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Time Is Money. Or Is It?

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If time is money, then people who work more hours should make more money. Time is only money if that’s how you chose to structure your income, around an hourly rate. To escape the time is money paradigm, you have to be willing to be paid based on results rather than hours.

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The Best and Worst Times to Side Hustle

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There’s always an opportunity to make more money which is why many take on side hustles as a way of maximizing that opportunity. Side hustles can range from babysitting to web designing to freelance writing to soap making- basically anything you can charge for can become a side hustle. The Best Times To Side Hustle….

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Find out How Drew & Farrah Paid off $200k of debt, including their HOME

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Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality. Once we got married we realized we have great jobs and a great income, but where is all the money going? We looked around and saw people making 4x what we made, but they were upside down too… So we said there has to be a better way.

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Things to Consider Before Investing in Real Estate

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Know beforehand if you plan on making money off your real estate via rent or capital gains. Will I make more money off of rent, or more money off of the increase of the value of the land? Make sure you have a secure source of income that you can bank on to consistently pay the mortgage.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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If you find yourself hitting the drive-thru on your way to work, start making your breakfast and brewing your coffee at home. Add up how much you are spending in the morning and you’ll see how much you will save for your fund, and maybe that will give you the inspiration to skip the AM drive-thru. 5 – Brown bag your lunch.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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You’ll be surprised how much you accumulate and don’t forget to deposit the money in your emergency fund. Plan your gift giving for the year using my FREE Gift Spending excel spreadsheet. Challenge yourself to give a thoughtful gift without spending a lot of money. 9 – Find free entertainment.