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JANUARY 28, 2023
I only spent $60 on accommodations because I was able to pay for hotels with points earned from credit cards, and I even stayed at an ultra-luxurious hotel (typically $600 a night) for free by redeeming a reward from my points program. I learned this financial lesson the hard way. My roundtrip, nonstop flight to Paris was $425.
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JULY 4, 2022
Drew Parker, creator of The Complete Retirement Planner, encourages young adults to check their credit score each year, aiming for that sweet spot of 720+, where you will receive the best loan, mortgage and credit card rates. Credit Karma is a great free resource to track the progress of your credit score.
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MARCH 9, 2022
As I started my own money journey and shared what I was learning, countless others reached out to share that they were struggling with the same issues. If your salary doubled, you’d be able to afford the things you want, you’d start saving meaningfully or you’d finally get out of credit card debt. Think about it.
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JULY 25, 2022
I was on the receiving end of sexist, negative comments from male supervisors, and I learned that the majority of women earn 82 cents for every dollar earned by their male counterparts. In a 2018 study of financial capability, results showed that men, on average, responded to 3.3 Leverage credit to your advantage.
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JANUARY 8, 2022
It’s the lessons I’ve learned throughout my journey that have made that reality possible—and can help make financial freedom a reality for you, too. This is the biggest lesson I learned from Jim and Sue: it’s not what you make but what you keep that determines whether you’ll build wealth. million as of September 2018.
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