by Marcus | Jan 15, 2019 | Blog, Personal Finance
The next industry Millennials “destroy” is ourselves and the burnout will be televised. According to an annual Deloitte Survey, almost half of Millennials are unhappy at their current job and plan to quit/switch to nontraditional work within their career....
by Marcus | Jan 8, 2019 | Blog
I joined Pure Financial’s Your Money, Your Wealth with Alan Clopine, CPA, AIF and Andi Last, Media Manager, to discuss 4 Simple Ways to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions using strategies that helped me break down my financial goals into manageable pieces as I achieved...
by Marcus | Dec 31, 2018 | Blog
If you want objective information from people who are informed on the subjects they’re writing about, we recommend these newsletters as a great way to quickly get information on personal finance, money and debt management, investing and more delivered directly...
by Marcus | Dec 25, 2018 | Blog
Our goal at Paychecks and Balances is to help Millennials make money, save money, and get out of debt. We had another great year including several interviews with informative guests and subject matter experts in personal finance, investing, and money management and...
by Marcus | Dec 18, 2018 | Blog, Personal Finance
If you want to learn more about personal finance, money management, investing, and debt reduction these are the experts you should immediately follow. View all of our feature guests here, or drop your other money faves for the community and the culture in the comments...
by Marcus | Dec 11, 2018 | Blog, Money
In my behind-the-scenes interview with YahooFinance: 4 Tips to Increase Your Salary — thank you to the CBS News Pannel and former guest Jeanie Anh (PB81: Don’t Leave Money on the Table ft. Jeanie Ahn) — I was asked to share seven tips that helped increase my salary...
by Marcus | Dec 4, 2018 | Blog, FinGoals
When it comes to debt management, you don’t have to go big to go home. In fact, starting a small debt snowball might be the key to your success. According to an analysis by Chase Bank, on a credit card balance of $2,000 “just by sending an extra $10 for a total...
by Marcus | Nov 27, 2018 | Blog
When do you reach financial independence? It depends on your financial goals, but below is a quick breakdown of the movement, its pros, cons, and why similar to democracy, FIRE may be the best worst form of financial independence to pursue, except for all of the...
by Marcus | Nov 20, 2018 | Blog
Advertiser Disclosure Rich and I finally got (broke?) into the 800 FICO Credit Score Club! It took a lot of hard work and research. We researched anything we could to help us get more information to help us. We also found out a load of not so relevant stuff like how...
by Marcus | Nov 13, 2018 | Blog, Guests
In our humble opinions, we joined Mandi Woodroof (PB46: Magnify Your Money ft. Mandi Woodruff) and Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche (From $300,000 in Debt to The Live Richer Academy ft. The Budgetnista – PB102) for the greatest podcast crossover of the...
by Marcus | Jun 12, 2018 | AskPB, Blog
Marcus joins CBS News host Tanya Rivero to discuss his book, Debt Free or Die Trying, and how to rebuild your credit for CBSN ‘Eye on Money’ series. Check out the video below or click here. References Mentioned by Marcus on This Show 4-Step Plan for...
by Marcus | Apr 11, 2018 | Blog
Color Full Lives is hosted by Angela Yee (@angelayee of The Breakfast Club and Lip Service) and Aminatou Sow (@aminatou of Call Your Girlfriend). The show is sponsored by State Farm® and Loud Speakers Network. The hosts’ real talk on personal finance and candid...
by Marcus | Apr 9, 2018 | Blog
Paychecks & Balances is a fun and informative podcast covering work and money for rising professionals with hosts Rich @IamRichJones and Marcus @THEMarcusGarret. Read more about us here or visit Ask P&B to submit your questions! – Rich & Marcus This...
by Marcus | Apr 9, 2018 | Blog, Personal Finance
Paychecks & Balances is a fun and informative podcast covering work and money for rising professionals with hosts Rich @IamRichJones and Marcus @THEMarcusGarret. Read more about us here or visit Ask P&B to submit your questions! – Rich & Marcus Create a...
by Marcus | Apr 9, 2018 | Blog, Personal Finance
Paychecks & Balances is a fun and informative podcast covering work and money for rising professionals with hosts Rich @IamRichJones and Marcus @THEMarcusGarret. Read more about us here or visit Ask P&B to submit your questions! – Rich & Marcus Start...
