How To Prepare For The Real World After College – Part 1

Congratulations on your upcoming graduation!!! Whether or not you know your next educational or career endeavor, we encourage you to know where you stand financially. This is Part I of our series on preparing for life after college. Know Your Money – INCOME Do you know your take-home pay for your first job? If so, […]

4 Steps To Saving For A Rainy Day

We have a problem in this society.  A recent report from MSN stated that 46% of American cannot handle an unexpected expense (emergency) of $400.  REALLY???  It went on to say that the cure is not a budget because a budget does not account for variable expenses especially those that amount to $400 or more. […]

Winning the Money Game: Budgeting 101

We want to help you thrive above all else and get off the struggle bus. There are technical tools to handle money but that is not the only component to achieving success. As in any sport or challenge, it is not all muscle and mechanics – there is a mental aspect. The same goes for […]

Be Cool or Be Broke?

The new generation iPhone is coming out soon. Hecka expensive…like $1,000 expensive (bought out right). But most won’t do that. Most will go with the payment options. Which is a cool way to get what you want now while paying over time. I gotcha. However!!! I find it interesting that most people aren’t prepared for […]

Everything Has A Cost! But Not Everything Requires Your Wallet.

To live in this world requires money.  Some people don’t want your money they just want your presence. One day my wife and I were selling and moving into to a new home.  Like most young people we can not afford two men and a truck, but an SUV and many friends.  So we asked friends […]

What Do You Want In Life? – YOLO

Lost What do you want in life? Too many times us young folk say that we deserve this now; we living the YOLO life. Well, it’s cool to get the benefits but what we do not realize and what I did not realize is that every decision has a cause and effect: an item sacrificed. […]