The H-E-B Debit Card is a prepaid debit card that offers an FDIC-insured savings account with 6% interest on your first $2,000. When used correctly, it comes with no fees and is an excellent place to store extra cash. The H-E-B Debit Card is one of several mega-high-yield savings options where you can earn much […]
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The Financial Panther Money System (The Accounts, Tools, and Apps I Use In My Financial Life)
If you want to be successful with money, you need to have a good money system in place. Your money system consists of all of the financial accounts and tools you use to keep your financial life in order – things like your checking accounts, savings accounts, and any fintech apps you might use. Once […]
How Much Can You Contribute To Your Solo 401k?
My brother recently asked me to help him figure out how much he can contribute to his Solo 401k. He has a pretty successful business in which he’s a sole proprietor – last year, he made well over six-figures in net revenue. When you have a business that makes that much, it’s really important to […]
Start With Betterment or Wealthfront, Graduate To Vanguard
A few days ago, I received an email from Betterment notifying me that I had maxed out my Roth IRA for the year. It marks the third year in a row that I’ve maxed out my Roth IRA. Maxing out my Roth IRA might not seem like all that big a deal, but I think […]
The Many Ways To Get Triple Tax-Advantaged Savings
It’s open enrollment season right now and I’m a little bit bummed. For the past few weeks, I’ve been getting text messages from my previous employer (which happens to be the State of Minnesota) reminding me to enroll in my workplace benefits for the coming year. Since I no longer work for the state, I […]
Understanding Your Side Hustle Taxes
Something that often gets forgotten in the side hustling discussion is the impact of taxes. If you’re like most people, taxes are probably a thing that you don’t think about all that much. You get your paycheck, you file your taxes at the end of the year, and you probably end up with a tax […]
Using Airbnb To Create Your Home Maintenance Fund
Last November, our furnace went out. It wasn’t a good time for that to happen. The weather had just started to get cold and my sister-in-law was staying at our house for the month with her newborn baby and a 3-year-old child. Needless to say, not having heat for even a day wasn’t very convenient […]
Don’t Get Taken Advantage Of When It Comes To Your Retirement Plan For Work
One of the things you have to figure out whenever you start a new job is what retirement plan options your new employer offers. If you’re lucky, you’ll be in a job that has a good retirement plan that doesn’t take too much work to set up. That’s the situation I was in when I got my […]
For The New Investor – It Doesn’t Matter What The Market Is Doing Now
A question I often get from people beginning their working careers is whether they should wait for the market to cool off a bit before they get started investing. For the new investor, my response is always the same – ignore whatever the market is doing and just get started now. Of course, I totally […]
What To Do With Your 401k When You Change Jobs
Now that I’ve recently changed jobs, I’m once again trying to figure out what to do with all of my old retirement accounts. Luckily, I’ve got a little bit of experience in this area. I’ve switched jobs twice in a little over a year – first leaving my biglaw associate position to work as a […]
