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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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Saving Money on Entertainment and Hobbies

Saving Money on Entertainment and Hobbies

The following is a guest post co-written by husband/wife duo, Johnny and Joanna. They are a 20-something couple with five years of marriage under their belts. And while they’ve finally figured out the gist to managing their money, they write about their love-hate relationship with finances at the aptly titled blog, Our Freaking Budget. It […]

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Is Collecting things a Waste of Time and Money?

Is Collecting things a Waste of Time and Money?

Coins. Beanie Babies. Maps. Dolls. Sports memorabilia. People will collect just about anything. The real question, though, is whether collecting things is just a waste of valuable time and money? As a kid, I collected many things. Beanie babies, Pokemon cards, pogs, sports cards, etc. I still have many of these collections, in part because […]

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How Networking Can Benefit Your Career

How Networking Can Benefit Your Career

I’m sure you have heard the phrase “it isn’t what you know, but who you know.” While having a relevant skill set is obviously a necessity in today’s economic environment, it’s also important to know the right people. Networking can help you hear about potential job opportunities, get an “in” at a company you want […]

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Kill your debt faster: How to make extra money while working a full-time job

Kill your debt faster: How to make extra money while working a full-time job

The following is a guest post from Pauline Paquin, a French girl who has recently started to blog over at Reach Financial Independence. Born and raised in Paris, Pauline blogs about how she has been traveling the world for the past 10 years, while trying to build wealth and achieve financial independence, and how you […]

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Quick Hits and Weekend Reading

Quick Hits and Weekend Reading

Welcome to the weekly Saturday Quick Hits and Weekend Reading post! Quick Hits It was a good week for me as far as side work goes. I unexpectedly got a pretty big project for the next week and a half that will give me quite a few hours this weekend, at night throughout next week, […]

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Will Young Adults opt-out of Health Insurance? Economics Lessons from Health Care Reform

Will Young Adults opt-out of Health Insurance? Economics Lessons from Health Care Reform

If you live in the United States, starting in 2014 you will be required to purchase health insurance or pay a fine. The question is: will young adults opt-out and pay the fine? This is one of a number of economics-related lessons that can be taken away from the Health Care Reform law. Today I […]

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Resale Value and other Considerations When Buying a Home

Resale Value and other Considerations When Buying a Home

When you are in the market for buying a home there are an unlimited number of things to take into consideration: the year the house was built, the number of bedrooms, location, yard size, and so on. When my wife and I first started looking last summer we had a few things in mind that […]

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The Costs Involved in Sinus Surgery

The Costs Involved in Sinus Surgery

Throughout the past year I have had chronic sinus issues (also called sinusitis) that eventually led to surgery. I had a septoplasty and endoscopic sinus surgery. When I first found out that I had to have endoscopic sinus surgery and a septoplasty, I was totally in the dark as to how much the procedures would […]

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10 Things I Learned from Working at Pizza Hut

10 Things I Learned from Working at Pizza Hut

My junior year of high school I worked at Pizza Hut. There was good things and bad things about the job. I worked at minimum wage, but I worked with a few friends of mine so it took off some of the sting of having to work evenings and weekends when I would rather be […]

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Saving Money Grocery Shopping – $100 Giveaway!

Saving Money Grocery Shopping – $100 Giveaway!

Today I am happy to announce that Young Adult Money is taking part in another giveaway! The prize is $100 cash through Paypal or Amazon gift card (winner’s choice). The theme of today’s giveaway is saving money grocery shopping, which I am super excited about because my wife and I have saved over $1,000 this […]

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