Should I borrow money to buy a car or pay in full?
March 11, 2025
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Borrowing money to buy a car is a triple whammy of staying broke.1. Buy something you can’t afford2. Pay even more money to borrow that
This is how most rich people get rich. Slow and steady, regular contributions to their investments over long periods of time. It’s not flashy, it’s
I was inspired to make this post when I was thinking about those little “investment amount” sliders that you often see as part of the
Sometimes when I post about frugality or cutting out luxuries, I get push back. The YOLOers light me up and tell me to live a
A look at monthly costs and total interest paid for 15 vs 30 year mortgage
I often use a 40 year career as an investing time frame in my examples and I get the question “but what if I am
Investing in the stock market doesn’t always feel great. In fact, it can feel very lousy when you see your account balance going down. But,
A lot of my financial influency friends aren’t gonna like me for this one! The love of credit card points, travel hacking, churning, whatever
Mutual funds can be kind of intimidating. But the idea is actually pretty simple. It’s just a bunch of people pooling their money together so
The most valuable 10 minutes of your life might be the 10 minutes where you set up an auto-investment into your Roth IRA. That one
