The Financial Focus Blog
When it comes to personal finances, there’s always more to learn. Follow along on our blog, where I’ll go into detail about the most common challenges, strategies and solutions along the path to financial freedom.
Marriage and money and 6 planning considerations for your big day!
My niche is younger clients, who can include those folks juggling a lot of other financial challenges on top of getting married. That special ceremony should be one of the most important days of your life but can quickly become one of the most expensive. There’s also...
5 Smart Ways to Use a 2022 Tax Refund
according to the IRS, the average tax refund was $3,100 in 2022. Here are my top five uses for spending tax refunds: 1. Pay off any high-interest revolving debt. The median rate of interest across credit cards is between 19% and 20%. If you are carrying a balance...
5 tips for using your Post 9/11 GI Bill
The Post 9/11 GI Bill is a powerful benefit, make the most of it! There are a lot of ins and outs and rules and nuances that come with the Chapter 33 Post 9/11 GI Bill, but it is a tremendous benefit if you take full advantage. We won’t get through every detail here,...
Financial Planning: Valuable Advice at a Fair Price
What images come to mind when you think of financial planning? A Google image search will deliver a lot of pictures of charts and graphs and some stock photos of people sitting around pages of charts and graphs. Try it and see! But what do those charts and graphs...
