Ben LeFort
How to save Your First $100k and Why It's so Hard
One of the most difficult tasks you’ll ever accomplish is saving your first $100,000. It also happens to be one of the most important...
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Ben LeFort
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How I Manage Money as a Millionaire in the Making
Your financial priorities and how you manage money is mostly dictated by the current state of your finances and what’s happening in your...
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Ben LeFort
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How to Achieve FIRE with a 9-5 Job in 4 Steps
The Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE) movement is about empowering people to control their finances. You might be wondering if...
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Ben LeFort
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The Death of Pensions Has Made Homeownership A trap
A strong workplace retirement plan and owning a paid-off home, have long been considered two pillars of a healthy retirement plan. Over...
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Ben LeFort
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How to save for Your Child's Education
One of the most common financial questions parents have is how to save enough money to pay for their child’s college education. Here are...
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Ben LeFort
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Why I Don't Use A Budget
Your whole life, people have been telling you how important it is to have a budget. If budgets are so important, then why do 60% of...
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Ben LeFort
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How to Track Where Your Money Is Going
The very first thing you need to do to become great at managing money is to track your spending. While it takes some effort, tracking...
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Ben LeFort
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How to save for A house in 5 Simple Steps
Buying a house is a dream for millions of people. For these people, one of the most pressing financial questions they have is how to save...
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Ben LeFort
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Why Your Net worth Can Be Misleading
Your net worth is equal to your assets minus debts and is a useful snapshot of the current state of your finances. One question many...
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Ben LeFort
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The Worst Money Move That Feels Smart in a Recession
During a recession, people want to make safe decisions with their money. This leads many people to use their savings to make additional...
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Ben LeFort
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How Much Money Should I Have in an Emergency Fund?
Having an emergency fund means you have access to cash so that you can pay your bills in the event of a financial emergency like losing...
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Ben LeFort
10 min read
How to Use Financial Rules of Thumb
If used properly, financial rules of thumb are a great resource to understand complex financial topics. This post is a guide on how to...
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Ben LeFort
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How to save for Retirement While Paying down Debt
Saving for retirement while paying down debt can seem like an impossible juggling act. This post acts as a guide to figure out how to...
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Ben LeFort
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3 Simple Ways to Make More Money
There are two actions you can take to immediately begin improving your financial position. Saving more of the money you currently have...
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Ben LeFort
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Lifestyle Inflation Is the Insidious Killer of Wealth
When most people think about the things most likely to destroy their wealth, they think about taxes, divorce, and unexpected medical...
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Ben LeFort
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3 Costs You Need to Control to save More Money
If you want to save money you need to spend less money than you make. That means that If you want to save more money you need to focus on...
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Ben LeFort
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6 Concepts You Need to Learn to Be Great with Money
Money is an intimidating topic for many people. They believe that managing their finances requires a lot of technical knowledge that is...
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Ben LeFort
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Yes, You Can Absolutely Be Successful with Money
For more videos like this Subscribe to Making of a Millionaire on YouTube Managing your finances is not as complicated as many people...
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Ben LeFort
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How to Manage Money as a First-generation Wealth builder
The term first-generation wealth builder refers to someone who does not have any financial inheritance and builds wealth, starting from...
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Ben LeFort
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A Recession Is the Worst Time to Pay down Debt
By their nature, recessions are difficult to predict. We usually don’t know when they are coming, and we never know how severe they will...
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