Camp FIRE Finance
A personal finance community for those seeking FIRE, by those seeking FIRE
You have a great job and make a good income. You’ve paid off your student loans and credit card debt. Now you’re ready to save and invest. But you’re not sure how to invest your money. I have good news: there are plenty of smart ways to invest your money, build wealth, and eventually reach financial independence.
Working two or more jobs is not unusual these days when most of us are over our heads in debt and trying to save for the future. Whether it’s for making our mortgage or car repayments or having some money on the side to treat ourselves every once in a while, a lot of people look for a side hustle to bring in some extra funds. These range from running errands for other people to working online as a blogger, web designer or virtual assistant. But are side hustles worth it?
Sometimes we are not aware of how having several jobs can affect us and our full-time job. Often, there are more (and better) reasons to focus on our day job seeing as how it can provide us with some benefits that part-time ones are just not able to offer.
Read on to learn more about why you should concentrate on your primary source of income and some ways to improve and potentially get a promotion.
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When Can I Retire? is a question many have asked. There’s no perfect answer, because everyone has a set of unique circumstances that makes the answer different for them. But We can give you a ballpark answer to the question: When can I retire?
Achieving financial independence through real estate is a popular topic on Camp FIRE. And rightfully so since many peoples’ wealth is tied up in their home. If your path to FIRE includes real estate, then take a look at this list of the best home renovations you can do to increase property value the most.
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Blogging for money is a popular side hustle. That’s because a blog can be up and running, with ads, is under an hour. And because the barrier to entry is so low, there’s a lot of competition for traffic, and traffic is what you need if you’re blogging for money. So if you’re going to start blogging as a side hustle, at least make sure you get the money part right.
It seems like Google’s Adsense advertising platform is the default mechanism that bloggers use to make money from their sites. It’s an easy system to get into, but that is also a huge part of the problem. It’s too easy. Today, we’re going to talk about some Adsense alternatives.
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