When used responsibly, a credit card can be a great tool. The right rewards program can provide you with free stuff, discounted travel and even cash back. When you use a good rewards program, you end [...]
Social media is becoming an ingrained part of our lives — and our careers. With so much information available in the public domain about many of us, it is easy for almost anyone to do a [...]
There’s an ongoing debate as to how large an emergency fund should be. The amount needed will be different for each person, for each household, but I’d like to look at the question from a different [...]
When we think about growing our net worth, most of us think of actions like earning more money, paying down debt, and investing in appreciating assets. However, we sometimes forget that who we know can help [...]
Getting out of debt might seem like a simple concept, but it can take years of hard work and dedication to be debt free. If you want to get your finances back on track, you have [...]
For those of us who like to read (and write) information on personal finance subjects, we spend energy on a wide range of wealth building strategies. Too often we ignore the concept of making money because [...]
When you file your taxes, do you expect a big refund check? Are you anticipating finally paying off some of those bills with the accrued money the government owes you? If you typically let the government [...]
When I first started following personal finance blogs, I often found myself either skipping over the articles about passive income or rolling my eyes while reading them. I’ve always been rather skeptical about opportunities that seem [...]
I am not surprise to see so many children and teens equate credit cards with financial freedom. Think about it. They see their parents buy all kind of things with credit cards, but how many actually [...]
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