I remember back in high school when hourly wages were freely shared among my friends, and even among people that were simply acquaintances. Fast forward to the “real world.” After college “how much you make” quickly becomes a very taboo topic. No longer is everyone making somewhere in the minimum wage to $13 an hour […]
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I think that in almost every situation it makes sense to pay the minimum on student loans. Hear me out before you start firing off a comment about what terrible advice this is. If the goal is to build wealth – and I don’t know many people who don’t have that as a goal – […]
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Anyone else ready for football season? #GoGophers! Welcome to the Weekly Quick Hits Roundup! If you’re new here, every week I write a weekly wrap-up of things that were going on here at Young Adult Money, a few personal updates/thoughts, and finally a few posts I read this week that I thought were worth sharing.
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Need Cash? How does $400 sound? It’s just one of the 50+ giveaways in this week’s roundup! Welcome to the weekly Friday giveaway roundup! Every single Friday we post giveaways ending within the next week. You can enter all of them, or you can pick and choose which ones you want to enter.
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I talked about what a great tool FeeX is in the past, but until recently their service (which is 100% free) was only compatible with IRAs. While it’s great that they can scan IRAs and tell you how much you are losing paying in fees, it doesn’t do much good to people like me who […]
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A few weeks ago I shared 4 reasons not to quit your job to start a business. Today I have 4 more reasons to not quit your job to start a business. I’m not against entrepreneurship; to the contrary I’m a big supporter of people starting businesses. What I am against is jumping into business […]
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The title of this post may be a bit cheesy, but it’s true: travel rewards and weddings go together like peanut butter and jelly. If only I had known this the past few years when my wife and I attended as many as 9 weddings in any given Summer. A few weekends ago my wife […]
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The lift bridge at one of my favorite weekend getaways – Duluth, MN. Welcome to the Weekly Quick Hits Roundup! If you’re new here, every week I write a weekly wrap-up of things that were going on here at Young Adult Money, a few personal updates/thoughts, and finally a few posts I read this week […]
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Need a new laptop? How about a HP Pavilion x360 PC? It’s just one of the 70+ giveaways in this week’s roundup! Welcome to the weekly Friday giveaway roundup! Every single Friday we post giveaways ending within the next week. You can enter all of them, or you can pick and choose which ones you […]
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Millennials have a lot on their mind. Relationships, travel, furthering your education, where to live, whether to buy a house or rent, whether to stay in your current career or switch, and how to spend your free time are just a few of those things. Retirement isn’t even on the radar of most millennials.
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