For most households in the U.S., living paycheck to paycheck is completely normal. According to CareerBuilder.com, as many as 78% of American families were living paycheck to paycheck in 2017! This...
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Our November 2018 Budget Report // We Made It!
November was a great, yet weird month for us. We decided to become debt free, experienced some car trouble and my income was low. But, somehow we still made it out of November without going into the...
How We Survive Black Friday Each Year – By Staying At Home
We are now in the midst of the official holiday season. That means it’s time for good food, family fun and Black Friday deals. Well, this is the case for most people, at least. My wife Dannie and I,...
We’re Officially Debt Free! Now What?
As you’ve read by the title, we’re officially debt free!!! After paying off the majority of our debt last year, we paused our aggressive debt payoff in order to accomplish some specific goals. While...
9 Tips to Help Maximize Your DoorDash, UberEats & Postmates Income
I’ve learned a lot over the last few months delivering food as a side hustle. I thought it was important to share my tips with you all so you can maximize your DoorDash, UberEats, and Postmates...
How My Mother Escaped An Abusive Relationship
Hi everyone, it’s Dannie. Since October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, I thought I’d ask my mom to write a guest post about her experience being in an abusive marriage. Each year, over 10...
8 Lessons Learned From Suze Orman’s Breakfast Club Interview
In our opinion, all financial gurus are not created equally. That's why we were pleasantly surprised to see Suze Orman on The Breakfast Club morning show. We used to watch her show religiously when...
How We Invest For Retirement – The Rundown For 2018
We get a lot of questions about how we invest for retirement. Paying off debt was our main focus for a long time, but once we started thinking about how compound interest works, we knew it was time...
All About Our Experience Buying Our First Home
Buying a house is a stressful process for most people, when we bought our house one year ago we didn't really know where to start since we were first time home buyers. We figured things out on our...