for everything today. It’s not unreasonable to have hundreds of different logins for various services and websites. The massive number of accounts and logins that people have today can lead to doing the one thing that can jeopardize all your accounts: using the same password for every website. […]

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Mail Credit Card Offers > Online Credit Card Offers

Mail Credit Card Offers > Online Credit Card Offers

In a recent post I wrote about how you should always check your junk mail. My reason for telling people to check their junk mail was simple: you may be missing out on credit card offers that are (much) better than online credit card offers. You also likely won’t hear about these mail offers on […]

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A New Tool that Protects Your Credit: Credit Lock

A New Tool that Protects Your Credit: Credit Lock

The following is a paid review from TransUnion, but opinions are my own. Just last week we found out about a massive data breach at the second biggest health insurance company in the United States. Personal data – including social security numbers – of approximately 80 million employees and customers were stolen by a group […]

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How to go to Vegas for Free

How to go to Vegas for Free

Today I will explain how you can go to Vegas for Free. Yes, free. Vegas is a great place to visit for a long weekend. Regardless of what your interests are, how old you are, or who you are travelling with, there is something for everyone. If you know what to do it’s absolutely possible […]

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The 1 Thing You Need to Do to Improve  Your Finances this Year

The 1 Thing You Need to Do to Improve Your Finances this Year

If you are looking for Erin’s regular Wednesday post, it will appear on Friday this week. There are many things you can do to improve your finances, such as starting to invest, but today I want to focus on just 1 thing you need to do to improve your finances in 2015. You need to […]

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4 Ways to Use the Internet to Earn Money

4 Ways to Use the Internet to Earn Money

Figuring out new ways to slim your budget and start saving more money is not necessarily that difficult. If you’re trying to conserve funds, there are plenty of routes to do that online. While not everyone is exactly a digital guru, these four steps to earning money on the internet don’t require a ton of […]

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How to Make Money on your Social Media Accounts

How to Make Money on your Social Media Accounts

Are you one of the 284 million Twitter users or 300 million Instagram users? Did you know you can make money on your social media accounts? It’s true. There are people making money every day by posting tweets and Instagram photos that are sponsored by companies. You don’t have to have a huge following, either. […]

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Should I Play in the $10,000 WSOP Main Event?

Should I Play in the $10,000 WSOP Main Event?

It’s always been a dream of mine to play in the $10,000 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Everyone at the final table (top 9 finishers) make approximately $1 million or more. First place routinely pulls in $10 million. That’s life changing money! I first became interested in poker in high school. It was […]

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