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How to Improve Your Resume Profile With Your Own Linkedin Address
One of the easiest ways to add an ounce of professionalism is to customize your public profile URL. Follow this step by step way to edit your public profile URL. Goal: Instead of saying linkedin.com/in/23679523965; it will say linkedin.com/in/yourname. It’s a great way to promote your brand and allow others to perceive your awesomeness. I guess it also helps in your search results and blah blah blah (insert important adult stuff). This trick let me drop a subtle hint to employers that I wasn’t the average candidate. Maybe later, I’ll draft an article on having the perfect résumé. I went from making $21k before taxes to $64k before taxes in less than…
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How to Find an Affordable Home – Four Expert Methods that You Can Use
There’s more to buying a home than the selling price and interest rate. You can expect to pay anywhere from 2% to 5% of the purchase price in closing costs. For this reason, buying a home is not a very good short-term investment. Common closing costs (which will pop out of nowhere) include application fee ($$$), appraisal fee ($500+), attorney fees (if you need it), property taxes (because Uncle Sam and the Cheetoh), mortgage insurance (cuz we can't have nice things), home inspection ($250+), first year homeowner’s insurance premium (making it rain), title search ($$), title insurance, points (prepaid interest), origination fee, recording fees and survey fee. Just throw about…
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Living Paycheck to Paycheck: Why Financial Literacy Matters Now More than Ever
Financial Literacy is among the major complaints of this generation. You can’t go one day without seeing a budgeting meme, a broke meme, or the classic running away from bills meme. People are fleeing the country to avoid paying student loans, it’s getting pretty nuts out there. (Sallie Mae needs to invest in retrieval squads) Student Loan Default rates are heading toward 80% by 2024 On top of that, our social circle Twitter pundits are quick to mention that this wouldn’t have happened if they taught this in school. On the flipside, I’m wondering if the teachers are complaining about not having enough money, budgeting issues, and not understanding the terms…
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How to Make $100K Generate $100K Passively with a Financial Plan
I never professed to be the best with money but I know how to construct a financial plan. The very reason that I’m writing this now, is because I took the fast ramp toward debt, depression, and anxiety. For most of us, unlucky with money, either from not being born with it or just squandering early opportunities; the road is rocky and rough. I grew up with no concept of how to administer a self-diagnostic; I only know that I’m well when I’m already through it. In that aspect, I’m lucky. Most people will never know the opportunities missed until it’s too late. “If we have persisted in making errors,…
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How to Avoid Being Broke & Bougie. Brunches, Day Parties and Spending For the Culture!
Disclaimers upfront… 1. Before anyone gets triggered, just know that this article isn’t primarily about you or your friends, and your love for all things culinary. For the love of brunch, I’m a guy who has over 20 million views on Google Maps, primarily related to food and restaurants – I’m squarely among you or even more bougie (hacked truncation of the word Bourgeoisie). 2. I love numbers and because of how my brain operates, I get intrigued. Ever since I came to DC, I had a nagging feeling that all of these numbers don’t add up (for us) and in turn, adds up to quite a *brunch (bunch – see what I did there) for…
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My Full Financial Breakdown from January 2012- December 2018
Full Financial Breakdown From January 2012 to December 2018. Average Millennial Dishes Out Secrets on the Road to Being a Millionaire.
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The New Magic Number for Automatic Millennial Millionaire Status
More People Should Build Wealth. It's Easier than You Think. Most Millennials Can and Should Consider Becoming Millionaires.
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5 Simple Ways to Jump Start Your Financial Independence Journey
It’s not about the money but money does pay bills. Therefore, I am team money.
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Getting Rich Quick – Million Plus Retirement Strategy
The get rich quick fix to an abundant life starting 2021. Here is the framework that you need to have in your mind to Win at Wealth.
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The Story of a Bad Black Man: the Most Important Speech that Black Men Need to Know
What remains are your words and how you made others feel. So let your's be the story of the Bad Black Man, who saved the world from itself.
