As the student loan debt crisis rages out of control we are now hearing serious consideration of student loan debt "forgiveness" from the …
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How to Get Paid Doing Marketing Studies
The following is an excerpt from my book Margin Matters: How to Live on a Simple Budget & Crush Debt Forever. When my wife and I …
Top 10 Reasons You’re Always Poor
The pandemic has caused many of us to view our finances in a different way. As a result, individual financial burdens have been magnified …
Part 2: How a millennial couple crushed over $400K in debt in 4 years
The Debt Slayers Conclusion [NOTE: Due to the length of the interview, I have broken this up into two blog posts.] Now it’s time for …
How a millennial couple crushed over $400K in debt in 4 years (Part 1)
[NOTE: Due to the length of the interview, I have broken this up into two blog posts] Meet the Debt Slayers It’s been said that …
What my Grandmother Said about Money
Perhaps the biggest regret of writing my personal finance book was not having the opportunity to interview all of my grandparents to …
The Problem with Student Loan Debt Forgiveness
In 2013 I started working in higher education and was immersed into the deteriorating issue of the student loan debt crisis. Of course, the …
Why “Finances” is our New Year’s Resolution Every Year
Wow, what a year. So much can be said about 2020, but the overarching theme it proved to me was unpredictability. Since I’m a “money nerd,” …
How My Dad is Planning to Retire
It seems like all I hear about is retirement: Are you ready? How much are you saving? How's your investment portfolio looking? Is your money …