How to Reach $100k Wealth on an Average Salary
We Want Guac is full of discussion about maximizing your income and lowering your expenses; there’s a massive reservoir of
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The Basics
Here’s the basics of We Want Guac – how Darcy got her stat, reached a six-figure net worth in her 20s, and how you can get there too with a high-pay job and better budget.
The Quick and Dirty Investing Glossary: What All These Terms Mean
One of the biggest reasons people don’t get into investing is because it seems inaccessible to them. There’s so many
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The Emergency Fund, Revisited
Walk before you run, kid. One of the most oft-cited stats I see in the finance sphere is the one
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What’s Better, Greater Income or Lower Expenses?
You can tell which finance bloggers prefer which approach depending on their content. Some have built an audience with doing
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The Least Disciplined Of All
Picture this: you’re in a darkened auditorium filled with a hushed audience, shifting nervously in their folding chairs as they
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Owning Your Home: Do NOT Consider It an Investment
Ahh, I can hear the screaming already. The costs of homeownership – and rent, for that matter – keep skyrocketing,
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What You Shouldn’t Sacrifice to Reach Your Riches
Happy Valentine’s Day!!!!! Let’s talk about love for a hot second, specifically how love, especially the true kind, generally requires
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I’m Poor. Do I Really Need to Budget?
Tl;dr: YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Out of all the excuses people throw out for not budgeting, citing their struggles with poverty or living
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How to Get Rich: There’s Only Three Things You Need to Do
If you had to distill all financial advice into three actionable items, two of them are obvious: lower expenses, increase
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My Start Came with Temp Work
It’s been weeks since I graduated from college and I still don’t have a job. We’re deep into June 2016
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