My pursuit of rental income, starting a small business, and participation in side hustles such as spreadsheet consulting and freelance writing are all direct results of one thing: my desire to fast-track my financial independence. While I’m grateful for my full-time job and the security, income, and career track it has provided, I also know […]
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Hello everyone! I will keep this short but today I am humbly asking for your help in getting my wife and I to Hawaii. Over the past few weeks I Have been in a referral contest that IZEA has put on. I wrote about IZEA in my post How Ordinary People Can Make Money on […]
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We talk a lot about side hustles and making money on this site. While we have shared specific side hustles and strategies for people looking to start or improve their side hustle, what we haven’t done is talked about specific industries that are ideal for side hustles. The reality is that there are some industries […]
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If you don’t know the history of McDonald’s it might surprise you to hear that they weren’t just in the business of selling burgers. They were also in the real estate business. That’s right. McDonald’s made money and continue to make money off of real estate. They purchase land for McDonald’s franchises and rent it […]
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Dreaming of a Hawaii Vacation… 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. If you […]
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Winning a giveaway = music to your ears 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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Summer is prime time for travel, but let’s face it: travel and vacations can be expensive. While there are a number of creative ways to pay for travel, you don’t have to spend a lot to ‘get away’ and have a weekend or week away. Camping is a frugal summer activity that can be a […]
Read More >>Today’s post is from our regular contributor, Sally. This post is also part 2 in a 2-part series on getting started on LinkedIn. Welcome to the second post in this series! If you would like to read the first one, you can do so here. Now that you are at least set up with an […]
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We’ve all been there. Something we didn’t plan for happened and it cost us. A lot. Nothing stings more than a financial setback, especially ones that ‘came out of nowhere,’ which often seems to be the case. Financial setbacks don’t just affect your wallet but they can be draining emotionally. Time and physical effort may […]
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Today we are participating in the second annual financial literacy carnival. This carnival was organized by Shannon from The Heavy Purse. The theme this year is your biggest ‘a-ha’ moment related to money. Growing up I had a fascination with figuring out what made some people and families wealthier than others. Back in the day […]
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