by Marcus | Jan 16, 2018 | AskPB, Blog, FinGoals, Personal Finance
On a recent guest feature, we were asked, “can someone really save $1,000,000 on an average salary?” The simple answer: Yes. The harder answer: Is it easy? No. It’s very complicated and will likely take a really long time. There is a big gap between difficult...
by Marcus | Nov 20, 2017 | Blog, FinGoals, Personal Finance
We were fortunate to be invited by CBS News CBSN, a 24-7 streaming video news channel available at cbsnews.com/live, to join a panel of experts to discuss student loans, credit cards, debt management, retirement and much more. Hosted by Vladimir Duthiers...
by Marcus | Nov 2, 2017 | Blog
On August 14, 2016, I released Debt Free or Die Trying: How I Buried Myself in Over $30,000 in Debt and Dug My Way Out by Age 30. The book tells the good, the bad, the ups and the downs, the mistakes I and others made, and the lessons I and we learned....
by Marcus | Oct 31, 2017 | Blog
On August 14, 2016, I released Debt Free or Die Trying: How I Buried Myself in Over $30,000 in Debt and Dug My Way Out by Age 30. The book tells the good, the bad, the ups and the downs, the mistakes I and others made, and the lessons I and we learned. Through...
by Marcus | Oct 17, 2017 | AskPB, Blog
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by Marcus | Oct 2, 2017 | Blog, Books, Personal Finance
Our reviews of the best personal finance and investment books include the best books to help you get out of debt and get rich, according to the experts, as well as some of our own personal favorites. “I never have time to read,” I told myself all the time....
by Marcus | Sep 26, 2017 | AskPB, Blog
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by Marcus | Sep 14, 2017 | AskPB, Blog, Personal Finance
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by Marcus | Jul 25, 2017 | AskPB, Blog
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by Marcus | Jul 11, 2017 | AskPB, Blog
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by Marcus | Jun 27, 2017 | AskPB, Blog
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by Marcus | Jun 20, 2017 | AskPB, Blog
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by Marcus | Jun 13, 2017 | AskPB, Blog, FinGoals, Personal Finance
Many people believe the key to all their budgeting and debt woes is simply to make more money. A 2015 SunTrust survey found almost 1 in 3 respondents making $75,000 per year or more live paycheck to paycheck on occasion and 1 in 4 respondents making over $100,000...
by Marcus | Jun 6, 2017 | AskPB, Blog, Personal Finance
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by Marcus | Jun 1, 2017 | AskPB, Blog
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by Marcus | May 25, 2017 | AskPB, Blog, Personal Finance
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by Marcus | May 18, 2017 | Blog
I realized recently that I’m on pace to spend over 70% of my adult life working a “9 to 5.” I started work at age 16. It was a local movie theater and it is still one of the best jobs I ever had. I made $5.15/hr, and you couldn’t convince me I wasn’t...
by Marcus | May 11, 2017 | AskPB, Blog
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by Rich | May 8, 2017 | Blog, Work
I recently read a piece on Time Money titled “Here’s the Cold LinkedIn Message That Prompted a CEO to Give the Sender a Job.” It’s about a guy who essentially got an offer through a LinkedIn message. At least it reads that way. I’m sure...
by Marcus | May 4, 2017 | AskPB, Blog, FinGoals, Money, Personal Finance
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by Marcus | Apr 24, 2017 | AskPB, Blog
We received a great listener question we thought many of our listeners and readers could relate to: should I use my retirement savings to pay off my credit cards? The following question has been edited into a Q&A format and some details have been changed to keep...
by Rich | Apr 19, 2017 | AskPB, Blog, Money
Last week, Digit announced that it’d be implementing a $2.99 monthly fee for current and new users after 100 days…and the financial internet went nucking futs. In case you’re unfamiliar with Digit, it’s a formerly free service that hooks to your bank account,...
by Marcus | Dec 28, 2016 | Blog
It’s been a while since I said this so I’ll repeat myself: Sticking to a budget sucks. There, I said it. I have a budget. I even spent a lot of time developing my budget like the helicopter parent of a small child, or “fur baby” if you’re a...
by Rich | Nov 28, 2016 | Blog, Money, Work
Did you know you could be losing money every paycheck by not taking advantage of a healthcare benefit? That’s what happens when many of us choose not to opt into our company’s FSA — more affectionately known in the streets as a Flexible Spending...
