by Marcus | Feb 14, 2019 | Blog, Personal Finance
This Black History Month we’re highlighting young men and women of color making history in the present. Enter the motivational couple behind Pennies to Wealth, DJ and Dannie. At one point they owed more than $90,000 in student loans, credit cards, and other debt....
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 | 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 | Nov 27, 2018 | Guests, Money, Personal Finance, Podcast
Rianka Dorsainvil is the founder and CEO of “Your Greatest Contribution” or YGC. Rianka is a Certified Financial Planner who has works with multi-generational high earners and low-income families. Rianka created YGC after realizing her mission didn’t align with the...
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 | 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 14, 2017 | AskPB, Blog, Personal Finance
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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 | May 25, 2017 | AskPB, Blog, Personal Finance
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by Marcus | May 4, 2017 | AskPB, Blog, FinGoals, Money, Personal Finance
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