No matter which side of the fence you’re on, I think we can all agree… Our medical system is in dire need of some changes; especially those pertaining to insurance. Do you know the average person pays $450/month for medical insurance? Of course, if you end up having a child or suffering a severe injury,…
So, you’re ready to start investing in a Roth IRA. This blog will help run you through how to do this. Keep in mind, this is a bit of a 3-part process. Opening the account Contributing funds Investing that money For starters, you’re going to want to pick a low-cost custodian. Here are some…
We hear a lot of the same things…. I just wish my parents would have taught me this stuff when I was younger. When am I going to stop living in a scarcity mindset? My financial stress levels are really high because I just don’t know where to start. I picked up some bad money…
So you’ve found yourself at a company where your boss does half the work and takes 100% of the credit… or, you’ve been recognized as one of the “best members of the team”, which is exactly why they can’t let you take your 2 week vacation. Whatever it may be, I think we’ve all found…
22% of women aren’t involved in their own retirement planning. Can you believe that? (Source included below). While we’ve made leaps and bounds of progress in the recent decades to find more financial equality in the household, we still aren’t there, and this number illustrates a larger problem at hand. Women still don’t have…
Many of us have probably had that moment in our investing lives, where something piques our interest, and we wonder if maybe we should just take the risk and buy stock in a company we believe will do well in the future. 3rd Decade’s message is clear at this point: invest in low-cost index…
With the rising cost of housing, along with the increasing prevalence of remote work, it’s becoming more popular for young people (especially those without children) to consider downsizing their possessions and living on the road. Not only does it challenge the notion that we have to wake up in the same place every day and…
Have you heard of the phrase “poverty charges interest”? Tay Zonday posted a Tweet on Jul 19, 2018, that read: Being poor now just leads to being more poor later. Can’t pay to clean your teeth? Next year, pay for a root canal. Can’t pay for a new mattress? Next year, pay for back…
In the past year, one of the pandemic’s unexpected lessons was just how few of us really need to work from an office space. This has been doing interesting things to the real estate market, since places like Tucson have always been relatively inexpensive, and now the jobs that are available in states like California,…
Short answer: probably not. There are a lot of things to consider in making your decision, but there are a few especially important things to consider before making this decision. Am I already reaching my other financial goals? You should have a very solid idea at this point in the planning stage of…