by Adam Carroll | Apr 12, 2017 | Advanced, All, Get Help With Savings
You’ve no doubt heard the old adage, “if it’s too good to be true, then it probably isn’t”. But what about when too good to be true changes to even better than before?! This is the case with the NIKE store survey offer at the bottom of their receipts — a...
by Adam Carroll | Mar 9, 2017 | All, Get Help With Savings, Invest Wisely
5 Beneficial Ways To Use Your Tax Refund While tax time can be a dreaded time of year, your tax refund can set you up for greater financial success IF you use it to your benefit. Seemingly unlike everyone else, I really enjoy tax season. Working at a financial firm...
by Adam Carroll | Jan 24, 2017 | All
I totally thought my wife had hit the Listerine too hard that morning. “$20,000 in a savings account?!” “Yes” she said as calm as can be. “Twenty-thousand dollars would make me feel safe and secure and then you can do whatever you like to do.” At the time we were 23...
by Adam Carroll | Dec 30, 2016 | All, Eliminate Debt
At the age of 23 I was struggling under the pressure of nearly $50,000 in debt between student loans, credit cards, a car loan, and a variety of consumer debts. I remember putting purchases on my already-ballooning credit cards and rationalizing, “if I charge this,...
by Adam Carroll | Nov 30, 2016 | All
When a storm rolls over the Colorado Rockies you can see it coming from miles away. The billowing clouds are a visual representation of the impending doom that’s about to rain down (quite literally) on the plains to the East. Out on those plains there are cows grazing...