“Set for Life” by Scott Trench: Book Review

“Set for Life” by Scott Trench is one of those books that’s more useful in your late twenties than your late thirties, which isn’t a knock — it’s just the honest audience. Trench built his framework from his own experience going from broke recent grad to financially independent relatively quickly, and the whole book is oriented around aggressive early-stage wealth-building. If you’re past that stage, you’ll still find useful ideas, but the action items are most relevant when you’re starting from zero.

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Google Fi Port-Out: How to Transfer Your Number

I ported out of Google Fi after using it for a few years, and the process was smoother than I expected — once I understood what information I needed upfront. The main thing that trips people up is not having their account number and PIN ready before they contact the new carrier. Get those two pieces of information first and the rest is straightforward. This post is a companion to my Google Fi review for anyone who’s already decided to leave and just needs to know how.

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Does Breaking a Lease Hurt Your Credit?

Buyers ask me a version of this question more than you’d expect: they’re trying to repair their credit, and they’re worried something in their past — a broken lease, an old landlord dispute — is still dragging them down. The answer is more specific than most articles make it sound. Breaking a lease doesn’t automatically hurt your credit. What happens after you break it is what matters.

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The Way to Wealth by Benjamin Franklin: Book Review

Here’s something most people don’t realize when they pick up “The Way to Wealth”: it’s not really a book. It’s a short essay Benjamin Franklin wrote in 1758 as a preface to the final edition of Poor Richard’s Almanack. The whole thing takes maybe 30 minutes to read. What you’re getting on Amazon is usually a very slim volume — the essay itself, possibly with some historical notes. That’s it. Which means if someone tells you “this book changed my life,” what actually happened is that a 30-minute read from 1758 changed their life. That’s either impressive or concerning depending on how you look at it.

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