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G. Brian Davis is a real estate investor, personal finance writer, and travel addict mildly obsessed with FIRE. He spends nine months of the year in Abu Dhabi, and splits the rest of the year between his hometown of Baltimore and traveling the world.
Student loan debt reached an all-time high of $1.57 trillion in 2020, according to Experian. The average graduating student had $38,792 in student loan debt. That much unsecured debt leaves many young adults struggling to save for other financial goals…
To say that college costs have skyrocketed is an understatement. After adjusting for inflation, CNBC notes that average tuition for private colleges rose from $15,160 in 1988 to $34,740 in 2018. Both of those figures are in today’s dollars, marking…
The world of investing is a scary place for students with less than $1,000 to their name. Most don’t know where to begin, and the idea of risking hard-earned money that took all summer to save can cause the sweats….
In the 30 years from the 1989-1990 school year to the 2019-2020 school year, college tuition and fees tripled at public universities, according to CollegeBoard.org. And that’s after adjusting for inflation. Public universities charged an average of $10,116 for the…
Student loan debt is growing six times faster than the United States economy, according to EducationData.org. For parents who want to help with their kid’s college tuition, that’s a worrying thought. But as with retirement savings, the government offers a…
Often, homeowners find themselves with a conundrum: They have thousands of dollars in equity in their home and financial needs elsewhere. Many start wondering how they can tap into their home equity to solve their other financial problems. One way…
I didn’t leave the U.S. for the first time until my 20s. Like most Americans, I thought traveling abroad would be too expensive. In fact, most Americans don’t even have a valid passport. Today, my family and I spend most…
Building wealth doesn’t just happen. Quite the opposite, in fact. To create the kind of lifestyle you dream of requires careful planning and disciplined work. Just as your house doesn’t clean itself, your money drifts into chaos and entropy if…
The individual retirement account, or IRA, remains a staple of American retirement planning. Unlike employer-sponsored accounts, you fully own and control the account, and it doesn’t change based on your employment. If you don’t have an IRA yet, don’t worry….
On a tight deadline to wire money or send an ACH transfer, but not sure what your bank’s routing number is? Sometimes you need to send or receive money electronically, and you need it done yesterday. There’s just one problem:…
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