Credit Freeze and Monitoring
In our first segment on credit, we discussed the importance of reviewing credit reports each year. Not only ...
What Makes Up Your Credit Score?
A credit score is comprised of five different factors, and each factor affects your score differently. The factors ...
How Can I View My Credit Report?
Review Your Credit Report It’s a best practice to review your credit report annually. There are three major ...
Why Does My Credit Score Matter?
Most folks tend to think of their credit score only impacting the rate they can receive on a ...
Optimize Your Tax Refund
As a starting spot, it’s important to understand what it means to receive a tax refund. Receiving a ...
The US Tax System: A Confusing Landscape
Taxes are an inevitable part of life, and the US tax system is no exception. The taxes that ...
Tax Mindset – Cultural vs Faith
Our societal view of taxes is negative to say the least. Who wants to pay more in taxes? ...
A Breakdown of Secure Act 2.0
SECURE 2.0 makes it easier to save for retirement, easier to preserve savings in retirement, and easier for ...
Sequential Investing Hierarchy – Surplus
Now that a savings plan has been established for long-term goals, the next phase of the hierarchy is ...
Sequential Investing Hierarchy – Secure
The next foundational step is “secure.” This step comes after households have started saving for major, short-term purchases ...
Sequential Investing Hierarchy – Stable
After establishing an emergency fund and implementing the proper insurance policies, the “stable” step comes along. Households begin ...
Sequential Investing Hierarchy – Surviving
The next foundational step is “surviving.” As a reminder, this step comes after all short-term, high-interest debt has ...
Sequential Investing Hierarchy – Struggling
Over the next several weeks, we are going to go through the basic steps of what building a ...
5 Biblical Principles of Money Management – Give Generously
St. Paul tells us that we are to be “cheerful givers.” Generosity can be manifested through contributions of ...
5 Biblical Principles of Money Management – Set Short and Long-Term Goals
Before we start climbing the ladder, we want to make sure the ladder is leaning against the right ...
Build Margin and Protect Against Emergencies
Unfortunately, things go wrong. To protect against the downsides that we often can’t control, it’s imperative to have ...
5 Biblical Principles of Money Management – Be Wise with Debt
Debt is very prevalent in today’s society, and it’s often portrayed as something that everybody does. Our culture ...
5 Biblical Principles of Money Management – Spend Less than you Earn
https://youtu.be/T1Wh5DUxico As we dive into the 5 Biblical money management principles, we begin with the simplest, yet most ...
From the “Why” to the “How” – Financial Belief System
https://youtu.be/3CVp6NosW9c As we transition from the “why” to the “how” with Biblical financial principles, we must first examine ...
The Big Three Questions – Biblical Worldview
https://youtu.be/nsabtbi4iSY As we’ve noted in previous weeks, God has a lot to say about money. So, what are ...
The World’s Big Three Questions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8seoaP2Sgg As financial planners, the three most common questions that we get are as follows: · Will I ...
Biblical Money Management – What’s the Need?
https://youtu.be/ojmOpsel7Zo We live in a society today that is focused almost solely on the “worldly” perspective. In other ...
Biblical Money Management – What’s the Importance?
https://youtu.be/SgSc3UdjIac Money is a subject that impacts each of our lives on a daily basis. There are thousands ...