After a particularly brutal winter (I’m looking at you, East Coast!), it’s definitely not too early to start planning your summer vacation. If you’re like the many who have to plan your vacations in the summer due to kids’ schedules, work schedules, or even weather schedules, you know that prices increase during the summer. Unfortunately, […]
Archives for April 2015
Should You Hire a Virtual Assistant?
For busy professionals, it can be tough to manage a full-time job plus a side career (and yes, this goes for stay-at-home parents too!) Particularly for those of us trying to transition our side hustles into full-time work, it can be almost impossible to get tasks for our side hustle completed, while managing our regular […]
Motif: An Engaging Way to Diversify
If you’ve ever wanted to invest in a variety of stocks but couldn’t afford to own that many individually, now you can. Motif is an online brokerage that allows investors to build stock and bond portfolios based on “motifs”, like home improvement or travel. The great thing about Motif is that you can invest in […]
3 Responsible Ways to Use Your Tax Refund
Happy Tax Day! Have you finished your taxes today? If you have (or even if you haven’t), make sure you take advantage of all those tax day freebies out there! At least you can get something free today which, depending on how tax season went this year, could be a nice way to end the […]
Organization Tips for Tax Season
This post is part of the TaxACT #BeatTheDeadline blog tour which shares tips on how to make tax time a smooth and easy process before the April 15 deadline. TaxACT provides the tools and guidance to help you confidently file taxes easy and fast. Do your own taxes today at TaxACT. You got this. If […]
3 Affordable Places to Retire Abroad
While some of us reading Your Personal Finance Pro may be years away from retirement, it’s never too early to begin planning for the future. Whether you continue working full time, part time, or not at all, have you thought about where you’ll be enjoying your retirement years? You may assume you’ll stay where you […]
5 Websites That Reward You for Being Healthy
Ever since I got a FitBit for my birthday earlier this year, I’ve been obsessed with tracking everything. If you know me, that’s not too surprising, as I’m a Type A organized person as it is. However, the FitBit brought out something new. I wasn’t competing against other people, I was competing against my (admittedly […]