Are you looking to make some extra money to start off the year? Here are the best checking account bonuses for February and March 2024. What Are Checking Account Bonuses? Checking account bonuses are bonuses given for meeting certain requirements. These requirements commonly include direct depositing a certain amount of money within a certain timeframe, keeping a minimum balance, and/or conducting a certain number of transactions with the associated debit card. Are Checking Account Bonuses Worth It? Most checking accounts require you to have a minimum balance or have some sort of direct deposi ..read more

Are you buying a new laptop soon? Or maybe a washer and dryer for your new home? Many large purchases come with a warranty from the manufacturer to reassure you of their quality and functionality but sometimes your equipment breaks just right after the warranty ends. Wouldn’t it be nice if your warranty was a little longer? Many credit cards come with policies that extend the warranty on your purchase if you purchased the item with that card. These are known as credit cards with extended warranty policies. A lot of credit cards have phased their programs out or have annual fees but there are s ..read more

Equity is an increasingly popular form of compensation in today’s corporate landscape. And for good reason: equity-based compensation provides employees with a sense of ownership in the organization’s success, serves as a powerful incentive to drive performance, and helps with employee retention. And stock based compensation doesn’t only benefit employers. If managed skillfully, equity can also be a powerful tool for employee wealth-building! In this technical deep dive, we’ll explore three common forms of equity-based compensation (sometimes used synonymously with stock based compensation): R ..read more

If you know me, you know how much I love side hustles! I wanted to try a new type of side hustle and recently took on being a Realtor along side my full-time role of being a software engineer as well as closed my first deal. I represented the buyer and it was a ton of fun learning about the whole home buying process from the stance of a real estate agent. I was always curious on how much you could make as a real estate agent and wanted to break down my first deal’s earnings for anyone who was interested. It’s actually pretty expensive to be a Realtor and I break that down here if you’re intere ..read more

If you’re like me, you probably love free stuff! I have a membership at a climbing gym that includes a traditional gym and yoga classes but I love checking out different fitness studios in the area to vary it up. I’ve found that a ton of studios offer free fitness classes for first timers and compiled a list so you can use them too! Keep reading for my full list of free fitness classes for first timers along with a description of each. Free Fitness Classes for First Timers Many studios offer free fitness classes for first timers with the hopes that you come back and pay for future classes. Of ..read more

Credit cards are essential for everyone’s wallet. They help build your credit score, have much more purchase and fraud protection as opposed to a debit card, and they give you rewards. No annual fee credit cards are particularly great for beginners because you don’t have to worry if you’re making the fee worth it or not. There are hundreds of credit cards circulating, some with annual fees and some without. Over the past six years of my credit history, I’ve accumulated over 28 credit cards, most of them being no annual fee credit cards. I rotate my cards every quarter in order to maximize my r ..read more

With online shopping quickly rising to be the preferred method of buying items for many shoppers, there has never been a better time to start an online store. This trending moneymaking method is a way to take a brick-and-mortar business to the internet and an inexpensive way to start a business from the ground up. Learning to start an e-commerce business can make for a lucrative side hustle or even full time job. So, if e-commerce is great, how do you start an e-commerce business? You want to manage your time correctly to launch a successful business soon. It’s a little harder than it loo ..read more

In February of 2022, I decided that I wanted to get my real estate sales license. I have a long-term goal of owning multiple investment properties and I was going to be in the market soon for my own personal property so I thought, why not save money on commission and learn about real estate by working on deals myself? But I didn’t think about one important question, how much does it cost to be a real estate agent? Would it be worth it to go for it part-time? What State Did I Get My Real Estate License In? I live in Orange County, CA, which means that I would be getting licensed in California ..read more

Are you looking into thrifting? You might be looking to thrift more to save money or become more sustainable. Or maybe you’re a seasoned flipping professional and want to learn about the latest thrifting platforms out there. Whatever your reason, thrifting is a great way to save money and to save the environment. Did you know that 11.3 million tons of textile waste (that’s 85% of all textiles) ends in landfills on a yearly basis in America alone? And an average household spends an average of $120 per month on clothing! We can do our part and help mitigate the waste while saving money by thrift ..read more

This article is being published late, sorry for the delay. But here’s my November 2022 progress report! I’ve put my YouTube course on pause because I’m focusing on studying for my real estate exam in December. I’ll be posting more about that next month when I happens (wish me luck)! Here’s how much I made this month. Active Side Hustles It was a standard month of side hustle income, nothing new on the active side. I do have a new source of passive income though! More on that is below. Tutoring: $472.50 From tutoring my one student who lives in Irvine! Contemplating if this will be worth it aft ..read more