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.
After I told you how I complete my monthly Financial Checkup, I received a question about how I complete my budget on a monthly basis, so I thought it would be a great topic to bring here.
My process may seem like it takes a while, and it did when I first started, but now that I have a process it only takes me about 15-20 minutes.
This is what I do at the end of the month after I complete my Finacial Checkup.
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.
Do you know where you stand financially? At the end of every month I sit down for 30 mins and complete a financial checkup. A financial checkup is a layout of all my income and expenses for the month along with an analysis of how I spent my money in the previous month along with any outstanding debt balances and a status update of where I stand when it comes to my financial goals, so the balance in my savings, sinking funds and investment accounts (including retirement).
