Debt 101: What It Is, and Why You Must Care
Debt 101: What It Is, and Why You Must Care Debt is a topic you can hear people discussing just about anywhere, from the barracks to the "head shed," from…
005 What Accounts Do I Need? The Four Accounts to Open Today
Finally saving money, but it's all just sitting there in a USAA Checking Account? Can't tell which dollar is for bills and which is for savings? Unsure with what steps…
Financial Disinformation: Set Up Your BS Detector for Success
Financial Disinformation: Set Up Your BS Detector for Success Last week Yahoo! Finance reported on a pretty wild on-air exchange from The Ramsey Show hosted by Dave Ramsey. In it,…
Get Real: How to Build a Budget that Works
Get Real: How to Build a Budget that Works For all the talk about budgeting, saving, investing, and building wealth -- and the repeated emphasis on starting as early as…
004 Balancing Act: Building Wealth AND Enjoying Your Life
This week we bring our story full circle and explain how following the Military 40:40:20 Rule for budgeting that you learned in our first episode can with a simple financial…
How to Build Wealth in the Military — Without Sacrificing Your Lifestyle
How to Build Wealth in the Military -- Without Sacrificing Your Lifestyle "I don't want to sacrifice my lifestyle now!"This is the Number One objection I hear when I recommend…
003 Emergency Savings Funds: How Much You Really Need
This week we discuss why saving "3 to 6 months of your salary" for an Emergency Savings Fund makes zero sense in the military -- or for just about anyone…
The Military Savings Order of Operations
The Military Savings Order of Operations Managing your finances can feel like a daunting task, especially when you're juggling the demands of military life. Whether you're just starting out or…
002 The Military Savings Order of Operation
This week we discuss why the traditional "Retirement Savings Waterfall" is bogus in the military, since service members aren't even eligible for all the accounts recommended. We simplify the waterfall…
Wealth Under 40: How Are You Doing?
Wealth Under 40: How Are You Doing? As you start to save, set money goals, and take on the task of building wealth and achieving Financial Freedom, one of the…