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What Type of Help Are You Willing to Pay For?

Today’s post is from our regular Wednesday contributor, Cat. I have a hard time asking for help, and that has become more and more apparent the further I go along in life.

How to get a Loan for a Small Business

If you know me, you know that I’m a big fan of building businesses. My dream is to build a business that I can sell for millions of dollars. To do that, you need to have some sort of funding, either from your personal bank account, friends and family, venture capital, or a loan.

You Won’t Believe What Started as a Side Hustle

Side hustles are a favorite topic in the blogosphere, especially among bloggers who focus on increasing income. You won’t believe what I recently found out started as a side hustle.

The Weekly Quick Hits Roundup

Wakiki Beach in Hawaii is the pic of the week. 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 […]

Friday Giveaway Roundup – 113 Giveaways

Do you shop at Whole Foods? There’s a $500 Whole Foods Gift Card giveaway in our list of over 100+ giveaways! Oh, there’s also a giveaway for a gun worth nearly $1,000 (no joke – look at the first giveaway under 7/31). Welcome to the weekly Friday giveaway roundup!

Is it Accurate to say the Stock Market Returns 10% on Average?

Today I have a question that is pivotal for many financial calculations: is it accurate to say the stock market returns 10%? For example, in my 401k debt pay-off calculator I plug 8% as the historical market return. I do this as a conservative measure, as I assume people may point to 10% as an […]

Are Coupons Worth the Time?

Today’s post is from our regular Wednesday contributor, Cat. I was watching Extreme Couponers the other day, and I have to say, it was pretty inspiring. I mean, some of those people got thousands of dollars worth of groceries for nothing – NOTHING! That’s just crazy, and it’s so exciting watching the numbers on the […]

Being a Good Financial Role Model and iPad Mini Giveaway

Today we are lucky to have Shannon Ryan from The Heavy Purse on the blog. I hope you enjoy her post and the iPad Mini Giveaway! DC and I have been blogging friends for quite some time now, although I’m past being able to convince anyone that I am a Young Adult, and he has […]

4 Reasons NOT to Quit your Job to Start a Business

I saw an article today on Inc. titled 15 Terrible Excuses For Not Starting Your Own Business. My first reaction was really? 15 terrible reasons? Then I quickly realized that the title of blog posts are really just to get people to click and read. To their credit, I did click and read, and I’m […]

The Weekly Quick Hits Roundup

Lake Superior as seen from Minnesota. Beautiful! 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.