So your family has a decent income, but you still live paycheck-to-paycheck. For some reason, your money just disappears before the end of the month. Who knows where it all goes? Unfortunately, when you are spending more than you are bringing in, you have only two choices: (1) Earn more or (2) Spend less. However, there is a third choice: Get financially organized. Wouldn’t it be great to spend approximately 4 hours working side-by-side with
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You make a pretty good income, live in a nice place, drive a decent car and sometimes even shop at Whole Foods. Plus, your spouse or partner brings in an income. But, for some reason, you cannot stop living paycheck-to-paycheck. And those credit card bills and school loans are not getting any smaller! Do not contact a Financial Advisor, Investment Advisor or Money Manager. They are for people with lots of money who need assistance
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There are many smart, hardworking people in Austin, Texas who have great jobs, live in nice places, drive nice cars (or scooters) and eat in the hippest restaurants on the Eastside. Yet, they lack financial literacy and live paycheck to paycheck. Why is that? You don’t need an Austin Financial Coach to tell you no one teaches finanical literacy. Parents will teach you how to drive or play baseball, but not how to balance a
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Welcome to Austin and congrats on your first job! Sorry about the heat. Now, let’s talk about financial literacy. Austin’s best financial coach at Capital Budget Strategies, LLC, has met with lots of new grads and first-time employees in Austin. We know what is happening out there! Want to get an idea of how to handle finances? Try this simple test: Ask the elders in your life (parents, grandparents, professors, bosses, etc.) if they could
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Who needs a financial literacy class in Austin? You have a great job with decent pay, your apartment is near Barton Springs, you get to run the trail with your border collie and you just set up a date with that new assistant account manager. Life is great in Austin, Texas! Well, there is that small problem about running out of money by the end of each month. Maybe it is because you owe tons
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Yelp requires its business customers to choose a “business category.” The term Finanical Coach is not offered as an option. Therefore, Yelp cannot point you to their “Best Financial Coach in Austin” or finanical literacy. When you ask Yelp for the Best Financial Coach in Austin, you are directed to high-priced Financial Advisors who may require a minimum balance, $500,000 for example, or require clients to sign up for years of service with high annual
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Looking for a different type of benefit or perk to reward your hardworking Austin employees? One that will increase their ability to focus on work and be more productive? Ever consider financial training by the best Money Coach in Austin? A 2017 Bank of America study found that 67% of millennials say financial stress overtakes their ability to focus and be productive at work. They also want employers to bring in professionals to teach debt
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Do you need an Austin Financial Coach? You make a pretty good income, have a nice house, drive a new car and send the kids to private school. But you also pay credit card bills, school loans, car payments and a mortgage – while trying to save for retirement and the kids’ college tuition. Yikes – that is a lot to handle unless you are super organized. Should you pay off a credit card or
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Congrats on your first job! Now start planning for retirement. The number one factor in obtaining wealth is time. The more years you have until retirement, the more you will benefit from compound interest and automatic reinvestments. Start NOW or you’ll be sorry in 2080! Capital Budget Strategies, LLC, Austin’s best Financial Coach, has five tips for newly-minted graduates who are entering the workforce. Begin saving now and you’ll be rich enough to enjoy your
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Anybody in Austin, Texas have credit card debt? I saw a lot of hands go up…. Getting into credit card debt is easy. We know! Getting out of credit card debt is hard, sometimes very hard. But you have to make the sacrifice if you want to end this nightmare. Maybe cancel cable or Netflix or gym membership? Deliver pizza on weekends? Capital Budget Strategies, LLC, Austin’s best Money Coach and Financial Advisor, developed a
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