This post is part of our summer reading series! Read the first part on books to help you pay off debt here. Do you wish you were more productive? Able to accomplish more in less time? Kill your to-do list in a single day? I’m pretty sure most of us do. I don’t think I’ve […]
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This is part 1 of a 2-part post. Be on the lookout for part 2! The older I get and the more responsibilities I take on (my 9-5, my side hustle, my hobbies), the more valuable my time becomes. I find myself watching less movies and less TV series, not because I don’t enjoy that […]
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I used to never share details of my finances. That all changed when I published Hustle Away Debt and revealed that my wife and I graduated from college with a combined $100,000 in student loans. Now that our student loan debt is out there for all to see, I’m comfortable talking about that debt. As […]
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If you’re like most millennials, you think a lot about buying a home. And if you’re reading this blog, you’re probably already convinced that before you buy, you want a hefty down payment saved – ideally 20% of the home’s purchase price. That will save you from PMI and let you deal with all […]
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This post is brought to you by FICO. I was compensated for this post, but all opinions are my own. As someone who spends a lot of time reading, writing, and researching credit and credit cards, I sometimes forget just how much misinformation there is out there about credit and credit scores. A friend reached […]
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The other day I was at the store and saw a sign advertising “buy three loaves of bread and get the fourth free!” Before I even stopped to think about it I was picking up a loaf of bread, “that’s a good deal,” I thought. But then I stopped to think: is it a good […]
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AirBnB is one of the fixtures of the “sharing economy” that has emerged in the last few years. Like Uber, the other company that’s often mentioned, it’s a platform that allows people to rent their possessions (in this case, a sofa, room, apartment, or whole house) to others directly. Instead of staying at a hotel […]
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This post is brought to you by Debitize, but all opinions are my own. Many people do not use credit cards because they do not trust themselves with them. Perhaps they had a negative experience in the past or they have simply have never had a credit card. If you fall in this group you […]
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This post is part of our Summer Reading series! If you’re in debt, chances are you feel like you’re fighting an uphill battle. No matter how many payments you make, you can’t seem to make a dent. Your progress is moving at super sloth speeds. I know how it feels. I’ve been paying off my student […]
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Editor’s note: Today we have a guest post from my long-time friend Liz Peterson. She’s a travel blogger and an American Expat living in Barcelona. Recently we’ve talked a lot about using credit card rewards to travel for free or cheap. In just the past couple weeks we’ve shared a free spreadsheet to track credit […]
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