Please welcome our newest writer, Rachel Foxwell! Rachel is a writer and full-time marketer who is passionate about teaching millennials about money management. Rachel graduated college with $28,000 of student loans, which she is working furiously to pay off. To document her journey in finding financial freedom, Rachel created The Latte Budget, a personal finance […]
Read More >>Every Credit Card I’ve Ever Churned
A couple weeks ago I shared the 7 keys to successful travel hacking. Being organized, having time on your side, and other keys were mentioned. It’s now the post that I tell others to read if they are just getting started with travel hacking. My goal with that post was to save others potentially painful […]
Read More >>6 Steps to Take to Become a Full-Time Freelancer
Are you tired of working at your 9 to 5, battling traffic, and feeling unfulfilled? Do you want to spend more time with your family, or just not have to worry about your boss looking over your shoulder every five seconds? Then maybe you’ve thought about becoming a freelancer. You can set your own hours, […]
Read More >>How to Separate Your Money & Your Emotions
Money is an extremely emotional thing. That’s a fact that’s sometimes hard to come to terms with. I’ve wrestled with logic and emotions a lot with many important financial decisions, and in the end, sometimes emotions win out. You’ve probably been there, too, because it’s completely normal. Sure, money is about numbers, but that doesn’t […]
Read More >>Here’s How You Can Get a Free $400 By Switching Banks
Last Friday we shared a quick hack to make a free $25. It was a simple, easy, hack. And $25 for little effort is hard to argue with. But what if you could do a different hack and make a lot more than $25? What about $400? Yes, you heard me right. $400! The […]
Read More >>Here’s What I Recommend for a First Credit Card
There are hundreds of credit card options out there, so how does someone pick their first credit card? “What should I get for my first credit card?” is a question I hear often. What I’ve learned over the past few years is that most people are not looking for a list of options, they […]
Read More >>The 7 Keys to Successful Travel
I’ve been travel hacking for a few years now and it’s allowed my wife and I to travel while saving hundreds or even thousands on hotels and flights. The more I travel hack the more motivated I get to continue to travel hack. I mean, think about it. People get excited (myself included) when they […]
Read More >>10 of My Business and Website Failures
Most people don’t know just how many business and websites I’ve tried. Or how much I’ve failed. In fact, just about every business and website I’ve created has failed My string of failures started in high school and continued through college and even for a short time after college. This website is one of the […]
Read More >>$100k in Student Loan Debt: What I Did About It
My wife and I both went to private colleges for college. Not surprisingly we also graduated with student loan debt. A lot of student loan debt. Around $100k of student loan debt. Until I published my book Hustle Away Debt I had not revealed how much debt we had left college with. $100k may sound […]
Read More >>5 Hobbies that Will Improve Your Mind, Body, and Skill Set (Part 2)
This is part 2 in a 2-part series. Check out part 1 here for more ideas for hobbies that will help you improve your mind, body, and skill set. Constant improvement is a hallmark of a successful person, but achieving it also takes sacrifice and intentional behavior. The sacrifice is your time, as well as […]
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