Sometimes we find ourselves in a really tough spot financially. More often than not, debt plays a major role. So, what do you do when your debt is taking control of your life? In short, you need to get help and make some changes. Luckily, there are a lot of great resources available to service […]
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Investing seems to be the one thing everybody gets excited about. That’s also one of the areas where I see people arguing the most about what’s the “right” thing to do. When I heard about the book, How I Invest My Money, I was really intrigued to hear how financial planners and professionals actually invest
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I remember paying rent on a credit card as a young Sergeant (E-5 type). It was humiliating and scary. We got through it by moving on post and reducing our utility bill costs, but this was only a band-aid. We needed real change. However real change wouldn’t come until I finally had my “epiphany” sitting
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I’ve had an on again, off again relationship with debt my whole life. It created a way for me to have some independence as a teenager with a truck loan, but that same “opportunity” debt provided me led to some significant stress. I always fundamentally knew I had to pay back everything I borrowed. However,
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Buying a brand new 2010 Chevrolet Silverado was the best and worst financial decision my wife and I ever made. I’d just received orders for Germany at the time, and we were preparing for the move. The Army would pay to ship one vehicle, but we had two. I had an F-150 (her name was
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We’re all working hard to get ahead (of who exactly?) with our finances while also balancing all the normal parts of our life. This is a constant ebb and flow for me. I’m super driven to help people, but I often have to force myself to take a step back and reset. I’m balancing serving
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My wife and I just recently celebrated our 17th wedding anniversary! It’s kind of hard to believe how quickly time flies. Everything hasn’t been a walk in the park, but we’ve overcome many challenges together over the years of being married. Interestingly enough, I ran into a young Navy Corpsman at a brewery who’s getting
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Financial independence, independently wealthy, retired, financial freedom, call it whatever you want, but the point is that you no longer need to work or create additional income to support your life. I hesitate to call it “coasting” because there’s still a lot to keep track of. I feel like the saying from my time in
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We’ve always been concerned about how our decisions affect our son. We also have to balance personal wants with what we can actually afford. Here’s how we made the decision for my wife to be a stay-at-home mom, then how we chose daycare, and how we’re back to having a stay-at-home parent as part of
I grew up in a place where dreams were just that – dreams. We all subconsciously knew that what we saw around us was probably where we’d end up – in a blue-collar job, never having much, and working until we physically couldn’t anymore. For me, the Army was a chance to try to break
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