Financial Insights & Resources

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Financial Education Is Not Enough: The Human Role in Modern Financial Advice

Financial education matters. It helps people understand basic concepts, ask better questions, and compareoptions with more confidence. But education alone does not solve the problem for many people. When someone

Ask a Trainer: I’ve been living with my parents for the last year and when the world reopens, I’m ready for change. How should I prepare to move out?

So, not unlike many of our clients at the Gym, you bailed on your big city tiny apartment and giant rent burden in favor of getting through a tough

Financially Naked: Trainer Edition with Tina Hang

As trainers, we always give our clients a weekly spending goal. This is supposed to be for everything that isn’t a fixed monthly expense. My fixed bills each month

Step by Step Guide: Establishing Credit

At the Gym we work with a lot of people who are focused on building credit. Some people are recent grads who are transitioning from school to full time

How to Use Your Finances to Power the Fight Against Climate Change

131 trillion dollars. That’s the amount of money that governments, companies, organizations, and people like you and me need to invest in climate solutions between now and 2050 to

How I House Hacked at 24 with a 730 Credit Score and $15,000 to My Name

So, what is “house hacking?” In short, house hacking is a way to offset your living expenses by reducing or eliminating your housing expenses, or even making money off

What You Need to Know About the Expanded Child Tax Credit for 2021

Under previous law, if you were eligible for the Child Tax Credit (CTC), you could get up to $2,000 per qualifying child that was age 16 and under as

Student Loans: Consolidating vs. Refinancing

There are many different reasons you might be looking to re-evaluate the terms of your student loans. Are you looking to lower your monthly payment to help manage cash

4 Ways to Make the Post Pandemic Transition Easier on Your Finances

As states begin to reopen and the whole world strives to figure out what “new normal” looks like, one question we should be asking ourselves is what does a

A La Carte Style Subscription Model

Netflix, Hulu, Spotify, Amazon Prime, Peacock, Disney+, Audible, HBO Max, Paramount+, Britbox, ESPN, if you’ve got them all, then this is for you! I can remember when Netflix first

How to File a Tax Return Extension

The Internal Revenue Service recently announced that the due date to file your 2020 federal income tax returns has been automatically extended from April 15, 2021 until May 17,

From Nesting To Investing: What You Need To Know About Your Baby and Money 

Nikki Boulukos and Carissa Jordan first met a decade ago as young analysts at Goldman Sachs. Ten years later, they happened to reunite in the same New York City

3 Ways Teachers Can Prepare Financially for Summer

The summer should be an opportunity for teachers, and other school employees, to relax! No more grading papers and tests, no more lesson plans to write, and thankfully, no

5 Time-Friendly Ways to Reduce Your Grocery Bill (No Meal Prep Necessary!)

Unlike other expenses that you can go without if needed (like streaming services, takeout, or buying new clothes), groceries will always be a part of your budget. It’s inescapable.

How to Pay Down Debt on a Low Income

The Financial Gym Advisors Client Mackenzie Stewart shares with us how she approaches paying off her debt on a less-than-ideal income. Mackenzie breaks down both concrete steps as well

5 Steps to Improve Your Financial Fitness in 2021

As fall 2020 approached winter, I put increased emphasis on self-improvement. The year from hell needed some sort of silver lining, right?

S. Corp vs LLC: What is the difference?

Some big questions that freelancers, self-employed workers, entrepreneurs, and individuals who dream of starting a business always ask themselves; should I incorporate? How do I do that? When will

Financial Gym Advisors Client Woman-Owned Businesses

One of our favorite parts of our community is getting to learn about all the amazing things our clients are doing. To round-out Women’s History Month, we have decided

Healthcare Considerations for Those with Developmental Disabilities

In our previous blog post, we covered the financial opportunities and challenges for people with developmental disabilities. However, proper healthcare coverage is another crucial part

What You Should Learn From Finance TikTok and What You Absolutely Shouldn’t

TikTok has brought us many things, from quarantine olympics to happy, happy dogs to Dadosaur. Now it’s bringing bite size financial literacy to the masses, or at least to

How to Handle Pay Gap & Inequality in the Workplace

As part of our Women’s History Month series, we want to shine a light on the gender wage gap and discuss ways to address workplace inequality throughout your career.

4 Important Things to Know About Medical Debt

Millions of people in the US have medical debt. It is particularly easy to find yourself in because healthcare in the US is more expensive than anywhere else in