This post will provide some suggested net worth growth target rates by age. It’s good to have net worth growth targets to help ensure you will retire comfortably. After all, everything is relative in finance. If you’ve got a net worth target of $1 million at age 30, but most people at age 30 have […]
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One of the main questions that has come out of my 529 savings guide by age post is whether to contribute to a Roth IRA or a 529 plan to pay for college. This is a great question I did not think about because contributing to a Roth IRA is not something I have ever
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Stay at home parenting is one of the hardest and most rewarding things one can do. During a pandemic, taking care of a child and working is even more difficult. This article will share a day in the life of two stay at home parents who also work on a side business. The purpose of
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Trust funds are becoming more popular given the massive amount of wealth the Baby Boomers have created. This post will share everything you wanted to know about trust funds and more! I was speaking to Bob, a 42 year old acquaintance who told me he received a trust fund when he was 35. His parents
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The government estimates that roughly 31% of the American workforce are independent contractors / freelancers. Meanwhile, Intuit did a study several years ago saying that 40% of the American workforce, or ~60 million people will be freelancers, contractors and temp works by 2020. Well, it’s 2023 now and more people want to know how to be
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Being a full-time parent is hard. It’s way harder than any day job I’ve ever had. And I worked in the high-pressure world of investment banking fo 13 years. After being a stay at home father since early 2017, I long to take a vacation from parenthood by going back to work. Both kids will
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Not all commercial real estate is being negatively affected by the coronavirus. Some commercial real estate is seeing tremendous demand. This post provides a great overview of how commercial real estate is affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The expert insights come from CrowdStreet. CrowdStreet is one of the leading real estate marketplaces today. It focuses
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There is a dark side of early retirement I want to tell you about. I originally wrote this post in 2011 when I was strongly considering retiring early from banking after 12 years. I was burned out and stopped caring about climbing the corporate ladder or making a lot of money. At the time, I
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The 529 plan is one of the best was to save and invest for your children’s college education. Although you contribute after-tax dollars, your investments get to compound tax free. When used for qualified educational expenses, there are not taxes. Let us dig deep into the recommended 529 plan amounts by age. The appropriate 529
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Starting an online business changed my life for the better. I’ve technically been a business operator since 2009, when I started Financial Samurai. Financial Samurai really didn’t make any money for the first two years, but I stuck with it. In this post, I want to share the best reasons to start an online business,
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