Years ago, if you wanted to send money to someone online, you used Paypal. Years ago, if you wanted to hack a system to steal money online, you tried to hack Paypal. Nowadays, you have a lot of payment processors, a lot of money transfer systems, but the attacks and the phishing never stops. I’m […]
7 Ways to Get Money from the Government
Anyone remember this guy? He was on TV all the time back in the day. He’s quirky, he’s energetic, and I always thought that Matt Lesko was a scam. I mean how can someone be that energetic? And how can someone just get money from the government… then I grew up… … and realized the […]
How to invest in yourself
Pandas are pretty much awesome. They live one of the most casual lifestyles. For 14 hours of each day, they eat. They need to eat 40% of their own weight each day (12-38 kg!) and they prefer to eat golden bamboo. Chewing bamboo kind of takes a while (go ahead, give it a shot) – […]
DirecTV Now Review: Is It Worth $35 a Month?
People are cutting their cable in droves and a lot of companies are putting out their own online streaming options to compete. SlingTV is one of the most well-known, their funny ads help, but there’s a relatively new entrant to the fray with bigger name recognition. (for whatever it’s worth, Sling TV is a subsidiary […]
How I Gained Enough Confidence to Quit My Job to Blog Full Time
(I don’t usually write a ton about the business of blogging, even though I do write about side hustles and entrepreneurship. With the FinCon conference around the corner, I wanted to touch on something I often get asked about – how I quit my job to pursue blogging full-time. You may not be thinking about […]
6 Common Money Mistakes We All Make (and How to Fix Them Fast!)
Life is busy. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. You know what doesn’t squeak? Your credit score. Your credit card debt. Your budget. All of those little errors and omissions because life is busy. But don’t worry, here are six super-easy money mistakes you might be making that we can fix in a jiffy. 1. […]
The 8 Best Cable TV Alternatives
The cable television industry is terrified. The days of 500+ channel packages, of which you really only watch maybe 5 or 10, are no longer viable. People like you and me are looking at our cable bills, which can be north of a hundred bucks each month, and wondering why in the world we’re paying […]
Ipsos i-Say Review: Is it a Scam or Legit?
Ipsos i-Say is the survey site arm of Ipsos, one of the largest market research companies in the world. The Ipsos Group is headquartered in Paris, france and was founded in 1975 by Didier Truchot. They have offices in 88 countries with over 16,000 employees and are publicly traded. They’re legitimate. If you remember back […]
Blooom Review: A Free 401(k) Analysis Review
When I was single with no kids, no mortgage and just a ~$35k student loan at under 4%… it wasn’t too hard to plow a ton of money into a 401(k) out of college. That flexibility hides a lot of mistakes. With a decade of time, some wild swings in the stock market, and zero […]
We’re both in the hole
This blog post is part of the Suicide Prevention Awareness Month blog tour in partnership with Debt Drop. If you are feeling suicidal, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or text HOME to 741741. I’ve never had thoughts of suicide. I’ve had brief moments of depression, a feeling of emptiness of purpose, […]