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3 meaningful ways to use your holiday bonus

The holidays are here! That means quality family time, sumptuous dinners, and an endless stream of cheesy Hallmark movies. And if your boss decided to play Santa this year, it might mean a holiday bonus for you. That bonus is likely to be pretty hefty too. The average holiday bonus in 2017 was close to $1,800, according to a ...

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Money Dials: Why you spend the way you do

Do you ever wonder why people spend their money the way they do? Why take an expensive Uber when you can walk 20 minutes to get to the same place? Why pay for first-class tickets when we’re all going to the same place anyway? Growing up in Sacramento, I used to see guys who loved buying old cars and ...

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Honeymoon tour continued: My Rich Life travels in Kenya

I’ve been sharing my honeymoon stories and other aspects of my life on my Instagram stories. In the last installment of my Honeymoon Series, we explored Italy with our parents, and now we’ve moved on to … KENYA! Come join us and our safari adventures. Our first night, we stayed in Nairobi. I was feeling it: That was my ...

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4 easy money fixes to do before New Year’s

Ah, the new year. A time for parties, champagne, and questionable decisions made because of the aforementioned parties and champagne. Before you say goodbye to 2018, there are four things you can do this weekend to make sure that your finances are best positioned for 2019. Let’s take a look. #1. Set a SMART financial goal Did you know ...

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Honeymoon BTS: What a Rich Life looks like for me

I always knew that I wanted our honeymoon to be unforgettable. My wife and I were thinking about doing a safari, and when we went out with a few married friends and told them, they said, “That sounds awesome!” Then one of them said, “We had an amazing honeymoon. We decided to take 6 months off.” Another one said, “Us ...

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5 common tax myths could cost you thousands

Fact: Taxes are confusing — and it doesn’t help that there are so many myths that swirl around the subject. It makes sense though. There’s no class in high school on how to do taxes, and the subject is LOADED with heated beliefs and emotions. People did start a literal revolution over it after all. However, knowing how to ...