Have an honest talk about boundaries and money with a parent who assumes you will pick up the tab for everything, especially when you've been struggling with finances.
It's not worth the stress to tell someone to use a monetary birthday gift to pay off debt. Let them decide what to do with it, even if that includes fun.
While the stability of moving retirement funds into a CD may be tempting, you could miss out on money as rates for riskier investments pay higher dividends.
Raise rent on investment properties a little bit each year. You want to be fair and affordable, but you don’t want tenants thinking the rate is locked in.
It is important to go out and follow your dream career, but only with a financially stable way of doing so in order to avoid accruing high amounts of debt.
The idea of a free down payment for a home can be tough to turn down, but young couples have other financial issues and a new marriage to worry about first.
