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Can You Convert an UGMA to 529 College Savings Plan?

As I’m sure you can imagine, I get tons of questions here on the blog. Some of them are really easy to answer. Others require extensive research. When that doesn’t work, I’ll then bring in the cavalry...

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Parents: Avoid the #1 Mistake When Saving For Your Kids College

Every parent wants to provide for their children; to give them a better life than they had. This often carries over into helping them pay for college. But is that always the smartest thing to do?...

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Are You Cut Out for an Online Course?

A college degree is almost a requirement to get any job these days. Employers want to see an Associate’s degree at minimum, but a Bachelors degree is preferred. At the same time college costs continue...

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Hey Parents, Don’t Make This Mistake When Saving For Your Kids College

The following is a guest post by Adam Hagerman. To learn more about Adam, you can find his bio at the end of the post. Being a financial coach, I get to hear hundreds of financial stories and each one...

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9 Money Tips Every College Student Should Know So They Don’t Graduate Broke

I knew nothing about managing money in college. Even though I was a finance major, I was horrible at actually managing money. How horrible?   How about unnecessary student loan debt, 2 credit cards...

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4 Ways to Save For Your Kids’ College Education (including what I chose)

One day all my 3 boys are probably going to be attending college. You know what that means: $Cha-Ching. My wife and I already decided that we don’t plan to pay 100% of their tuition, but we will try to...

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How to Hack College and Graduate with ZERO Debt

The following guest post is from Martin of Studenomics. Today, Martin officially launches Next Round’s On Me, where it makes good financial sense to start saving in your 20s so that your older self...

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Reader Question: Should We Use a Roth IRA to Pay for Our Kids College?

Roth IRA’s are for retirement, right? Generally speaking, yes. But because of their general flexibility, they’ve also come to be an increasingly important way to pay for college. A recent GF¢ reader...

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3 Methods to Save for College in 2016 (Plus Bonus Tips!)

Thank you Upromise for sponsoring this post. While this was a sponsored opportunity from Upromise, all content and opinions expressed here are my own. Oh, the college days. Even while studying finance,...

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14 Ways to Make Money in College

Memories of college include eating beef ramen noodles by the case in order to save a few bucks. I was fortunate that the Army National Guard paid for most of my tuition plus my mall job of selling...

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