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Is the Cost of a Cup of Coffee Costing You?

June 30, 2019 By Kevin | Just Start Investing

The cost of a cup of coffee is relatively small in the grand scheme of things – the average cup costs just $2 or $3.

Though, the idea of saving money by ditching your daily coffee habit seems to be gaining some momentum. David Back recently published a book titled, “The Latte Factor” and Suze Orman is vowing to never buy coffee from a coffee shop. Ever.

This idea has been around for quite some time – stop spending $3 a day and you’ll save over a $1,000 a year. And if you invest that money it’ll grow even more!

And while I think trying to save some extra money every day is a great idea, I’m not entirely sure why coffee gets such a bad rap.

Below, I’ll question if the cost of a cup of coffee is really costing you…

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Save Money (and the Environment) and Sell Your Cell Phone

June 26, 2019 By Kevin | Just Start Investing

Not sure what to do with your old cell phone? Did you know you can easily sell your cell phone and make a little extra cash? I wish I knew about this when I recently upgraded!

When you sell your cell phone you create a rare win-win-win situation:

You make a little extra cash.
Someone on the other end is able to buy a used cell phone for a lower price.
Keeps one less thing out of the landfill.

You can learn more of the details below!

And if you’re hungry for more after reading this, you can view all of our money saving tips here.

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How to Invest in Real Estate

June 20, 2019 By Kevin | Just Start Investing

I love index investing, it’s what Just Start Investing is all about.

However, obviously it is not the only option out there. And one new option that has come to my attention is real estate investing with DiversyFund.

I’ve always been interested in real estate investing because of the passive income opportunity, and wanted to share this article written with DiversyFund to make you aware of their $500 minimum investment required to get started! So check them out, do your due diligence, and see if they might be a good option for you.

You can learn more about them by reading below.

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How to Choose a Bank

June 16, 2019 By Kevin | Just Start Investing

If learning how to invest is lesson 1 in personal finance 101, then learning how to choose a bank is the pre-requisite to that class.

Understanding how to choose a bank is one of the first things you should learn to do as a consumer! But, for some reason, no one really ever shows you the ropes. Or at least, no one showed me.

That ends today!

I blindly chose a bank for myself when the time came to get my first bank account. And I don’t want you to feel as lost as I did when selecting one.

We’ll walk through exactly how to choose the right bank for you. Which is straight forward when you know what to look for.

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What is Diversification?

June 9, 2019 By Kevin | Just Start Investing

Diversification is a buzz word that gets thrown around a lot in the finance world. But does everyone really know what diversification is?

I think most probably know the high level definition: diversification is not putting all your eggs in one basket. It is spreading out your investments across different investment vehicles so that if one part of your portfolio goes down, hopefully others can cover it.

But what about the nitty gritty details of diversification?

Like how you can be diversified across sectors, through different asset classes, and internationally.

Or how to know if you are actually achieving diversification in your portfolio?

That’s what we’ll be diving into in this article. We’ll go a bit more in depth that we usually do, but at the end simplify it down for you so that you can easily take action to build your own diversified portfolio.

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