I attended Fincon (Financial Bloggers Conference) again this year. What is Fincon? Fincon is the Financial Bloggers Conference and it’s “Where Money & Media Meet”. This is my 2nd year attending and I enjoyed the opportunity to learn more to expand my business, engage in opportunities to collaborate with others, and meet your social media friends in person.
In honor of Life Insurance Awareness month I wanted to bring you additional options for covering funeral costs outside of Life Insurance.
So just to be clear I believe that life insurance is important to help cover funeral cost (if the funds will not be accessible when you pass but it is also important to have so your family’s (children, spouse or anyone you financially support) will be able to keep the same quality of life after you pass away.
I have had people tell me that they will always be in debt so they are going to keep making monthly payments forever.
Well, that is not true, there are plenty of stories showing people who have paid off large amounts of debt.
I created a YouTube playlist of motivational debt free stories, click here to check it out.
I mention in a previous post that I budget by paycheck. I started doing this around 2005, after creating a monthly budget for a while and not feeling like I had a good handle on it (because I was busting my budget).
Lately, I have been asked a lot about how to increase credit score to get a mortgage. Last week. I talked about how your credit score is calculated. This week we will focus on activities that will help raise your score. Before we get into the details I really want you to understand that your credit score report is not the same as your friend's score and report.
Are you looking for additional ways to pay off debt? I know an app that can help.
A couple of years ago while attending FINCON, I found out about this app that helps you make extra payments towards your debt through the snowflaking method. Well I have been using this app for a while now to make additional payments to my student loan and I really like this app so of course, I had to come and tell you.
So if this is the first post you have ever read from me, I am a spender and I got it honestly from one of my parents who will not call out in this post. The interesting thing about it was I always felt guilty because my other parent a saver. Interesting combination right. Yeah, I know, and just for the record, my brother is naturally a saver like the other parent.
I love reading and one of my favorite topics is of course Personal Finance. One of the first Personal Finance books I read was Total Money Makeover. That book helped me learn how to create a budget. If you are looking to increase your personal finance IQ here are a few books you should check out.
Once you say the word budget it seems like the energy in the room disappears, but a budget is not a bad thing it gives you the ability to pay for everything you need and everything you want.
Having a budget helped me pay off over $50K in debt and fund my emergency fund, but it has also allowed me to do things I love like travel.
