How should you pay down your debt?
When you have lots of different kinds of debt, paying them all down can seem like an impossibility. But there are some tactics out there that can help you pay down debt while making it easier to show your progress. The two main tactics are called avalanche and...
How to break your bad money habits
We often think of ourselves as natural born “spenders” or “savers,” as if the way we handle money is like our eye color, Zodiac sign or preference of dogs over cats. But according to Dr. Daniel Crosby, Chief Behavioral Officer at Orion Advisor Solutions, this framing...
How debt messes with your brain
Being in debt is the worst. That’s not just opinion. The Society of Occupational Medicine’s Life Events Inventory, which ranks the level of stress caused by 100 life events, found that “getting into debt beyond means of repayment” received a score of 82/100 for men...
How this school went from the brink of closure to a 95% graduation rate
Every morning as students enter Paul Robeson High School in Philadelphia, Principal Richard Gordon is there to greet them with a hug, a handshake, or a dap. And when addressing the school over the PA, he refers to the students and faculty as his...
Living with parents to pay off 105k of debt? This family did it.
Tae and Monica Kim began their marriage with over $100,000 dollars in student debt. It’s an albatross around the necks of many young Americans: how to pay down debt, create savings, afford to start a family — childcare, food, clothing — and own a house? “We couldn’t...
This family ditched the suburbs for an RV — and have no regrets
Nathan and Marissa Moss were living the American dream in Cookeville, Tennessee — or so they thought. Four-bedroom home? Check. Steady paychecks? Check. Two young kids? Check. But one morning, before Marissa left for a 13-hour shift, she realized that she would miss...
How a 21 y/o finance TikToker is hacking the American dream
It’s the perfect L.A. Gen-Z scene. The city and hills sprawling in the distance, bathed on a hotel rooftop balcony in SoCal sunlight with artfully arranged plants behind her, social media influencer Taylor Price is holding her phone at face level, gazing...
Bringing back the concept of co-housing
Millennials are less likely to own a home than their parents were at their age and they are more likely to be lonely. Not exactly a winning combo. Even worse, these two challenges feed into each other. A lack of affordable houses erodes our sense of community, making...
Your 7-Day Financial Game Plan
My favorite saying in the finance world is "personal finance is personal." We all come from different backgrounds with money, and no two people handle their finances the same way. Our lens from which we view money is created over time by our parents, our mentors, our...
The Real Costs of Pet Ownership
They say dog is man’s best friend, and they’re not wrong. A dog — or any other pet, really — can bring love, joy and companionship to its owner and improve their quality of life. Simply petting an animal releases oxytocin — the feel-good hormone — and lowers cortisol...
