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Hacking College With Zero Debt

A recent opinion-piece in the New York Times caught my eye. The column was applauding a college cost calculator published by several top-ranked private universities. I gave it a shot and liked the calculator well enough. It was simple, needing only 7 sets of information, required no personal information, and

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022R | Friday Roundup | Huge Announcement

In today’s Friday Roundup we discuss the True Cost of Car Ownership, how to maximize your travel rewards points plus a big announcement on a new in-house ‘expert’ for ChooseFI! Podcast Episode Summary Links from the show: Books Mentioned in the Show:

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Get Off The Hamster Wheel | Jonathan Backstory | 004

Jonathan shares his origin story from and how he graduated from pharmacy school in 2013 with $168,000 student loan debt and how he payed them off in less than 5 years. That’s serious debt reduction! Six Figures of Student Loan Debt ‘Followed the rules’ to get his pharmacy degree but

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Budget
Congratulations! You’re Broke

Well, maybe things aren’t so bad. As of July 4th, 2016 my retirement accounts matched the remaining balance on my student loans. Neither of those numbers is particularly impressive but it allows me to claim a net worth of $0. Net worth is a snapshot in time, it does not

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