2nd Quarter 2017 Debt Repayment Update
Hey everyone! My apologies for being MIA for the past week or so, but I was presenting some research in the United Kingdom and just didn’t have time to post. However, my summer can start to get back...
View ArticlePublic Service Loan Forgiveness Blues and Student Loan Face Punches
I have chronicled my student loan journey on this blog for the past couple of years. At first, I wasn’t in favor of doing Public Service Loan Forgiveness (see here, here). Then I finally saw the light...
View ArticleFinancial Goal by 50: Hit the Two Comma Club
I am sure all of you have heard about goal setting and how to reach your goals. I promise this post is not about that. There are all kinds of great advice about hitting your goals. That includes making...
View ArticleDon’t Raid Your Retirement Accounts
Let’s be honest, we all run into a bad patch financially once in a while. We might lose our jobs, have extra expenses that we didn’t see coming, increased debt because of an illness or death in the...
View ArticleScam Alert: The Federal Reserve and Secret Bank Accounts
I have been known on occasion to spend hours watching different videos on YouTube. I am not sure why but I am fascinated by some of the things people allow themselves to believe or some of the behavior...
View ArticleCollege Students You Need to Pay Attention to Your Finances
A meeting with a student today inspired this blog post. So I was meeting with this student who was wanting to add a 2nd major for her stay at my university. We got to talking and I asked her why did...
View Article2017 3rd Quarter Debt Repayment Update
The end of the 3rd quarter for 2017 has arrived and I guess it is time for another debt payment update. If you search debt payment updates you can find my previous discussions there. Here are my...
View ArticleA Strategy for Debt Fatigue
Do you have a lot of debt, particularly large ones? Do you feel like you are making no progress? Did you start off strong on your debt and you have hit a wall? Are different strategies for paying off...
View Article2017 Fourth Quarter Debt Repayment Update
The end of the 4th quarter for 2017 has arrived and I guess it is time for another debt payment update. If you search debt payment updates you can find my previous discussions there. Here are my...
View ArticleFinancial Goals for 2018
Every year I try to hit different financial goals. If you go look at my last post you will see that I didn’t do the best with my financial goals for 2017. I accomplished a couple of them depending on...
View ArticleChanging My Attitudes on Our Student Loans
Since I started this blog I have had a major attitude change on our student loans. I began this blog and my financial awakening when I noticed how much we had in credit card debt, but also when I...
View ArticleMajor Breakthrough on Student Loan Forgiveness?
*This post contains affiliate links. If you sign up for a product or service this blog will receive a small commission. Last week I was helping a colleague of mine with his student loans. I was giving...
View ArticleUpdate on Public Service Loan Forgiveness
After two weeks of being in Greece I am now back. Over the next few weeks I promise to do a few blog posts on my trip, post some pictures, etc. However, I wanted to get back to writing about personal...
View ArticleI Paid Off the Car and the Credit Card–Debt Free?
*This post contains affiliate links. If you sign up for a product or service this blog will receive a small commission. When I first started this blog I put out a post that I wanted to be debt free,...
View Article5 Reasons to Pay Off Your Mortgage
*This post contains affiliate links. If you sign up for a product or service this blog will receive a small commission. I recently got into a conversation with a couple of friends of mine about...
View Article2018 Second Quarter Debt Payoff Update
*This post contains affiliate links. If you sign up for a product or service this blog will receive a small commission. The end of the end of the 1st quarter has arrived and I guess it is time for...
View ArticleMortgage Paid Off By 50
*This post contains affiliate links. If you sign up for a product or service this blog will receive a small commission. So last week I wrote about how I had paid off our car and credit cards. It took...
View ArticleDebt and Retirement
This post contains affiliate links at NO extra cost to you. Please see the disclaimer for further details. I was listening to a radio show over the weekend that takes callers and the host(s) try to...
View ArticleFive Years of Progress: From Negative to Positive Net Worth
This post contains affiliate links at NO extra cost to you. Please see the disclaimer for further details. Yesterday, Mrs. ROB and me were out and about and I noticed (well she told me) that her air...
View ArticleShould You Pay Your Mortgage Off Early?
This post contains affiliate links at NO extra cost to you. Please see the disclaimer for further details. Do We Pay the Mortgage Off Early? There seems to be an ever ending debate among many in the...
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