Author: Kyle Burbank
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Money at 30: Couples’ Finance Lessons After Eight Years of Marriage
This week, my wife Rebekah and I celebrated our eight-year anniversary. In that time, we’ve made a number of financial decisions together. From big ones like our frugal wedding, moving across the country, and “splurging” on a new (used) car to smaller ones we make on a near-daily basis, I feel like we’ve learned a…
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Money at 30: “The Passion Economy” Book Review
Have you ever stopped to think about how many people today are doing jobs that didn’t exist a decade ago? Or have you talked to someone at a cocktail party, asked about their job, and thought, “How do you make money with that?” If so, then you may have found yourself taking an interest in…
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Money at 30: Savely App Review
For the past 18 months or so, planning travel has been a bit treacherous and frustrating to say the least. Meanwhile, many haven’t even bothered trying to plan a trip for fear that it will likely get canceled (see: my latest booking cancelation). However, with at least some hope on the horizon, it’s understandable that…
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Money at 30: Yotta vs. PrizePool
In my time as a FinTech app reviewer, I’ve encountered a lot of interesting and mold-breaking banking offerings. One such platform that fits this description is Yotta Savings, which allows savers to win cash prizes through weekly drawings. Funny enough, nearly a year after I initially reviewed Yotta, the app PrizePool came on my radar.…
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Money at 30: The Lies We Tell Ourselves About Spending
When brainstorming ideas for my column today, I told my wife that perhaps I could share a tip about saving money on Halloween candy by attending one of the Walt Disney World parties we went to this week instead of buying sweets from the store. Apparently not realizing that I was joking just yet, she…
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Money at 30: “Get the Hell Out of Debt” Audiobook Review
After turning to the printed word for my last book review, this month, I headed back to Audible to see what money-related audiobooks I could discover. What I found was Get the Hell Out of Debt: The Proven 3-Phase Method That Will Radically Shift Your Relationship by author Erin Skye Kelly. So, I decided to…
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Talking About Money With Your Partner: Tips and Why It’s Important
As we’re all aware, it’s rude to talk about matters of money… right? Whether or not you believe that rule stands in the case of dinner parties and family gatherings, there is definitely one person you absolutely should discuss finances with: your partner — or spouse, boyfriend/girlfriend, significant other, fiance, beau, betrothed, beloved, etc. In…
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Aspiration Banking Review — Are Recent Changes for the Better?
Note: Aspiration’s banking platform has since spun off from the company and has rebranded as GreenFi. Below is my review of the service as it was in 2021. There was once a time when I thought perhaps I had too many bank accounts. Yet, since then, I’ve only found more attractive accounts to open. One…
