Paying for Christmas: Class Action Rebates

You’re getting ripped off. Every year the products you regularly use steal money they rightfully owe to you. In the first of a two-part series I’m going to explain how I get the money I’m owed and use it to help pay for Christmas gift giving. Then, I’m going to show you how make sure you’re getting what you’re owed too.

Should You Hold Onto Student Loans for Tax Benefits?

After we paid off $110,000 in student loans in just four years my wife and I received a lot of nice notes from family and friends supportive of our efforts to prioritize getting out of debt. I was surprised, however, by the few notes I received from concerned friends telling me I was losing out on valuable tax deductions by paying off all that debt! Were they correct? Were my wife and I leaving money on the table by paying off our student loans early? I decided to crunch the numbers to find out.

The Secret Number That Can Make You Rich

Is $100,000 a lot of money to earn in a year? Is $1,000,000? What amount determines if someone is “rich”? The answer? It’s not what you make in a year that determines how wealth you are but an entirely different number that rarely gets talked about.

Reader Mailbag: Acorns and What to do Without a 401(k)

Have money questions? Got a topic you wish I’d cover that I haven’t gotten to yet? Reach out! You can contact me directly through the blog! My email is in my contact information, or you can reach out on our comments section on any article. Today we’re going to tackle our first reader mailbag article (names changed to protect readers’ identities). Here we go!

How to Pay for Your Tesla Now

A few weeks ago we witnessed as a species the largest product offering in history as Elon Musk announced the opening of pre-orders for the amazing Model 3 from Tesla. For $1,000, 325,000 people agreed to purchase the car when it becomes available (and the number of buyers continues to grow). At a price point of $35,000 each that represents a revenue windfall of $11,375,000,000, including an immediate influx of $325,000,000 right now! Today I’m going to explain how you can pay for your Tesla right now and about buying new cars in general.

Are you paying someone to rob you?

We keep our doors locked at night, chain up our bikes, and keep our valuables locked in our safe deposit boxes (or at least in a good hiding spot in a closet somewhere). It’s a painful thing to consider the possibility of being robbed. Few acts are so personally violating as having the bounty of your hard work taken by someone who did nothing to earn it. And yet for millions of Americans across the country they get bilked out of thousands of dollars every year, and they pay for the opportunity! Who are we inviting into our finances to do the burgling? Financial advisors.

4 Huge Mistakes I Made That You Don't Have To

Everyone makes mistakes. Small mistakes. Giant, colossal, f-up mistakes. Sometimes we make financial mistakes. Today we’re going to talk about some of the terrible mistakes I made that eventually led me to facing the music, getting my sh*t together, and cleaning up my finances. Also, starting this blog. Let’s go!