Franklin American Mortgage Company was established in 1994 as a small mortgage lender with a single office in Brentwood, Tennessee. Within one year of its founding, Franklin American had expanded its reach to residents in Texas and continued to grow until it was acquired by Citizens Bank in 2018. Although the merger with its parent […]
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Today, I want to introduce you to Laura Pennington Briggs. She is a former teacher turned freelance writer and author. She has delivered two TEDx talks on the freelance economy and is the author of “How to Start Your Own Freelance Writing Business” with Entrepreneur Press. In our interview, she talks about how she started […]
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The importance of having an emergency fund canât be overstressed. Living without an emergency fund is like walking across a high wire without a safety net. One little slip and you can fall into a financial black hole. Unfortunately, setting up an adequate emergency fund is neither fast nor easy, as most Certified Financial Planners suggest having at […]
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When we first bought our 150-year-old house, sure, I was intimidated about designing a space from top to bottom – let alone a historic one. I was certainly worried about picking the right floors, the perfect tile and creating the right lighting layout. Sure I wondered if the perfect shade…
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Are you confused by all of the retirement plans that are available? There are quite a few, and there are even variations within each type of plan. I’m going to help you select the best retirement plans, by providing a close look at each. Maybe you’re about to start a plan, or you might even […]
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Welcome to “retirement month” at Get Rich Slowly. During the month of March, we’ll explore all sorts of topics related to retirement and financial independence. To start, let’s look at the defintion of retirement.
What does it mean to be retired?
This question probably seems silly to some of you. After all, isn’t there a dictionary definition of retirement? There is: “The action or fact of leaving one’s job and ceasing to work.” As is sometimes the case, however, the dictionary definition is less than satisfactory when you take a closer look.
Are you curious about annual net income? Do you want to know what it is, where it comes from, and what defines…
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Comparing yourself to others is one of the easiest things to do these days. We scroll through social media and see what other people are doing with their lives, and it’s so easy to start thinking about how your life matches up to theirs. Without even realizing it, you’re thinking about how perfect their life […]
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If you ask a modern member of today’s American Elite to review Mr. Money Mustache’s childhood and educational history, the report would probably come back dripping with sympathy and disdain. I went to public school (the only school, really), in a lower-middle income small town. I didn’t join many extracurricular activities or attend any private […]