I'm always talking about how important financial automation is to financial success. This practice is one of the primary reasons I have been able to achieve so many of my own financial goals, but one of the things I haven't addressed too heavily on the blog is some of the pitfalls of financial automation - or how it can bite you in the ass if you're not careful. In all of its glory financial automation can help you automate debt payoff, savings, investing, and essentially any financial … [Read more...]
Financial Automation: All of the Apps, Websites, and Services I Use to Drive My Financial Automation System
Until today, I haven't gone into great detail about the inner workings of my financial automation system that I yap about so much, not because I'm hiding it or anything, but just because it's a bit of a bear. But I've been getting a lot of questions about how I pull it all off lately from a lot of eager readers - including my buddy Justin from Limitless365 who I just profiled in the previous post - so I've decided to pull back the curtains and reveal it all. Here it is folks, in … [Read more...]
How to Create an Actually Useful Financial Emergency Fund
There's a ton of talk out there about the many reasons for a "financial emergency fund" for times of financial need, but when the deep down "how to" of executing this critical area of your financial life comes into play, the Internet fails. I won't bore you and preach to you about why you need to save money for unexpected happenings. You can check any number of mainstream media blogs for that debate. What I want to help you with is not just how to create a financial emergency fund, but how … [Read more...]