Getting financial aid is a common way for students and parents to afford college. This article will share how to get financial aid making multiple six figures a year. That’s right. Even if your family makes multiple six figures a year, you can still get financial aid. That said, not financial aid is created equal. […]
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I was playing tennis with a friend who happens to be a partner at a large mutual fund company. During warmups, we got to talking about what is the right amount of money to leave our children. I told him the right amount of money to leave our children is enough so that they’ll never
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After deep deliberation, I decided to pass on buying the $550,000 Mercedes G650 Maybach. It just felt like too much to spend on a family car when I could invest the money and earn $20,000 a year in passive income forever! Instead, I bought a family car for safety first. What type of family car did
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If you’ve amassed a decent amount of wealth, you will likely want to leave some of it to your children. Let’s discuss some inheritance tips so we don’t screw up our children. Every financially-responsible adult who builds great wealth fears demotivating their kids. One of the reasons why my 31-year-old neighbor still lives at home
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If you’re wondering what’s the best age to have a baby, I’ve got some very important thoughts for you. Having children is one of the best things you’ll ever do. Children make like more meaningful. Their love will fill the household. But children are also hard work. And your happiness will likely plummet in the
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Parents looking to leave work, listen up! As someone who literally wrote the book on how to negotiate a severance, let me share with you a severance negotiation success story if you want to leave your job to spend more time with your kids. Severance negotiation success stories give uncertain employees more confidence to negotiate
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Children are expensive. The more you love your children, the more expensive they will likely be! Therefore, you should have a net worth goal before having children. This way, you can provide them the world without getting overly stressed about your finances. Money is constantly a top three reason why couples fight. And once you
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We’ve all heard of trophy husbands and trophy wives. But what on earth is a trophy kid? Here’s how one expecting parent explained the term trophy kids to me at the playground one day. A trophy kid is what’s known as the 4th kid or greater in a family. Because raising kids is so expensive,
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Wondering how much to contribute to a 529 plan? This article provides a proper framework for 529 plan contributions by age. The idea is to contribute enough so that the 529 plan can comfortable cover most, if not all of your child’s college expenses when the time comes. For background, I am a father of
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Financial independence is the best. Financial DEpendence is the worst. If you truly love your spouse, you would make them financially independent. Don’t let them always feel like they have to ask for money or ask for permission to spend money. If you plan to get married, then you better not get divorced. Otherwise, what’s
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