Feeling completely overwhelmed about your finances? Paralyzed by major money decisions? Wondering why you can’t make progress? Poor financial planning causing you feelings of shame or humiliation? Excessive, fearful worry over your finances can bring out some really unpleasant emotions, and it can be quite a scary thing. Stressing about how you’re going to get […]
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Top Scholarships For Baby Boomer College Students
Easy, Low Competition Scholarships Older Adults Can Apply For Now Are you a baby boomer or older adult who’s thinking about going or returning to college? Deciding to return to school (or attend for the first time) is a very big deal. If you can apply the time, grit, discipline, and money that it takes […]
Continue Reading...Dumb Mistakes That Screw Up Your Homeowners Insurance
Homeowners insurance is designed to protect your house and your belongings within it. So what could possibly go wrong as long as you have some kind of policy, right? Wrong! Very wrong, in fact. Take our base city of Houston, TX, for example. In August 2017, we experienced historic flooding when the monster Category 4 […]
Continue Reading...Easy, Worry-Free Ways to Boost Your Credit Score [Infographic]
Easy, Worry-Free Ways to Boost Your Credit Score Good credit, bad credit, no credit – most of us have experienced at least one of these credit score categories before. There is no question that having a good credit score is nice and comes with its own set of perks. Yet, knowing how to increase your […]
Continue Reading...5 Idioms of Financially Effective People
There’s always that one financially savvy person who seems to have it all together: Money for a relaxing vacation? No sweat. Emergency savings fund? Of course. Believe it or not, you can also develop similar mottos of mindfulness to become more like these purple unicorns… Or, as I like to call them – financially effective […]
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