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Pay Me What I’m Worth: a Black Man’s Journey to $100,000+
A reflection of one Black man’s journey from dropping out of Grad School, being broke, terrified and finally taking personal accountability. Written by Lawrence Delva-Gonzalez, CFE and Edited by Ecclesiaste Guerrier, SHRM-CP, DEI Paychecks and Balanced Efforts At some point, any Job will do! I’d like to start by saying, “Personal Accountability is not a bad word.” Growing up watching fictional characters, it was easier for me to attribute success with effort. The Bad guys created obstacles and the Good guys learned something along the way and defeated the obstacles. Over time, like many other Black boys transitioning to Manhood, I forgot about these stories. Better yet, I never knew…
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How to Pay Off Three Mortgages Before Retirement
Details on how this couple plans to pay off three mortgages by retirement, while others are paying 40-years of home loans.
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Figuring Out your Net Worth from the Average
Net worth is the language of wealth builders. Here's how you figure our your net worth and how to improve it over time.
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The Five Things You Need to Improve Your Wealth Before 30
How to Improve Your Worth Early First of all, don’t panic. Take a deep breath and read this on the toilet, in the club, at happy hour, during brunch, after lunch, and prior to Netflix. If you want to reach $1M and cruise Saint Tropez, you really need to get your act together quick. Turns out most people end up broke. Don’t choke during the finals. These are the five things that I think you can accomplish because you are an adult. And here is a bonus plan just because you clicked on this, the Net/Max Personal Financial Plan. 1. Google/YouTube Everything No shame in the game. There are tons…
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The Nouveau Rich and Non-Affluent Millennials
We are Living in the Age of the Nouveau Rich, Black Excellence, Sharper Couture, and #TravelNoire. College grads who Hope to Start at $100K.
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How this 31-year old Govt. Auditor Spends $64,000 in DC
In 2014, I moved from Tallahassee, Florida to Washington, DC. An opportunity of a lifetime awaited and I did not hesitate. Similar to the ideas in “Think and Grow Rich“, a good choice should never linger for more than 30 seconds. Making no more than $32,000 annually (before Uncle Sam’s cut) at my last position; receiving a phone call for DOUBLE WAS A NO BRAINER, NO MATTER THE ODDS. What Goes Up Cost of living increases added up quickly. Those first few months were rather rough. I was hit with setbacks: waiting on old paychecks and new paychecks, sleeping on the ground in the cold and dead of winter, without adequate heat…
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How I Improved My Salary by 5x in 5 years
Back in 2012, I was hit with the perfect storm. It was as if God was throwing rocks at me so that I could eventually avoid the boulder. Being poor is indeed the hardest job in America. Here are the five unfortunate events in no chronological order: The (then) girlfriend broke up with me for her abusive ex. Her number one concern is that we would always be financially broke. My credit card bounced. That moment when the cashier rings you up and nothing happens. You let them know to run it again and nothing happens. You go home mad and make the call to the credit card company. And you finally realize that…
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Do Blacks in the US Deserve Wealth
Despite progress in educational attainment, disposable income and increasing diversity and inclusion efforts, this generation will still face the largest racial and ethnic wealth gaps on the road to equitable prosperity. In essence, this will definitely get worse sooner and last longer.
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How to go from Broke to Affluent: A Guide to the Seven Wealth Stages of Financial Freedom for Millennials
A guide to the Seven Wealth Stages of Financial Freedom. Move boldly while remembering that everyone had to start somewhere.
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How to Build the Next Black Multi-Millionaires
How to Build on the Net Max Financial Plan to Transform it into the Net Max FIRE Plus Strategy for Long Term Generational Wealth.
