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How Investing In Crowdfunded Real Estate Impacts Your Taxes

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Investing in crowdfunded real estate has gained wide appeal in the past couple of years. Learn about the tax implications and how to get started in this post.

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Homeowners: Stop Spending A Fortune To File Your Taxes

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Homeowners have typically gotten the short end of the stick when it comes to paying to file their taxes. This year, there are some great ways to file free.

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Financial Whataboutism: Excuses Are Costing Investors Lots Of Money

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Investors making excuses in a sort of financial whataboutism are costing themselves a lot of money in fees, commissions, and returns – simply because they don’t want to admit they are wrong and try something different.

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Do You Know Why Your Portfolio Underperformed?

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Do you know why your portfolio underperformed? It can be frustrating, but here are some reasons why and solutions you can consider to increase your annual return.

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How to Invest in Bitcoin Stock

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Bitcoin is all the buzz right now! If you want to invest in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies here’s everything you need to know to get started.

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A College Student’s Guide To Travel Hacking

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Travel can be expensive, especially for a college student on a budget. Check out this college student’s guide to travel hacking to learn how to cut the costs of travel.

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Refinancing A Mortgage With Student Loan Debt

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Looking to refinance a mortgage with student loan debt? It can be a daunting task, but here’s what you need to consider to simplify the process.

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When Commissions Matter And When They Don’t

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Wondering if you’re paying too much to maintain your portfolio? Here’s how to find out when investment commissions matter and when they don’t.

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DIY.Fund Review

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DIY.Fund is a completely free database that gives investors the tools that professionals use when it comes to tracking your portfolio and analyzing portfolio metrics. Learn more in this DIY.Fund review.

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How Investment Fees Can Destroy Your Portfolio Returns

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Investing can be a great way to build wealth, but it’s important to understand how investment fees can destroy your portfolio returns. Check out this post to learn about common brokerage fees and what to avoid.

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Meet Tally Review – Pay Off Your Credit Cards Faster

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Need to manage all your credit card payments in one pace and avoid late payments and fees? Tally is a great app to consider. Learn more in the Meet Tally review.

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Can You File Your Taxes From An App?

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Nowadays you can do practically anything on an app. But, can you file taxes from an app? Here’s what we found after trying a few tax prep apps.

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How This Mom Paid Off $100,000 In Student Loan Debt

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Wondering how you’ll pay off all your student loan debt? Learn how this single mom paid off $100,000 of student loan debt in just a few years.

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Having A Baby Changes Everything… Including Your Taxes

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Here’s what you need to expect with your taxes when you have a baby – including new deductions and credits you may be eligible for, and more.

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How To Improve Your Credit If You’re Behind On Your Student Loans

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Behind on your student loans? Here’s how you can improve your credit and get back on track with your student loan payments.

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How To Optimize Your Investments For Tax Minimization

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Do you feel you’re paying too many taxes on investments? Learn how to optimize your investments for tax minimalization in this post.

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Best Social Networks For Investors

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Investing doesn’t have to be an isolated activity. Check out some of the best social networks for investors so you can interact with other investors and adopt new strategies.

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What Is A Margin Account And How Do You Use It?

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Want to buy more stock but don’t have enough funds in your brokerage account? You’ll need a margin account. Wondering what is a margin account and how to use it? Check out this article.

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Best Online Stock Brokers In 2020 (According To Readers)

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We rank the best online stock brokers according to a reader survey. See which online brokers made the list – including some of your favorites like Vanguard, Fidelity, Robinhood, and more.

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How To Move Out Of Your Parents House (Emotionally and Financially)

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Ready to move out once and for all? Here’s everything you need to know about how to move out of your parents’ house emotionally and financially.

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How To Invest In Tron (TRX) – The Crypto Currency For Digital Content Creators

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If you are a blogger, freelance writer, or content publisher of any kind, you’re going to find TRON very interesting. Why you ask? Well, content creators are TRON’s target audience. TRON aims to make the web decentralized again. The way it will do that is through content creators. By giving creators complete control over ownership […]

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Student Loan Forgiveness For Engineering Majors

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Are you an engineering major with an overwhelming amount of student loan debt? Here’s what you need to know about qualifying for student loan forgiveness.

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