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Raises, Negotiations, and $67,000

I negotiated a raise at work 30 months ago. And because of that raise, my net worth is now $67,000 higher than it otherwise would have been. Time to answer some questions about how it all worked.

Life Insurance For The Most Dangerous Jobs

Your job impacts your everyday life in a profound way. If you work in a dangerous field, your job impacts your life even more.  When your job puts you at a heightened risk of serious injury or untimely death, it impacts your access to life insurance. In this post, we’ll cover the most dangerous jobs […]

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10 Tips To Save Money On Your Christmas Shopping And Avoid Going Into Holiday Debt

Here are a few things you can do to plan ahead and make sure to keep Christmas a frugal holiday this year.

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Pros and Cons of Smooth Surface Cooktops

Ask 10 homeowners how they feel about their smooth surface cooktop, and you’ll hear 10 different answers. We’ve gathered these pros and cons to help you decide for yourself.

Meet The Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Michael Wisnefski from MaterialsXchange

This week, we interviewed Michael Wisnefski of MaterialsXchange. Let’s get to it! Who are you and what do you do? My name is Mike Wisnefski. I am one of the founders and the CEO of MaterialsXchange (MX), the digital marketplace for lumber. I am a…

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1082: More Success, Less Stress: Jess Lenouvel’s Guide to Beating Burnout

Real estate should be the vehicle to what you want in life, not the only thing that matters. On today’s podcast, Jess Lenouvel and Courtney Atkinson discuss building a real estate business that won’t result in burnout. Tune in and discover how to have incredible success in real estate without all of the stress. In addition to covering appropriate boundaries, Jess and Courtney share their strategies for task prioritization, goal setting, and more.

After mortgage lenders shut down, what’s next for loan originators?

When looking for new lenders, the mortgage product mix, compensation, speed and cultural fit are all factors to consider, LOs say.

Pros and cons of homeschooling

What if the average cost to educate a child was over $5,000 but you could drop it to just over $500 per child? According to a really old (1997) report on homeschooling, you could do just that by taking your child out of public school and schooling them at home.

Last winter, after several days off school with bitter-cold temperatures, coupled with a few serious cases of cabin fever, I posted on Facebook that I was “feeling overwhelmed” (appropriate emoticon included) about trying to keep my cooped-up kids from fighting with each other for hours, and I wondered aloud (or at least on Facebook) how homeschooling parents handled being with their kids all day — every day.

Well, let me tell you, I innocently fanned some flames. Anecdotal evidence and opinions were fired back and forth including topics such as socially awkward homeschooled kids, the terrible public schools that we have to send our kids to now, parents using school as a babysitting service, and people who shelter their kids too much.