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Wanted to reach out again to get opinions on the next steps in my career… Previously I made a thread about how my tech job was leaving me with no time. The main reason for this was I wasn’t actively scheduling my time, I was just using a simple to-do list. When I started scheduling everything...

Dumb question.. not interested in homeownership personally but just curious. Let's say that these interest rates do come down. Is it then possible to refinance your mortgage like any other loan?

I agree that first date pulls can be more difficult. I need to set up more second and third dates. Although you could argue, the best way to see her again is to sleep with her on the first date haha. I was reading my old FRs, and I realized a mistake I’m making is that I need to ALWAYS go for...

I have a few more dates coming up soon. I was curious to see what pull excuses you all are using to get the girl back to your place(or pull to her place) these days. When I’m Nightgaming, the excuse is always “an afterparty.” My wing says that his are excuses are to “chill and watch a movie,”...

Yeah, we hit a lot of topics lol. And you're correct. I'm digging myself out of this hole, then never again.

This is a very good question. I'm a good bit away from paying off my student loans, but I wonder if the same applies to those? The student loan is my oldest account.

Yeah.. you also have to include parking, gas, and maybe even a hotel room. Drinks are also very overpriced. Nightgame definitely costs money.

I've heard some people say that if you've ever been charged a cent of interest in your life, you are not a "credit card person." I wouldn't go as far as closing the accounts though. That would decimate my credit. I would just put some groceries on them and instantly pay it off, or something...

Totally agree with this take. I think the personal loans need to go right after the credit cards(they are pretty close interest-wise) and then that alone alleviates a ton of payments. Once that's gone, I can build up an emergency fund very quickly.

A hell of a lot cheaper than renting :rofl:

I slept on it a bit, and I wanted to specifically talk about this sentence on your post. I think that this is a very good point to make. By that logic, you could make a strong argument that it makes more logical sense to abandon any side jobs because both my pay, and level of responsibility...

I do like the idea of being debt free a lot, but I wonder if I can get there. I don't want a mortgage tying me down, so the biggest issue would be the car. Cars, even used cars, are so expensive nowadays. I can definitely reach the point where the only debt I have remaining is a low-interest...

It seems like everyone has to learn this lesson once, and then never again haha. I’ve learned my lesson about abusing credit cards. Once they’re paid off, I wouldn’t be against putting everything on them and then paying them off at the end of every month just to take advantage of rewards/points.

The key is gonna be to have zero derogatory marks. As long as I can keep doing that, my credit will be in an excellent place to bounce back.

I just checked my credit score as well. Looks like it’s slowly rising. That’s good news! Good credit will be very important for me being in a good place financially.

The 1-2 years would be to be completely debt free. High interest debt would take less time to crush. Once I have that first $10-12K, and all I have is my car loan, student loans, and a decent credit score, my money worries will go away. That way, when an emergency comes up, all I have to do is...

Those credit cards are on the top of my hit list. If I had better credit, it's more likely that I could refinance the other debt and save myself a lot of money on interest in the future. Based on the responses, I think that starting a debt snowball with the credit cards is the way to go, if that...

Yes, this is correct. I can order the debts from highest interest rate to lowest: Credit Cards Personal Loans Car Loan Private Student Loans(Sallie Mae) Federal Student Loans What is really irking me is the credit cards and personal loans. They are high interest and have to go. Once those are...

Yeah, if I didn't clarify, my credit cards are basically maxed out due to some very poor spending decisions that I made in the past. That is really hurting my credit. Once I've aggressively paid them off, I doubt I'll have any issues getting my credit score back over a 700. The only other issue...

Was watching some finance vids today, and I'm realizing that there are many many steps that I need to take before we can even start talking about financial independence. A lot of them have already been mentioned in this thread: 1.) Get the max 401K match from my current employer now that it is...