Frugal Fun With Friends
Going out with friend’s costs money, a lot of money. If you just factor in dinner and drinks you are looking at close to $100 per person. How can you still go out and have fun with your friends without breaking the bank? Here are 4 frugally fun tips when...
The Most Accurate Way to Calculate How Much House You Can Afford
When you are beginning to dream about your first home, it’s easy to get carried away with yourself as you picture what home you will buy. When my wife and I started thinking about our future home, we started to confuse needs with wants. It started out with...
Understanding Non-Compete At Work
When you get your first job, you’ll be signing a lot of documents upon being hired. You’ll be paying the most attention to your direct deposit form and your 401k form since these deal with your salary. One form that might not raise questions but needs...
Hidden College Expenses
When it comes to paying for college, the expenses that come to mind are your tuition, room and board and of course, books. But there are many other expenses that we often overlook. We don’t intentionally overlook them, but because they tend to be on the smaller...
How to Stop being a Hoarder
A couple weeks ago, I finally took time to write down my thoughts on why I needed to start cleaning out apartment. We move just 7 months ago, so it’s not like we had THAT much extra stuff, but I came to realize that there were many hidden financial benefits to...
Young Adult Retirement Planning – Benefits of Saving a Lot Early
Retirement planning isn’t just for old people – or even middle aged people. People in their 20s and more generally, young adults, can start saving for retirement too. In fact, young adults can make a larger impact on their retirement income than anyone...
Planning Ahead For College
Summer is a great time for soon to be college students and current college students. You get to come home, reconnect with friends and family and enjoy life. But, there are some things you should do over the summer to make your upcoming school year the best it can be....
Rolling Over Your Retirement Plan
Our generation is nothing like our parents. Our parents generation would find a job, stay with the employer for life, get a gold watch upon retirement and be done with it. I’ve seen this too: my Dad worked for the same company for over 40 years. I’m in my...
Would You Sacrifice Salary for Other Benefits?
If you are a NBA fan like me, you know that it’s free agency period in the NBA right now. Many of the superstars are evaluating their options and there are a number of rumors flying around that several players will take huge pay cuts to play on a team that has a...
Hi, I’m Corey. I’m a husband, college graduate, young adult, and non-profit manager. I enjoy learning new things about personal finance and sharing them with my loyal readers. Join the conversation.