I’m going to go slightly off topic today for this post, but there is still some relevance here as your job is obviously an important part of personal finance. Your income is basically what you build you entire budget around! Now I may not be actively searching for jobs, but
Continue readingApril 2016 Budget Review
April continues the theme of low spending in 2016 for me, and now we’re even four months into the year. The strange part is that I haven’t really gone out of my way to avoid spending money, I’ve just had a lot of opportunity for free entertainment (other than the
Continue readingIncome Tax in the United States
Have you ever heard someone talking about how if they were to get a pay raise it would bump them into a higher tax bracket? This might then be followed by a rant about taxes and a speech discussing how the raise will cause them to actually earn less money because
Continue readingStudent Loan Progress – April 2016
I have finally paid my student loans off completely, and it feels amazing! I logged in and the balance was at zero after my last payment. Zero. ZERO!!! I remember the nervous breakdown I had after paying my loans for a few month. How am I ever going to be
Continue readingRenting vs. Owning a Car
I’ve been trying to find some information or even personal experiences on renting a car when you need versus owning a car, but unfortunately all I have come up with is a large lack of information. When I do find information on the subject, it always seems to point more
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