In my last house update post, I spoke about my plans for renting out the two additional bedrooms in my house. I treated January as an experimental month and listed my furnished room on Airbnb while I searched for full-time renters for February. Let’s see January’s results and the next steps for February regarding my house […]
Side Hustles
Preparing for my House Hack
Its pretty crazy to think about, but I am about a week away from closing on my first home and starting my house hack. It’s pretty cool that I went from being in $55k in Student Loan debt four years ago to becoming debt free in April of 2017 to now being in the position to […]
Flipping Items for Extra Money Online
When you are on a journey to pay off debt you should be doing everything you can to reduce your expenses and increase your income. When I first started on my debt freedom journey, I mainly focused on ways to cut expenses, but I realized that reducing expenses is only half of the equation. It’s […]
Q3 2017 Goals
Half the year is completed and it’s time for another quarterly goals update for 2017! Be sure to check out my Q1 and Q2 goals to see what I have been working on thus far in 2017. My goals are broken up into four categories: financial, education/training, health, and website. I write these goals post […]
I’m Debt Free!! How I paid off Over $55k in Student Loan Debt in 3.5 Years!
Today is April 13th, 2017 and I just submitted my final student loan payment! I can finally say I am officially Debt Free! Let me repeat that one more time. I am DEBT FREE!! It has a nice ring to it. 🙂 I have had the goal of becoming debt free ever since I graduated […]
Earn Side Income to Attack Debt
When someone comes to me and asks how to get out of debt my general advice includes: Organize and come up with a strategic plan Refinance to a lower interest rate if possible (Check out LendEDU* to compare student loan interest rates) Automate your money Track Everything (Related Post: Spending Recap 2016) Eliminating excess expenses Live below your means […]
