If you are one of the millions of people considering foreclosure or a short sale, you need to read this post first and understand all the consequences before proceeding. A foreclosure will hurt your credit score. The question is: how much will a foreclosure hurt my credit score? How much a foreclosure will hurt your […]
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Owning the right amount of life insurance is important to protect your family. The global pandemic has reminded us time and time again about our mortality and the importance of getting enough life insurance. If you haven’t done so already, calculate your net worth to assess how you did this past year. Hopefully, you’ve grown
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When it comes to your finances, everything is relative. To get ahead, you must outperform the average. If everybody is up 20% in their investments, have you really gotten richer? You have not. This post will discuss the average net worth for the above average person. Our goal is to outperform the average so we
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Winter is the best time of the year to buy a house. I’ve checked out open houses every weekend since 2003. I’ve also bought and sold multiple properties since 2003 as well. The best time of the year to buy a house is when the weather is terrible and people are on holidays. During the
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We’ve all heard of trophy husbands and trophy wives. But what on earth is a trophy kid? Here’s how one expecting parent explained the term trophy kids to me at the playground one day. A trophy kid is what’s known as the 4th kid or greater in a family. Because raising kids is so expensive,
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I will make an argument why you need to start your own website today. I’ve had my own website, Financial Samurai, since 2009. It has been the best financial investment I’ve ever made. In a post pandemic world, you should own a website that can never be shut down. If you can keep spreading your
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Ranking The Best Passive Income Investments helps you strategize on developing retirement income. Over the years, the rankings have changed because economic situations have changed. In this post, I’ll be ranking debt types from worst to best. When used appropriately, debt can help provide for a better life and make us wealthier. When used inappropriately, however, debt
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Risk tolerance is a funny thing. Most people think they have a higher risk tolerance than they really do. But the reality is, only when you are losing a lot of money do you finally realize what your risk tolerance truly is. I’d like to think that I’d be able to stay the course and
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Millions of people are quitting their jobs today in order to find more meaning with their one and only life. There are two things everyone should do before leaving your job: 1) Negotiate a severance package and 2) refinance your mortgage. If you do both, you are going to significantly improve your finances in the
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Wondering how much to contribute to a 529 plan? This article provides a proper framework for 529 plan contributions by age. The idea is to contribute enough so that the 529 plan can comfortable cover most, if not all of your child’s college expenses when the time comes. For background, I am a father of
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