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Blooom Review: How to Optimize Your 401(k)

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A 401(k) is one of the most popular investment accounts available, but many of us are not utilizing it to its full potential. That’s where Blooom comes into play, and I’ve got a full review of this 401(k) optimization company below.

Look, I get it, there are a lot of things that are more fun than optimizing your 401(k). I’m sure you’d rather be:

Okay, maybe not so much the last one, but hey that’s important too!

The good news is Blooom (yes, 3 O’s) created a service to help everyday investors get the most out of their 401(k). It’s definitely worth learning more about them, including the 100% free analysis that they provide, which can help answer questions like:

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Betterment Review: Is Betterment Worth It?

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Betterment is a robo-advisor that offers a ton of great features – like managing your investments for you and optimizing your investments for taxes. But it is also more expensive than investing on your own. So we reviewed Betterment with this question in mind – is Betterment worth it?

The short answer is, yes, it is worth it if you are a new investor. Or someone who just wants to take a hands off approach to investing.

So, if you’re ready to start investing today, you can get started with Betterment here.

If you want to learn more about Betterment before getting started, just read our full review below.

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Index Investing for Beginners – You’re Ultimate Guide to Getting Started

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Everyone should be investing in some capacity if they can. Whether it’s through a 401(k), a Roth IRA, or just a personal brokerage account, investing is one of the best things you can do for yourself! And if all those fancy numbers and abbreviations (looking at you, Roth IRA) mean nothing to you, don’t worry, we’re breaking down how anyone can get started in this index investing for beginners guide.

Before we get started, imagine this for a second… Let’s say when you were born you put $100 in your piggy bank. And every year for your birthday, you were fortunate enough to add $100 to that piggy bank (or your parents added it for you). When you turned 18 and went to withdraw that money, instead of it being $1,800, it was $3,700. Over double the amount you expected!

Magic! Right?

Nope, that is the power of investing in the stock market which has historically provided 7% returns every year.

So now you’re 18, or 25, or 35, or 55, or however old you are today, and you want to set yourself up for a better future. Good! It’s never too late to start, and starting now is better than starting tomorrow.

So let’s start at the beginning.

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How to Invest in Multi-Family Apartments

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Just Start Investing is all about offering simple and easy-to-follow personal finance advice.

Whether it’s on how to index invest, how to find the right credit card, or how to build a budget – we value the simple approach. It’s why you hear us talk about Betterment more than leveraged call options.

(if you don’t know what a leveraged call option is, don’t look it up, it’s not worth your time).

But we also understand that there is more out there – like real estate investing.

If index investing is the 101 course for beginners, then real estate investing would be the 201 class. That’s why I brought in an expert – Jeff from The Kickass Entreprenuer – to walk you through his complete guide of how you can start to invest in multi-family apartments today.

Check it out below!

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