Watch the video to understand what is so wrong about paying for your child's college IF you still haven't covered your OWN college/future...

This is incredibly important... My OWN portfolio uses more VALUE stocks... Because history has proven that VALUE is better over the long-term. No guarantees...and VALUE investing is creating a VERY WILD RIDE! BUT...if you believe in the below video, you're portfolio will reflect your patience. Give it a listen at 2x speed. Worth the 3-4 minutes. *Not investing/financial advice. ALWAYS do your homework and talk with a professional before investing.

Target-Date-Fund (to spot one, look at your investments and you'll see a bunch of words followed by a year: i.e. Bloomberg Index Target Fund 2045) What is it? What you are likely invested in with your 401k. Nearly all companies auto-enroll their employees into TDFs. And they are garbage for young people. Why? Because they are WAAAAAY too conservative. Everyone talks about risky investments...but imo, more ppl need to focus on not being so conservative. Target Date Funds ooze conservatism...and it will keep you HAVING to work until your 65 or older. Why care? Well those ppl who invest more aggressively...can hit a goal faster, not have to save as much, or have more money in retirement. The cost? Patience. If you are patient - you will be rewarded if the stock market does anything even remotely close to what it's done for the last 100 years. Get out of TDFs...move all the money to stocks (even a simple S&P500 index fund likely increases your odds of success). *THIS IS FOR EDUCATION PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO ADDITIONAL HOMEWORK ON THIS. DON'T BLINDLY FOLLOW ANYONE WITHOUT DOING YOUR HOMEWORK - IT IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER.

✅ Solo business owner? ✅ Make more than $230K in net income? Congrats...you may be eligible to put $70K (or more) in a 401k for 2025. 👇 Step 1: Create a solo biz that makes $230K in net income (Hard part) PS - This biz CAN include a spouse, but still be identified as a Solo Business. Step 2: Open a Solo 401k (MySolo401k.net or Carry are two companies that can help you open a solo 401k). Step 3: Work with an accountant to determine your net biz income, to determine HOW much you can legally shield from Uncle Sam. Step 4: Contribute $23,500 to ROTH as an EMPLOYEE Contribute $46,500 to ROTH as EMPLOYER (assuming net income is high enough) (*If older than age 50, you can contribute even more to these accounts) *Roth accounts do not provide a tax break in the year you make the contribution...BUT, they will grow 100% TAX FREE (if used correctly). AMAZING opportunity to put more than $70K away that will never be taxed again!! **The cool part with Solo 401k: You get to contribute as BOTH the employER and the employEE. This allows you to maximize retirement savings (aka tax-advantaged accounts) while ALSO investing for your future. *Not tax/investment advice, PLEASE do research before moving forward with anything.

Million ways to do it..here's a framework for anyone starting out: Find out how often you get paid (usually 2x per month or bi-weekly - so 24 or 26 pay periods per year). Next, review your expenses that are a MUST. i.e. Food Utilities Housing Transportation Minimum Debt Payments (mortgage, min payment on credit card, etc). Those combined should be ~50% of your TAKE-HOME pay (the amount of money you see hit your bank account after taxes, health insurance, etc has been taken out). Next look at WANTS. i.e. Travel Vacation Entertainment These combined should be ~30% of your TAKE-HOME pay. Finally, the last 20% should be dedicated to debt repayment and/or saving/investing: i.e. Emergency fund Paying off debt ABOVE min. payments Funding a 401k/IRA/Brokerage account Hope this helps! Use tools like MonarchMoney (google it) to help you.