Category: Blog Articles
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5 Relaxing Places You’ll Wish You Were Visiting
It’s that time of year again—the air is taking on a familiar chill and there’s a suggestion of snow every time it precipitates. Things are getting downright cold unless you’re, like Jason Hartman, lucky enough to be experiencing an Arizona winter. You might be thinking about a holiday vacation, a reprieve from turkey and the…
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Avoid Holiday Scams
The holiday season is known for good times, good cheer, and goodwill. Sadly though, it also represents a prime opportunity for those looking to make an extra buck by scamming unsuspecting shoppers. Now, we’re doing a lot of our shopping online—it’s convenient, less expensive, and certainly less of a hassle. Unfortunately, this doesn’t decrease the…
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Are You Still Marketing Like It’s 1979?
International jetsetters who run their own business need to take heed. If you don’t know the difference between inbound and outbound marketing, today is your lucky day, because if your marketing efforts are confined to the outbound variety, you must be living in 1979. We’ve got a new thing these days called the Internet… Inbound…
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Where Work Meets Pleasure – Luxury Travel Advising
in your work as a travel advisor. Because travel and tourism remains one of the fastest growing industries out there, jobs are certainly available. A job planning travel for others allows you to explore your own travel interests before embarking on a journey. If this is a career that interests you, take note—a future in…
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When a Country Defaults
You’ve likely been hearing a lot about debt lately—it occupies our personal lives and our governing leaders, our personal accounts and that of our country. While you may be familiar with personal debt default, you might be wondering what happens when a country is unable to pay their debt. It does happen—Russia, Indonesia, and Pakistan…
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How to Use the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Chances are, you’ll have to deal with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau at some point. From credit cards to bank accounts, loans, money transfers, debt collection, and mortgages, this government agency exists for the protection of consumers. Though the CFPB is there for your use, be careful when evaluating a potential claim. If you feel…
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Not Even Snake Plissken Would Stay in Caifornia
The bottom line is that more than 1.6 million people and untold businesses have left California since 2000, and they’re probably not coming back. Our own Jason Hartman, California born and raised, left the Golden State a few years back. Here are our nine favorite reasons to escape the state for good. #1 – California…
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Make an Impact by Investing
There’s a new-to-many term floating around the investing world—impact investing, a sort of investing in which individuals invest in groups that advertise a specific cause, be it social or environmental. There’s still a financial return, but investors are left with a warm and fuzzy feeling because they’ve given money for the good of society by…
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Caring for Elderly Family Members
As we get older, our family members are also aging. Though we don’t like to think about the possibility that they’ll need care beyond what they or a spouse can provide, it will be useful to have a plan in place, should your loved ones require additional support. And while mental preparation is a great…
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Lack of Financial Literacy Linked to Veteran Homelessness
The study, conducted by the American Journal of Public Health, reported that members of the military tend to be less likely to budget, more likely to say yes to bad loans, and generally have less access to information about finances. Because of this, many end up homeless or in danger of losing their homes. Coupled…