Author: Kyle Burbank
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Barclays Just Ruined My Favorite Credit Card
Welp. Part of me knew this day would come, but it’s tremendously disappointing nonetheless. Earlier this week, Barclays and Uber announced some major changes to my beloved Uber Visa card. This included a multiplier decrease in my most-used category, the removal of another useful spending category, and the discontinuation of the $50 per year streaming…
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Minute Suites Review (and Using Your Priority Pass)
As much as my wife and I love to travel, there are times when the logistics and realities of hopping around the globe can be a bit daunting. Take, for example, the multiple times when our only viable itinerary options require us to spend the night in one of this country’s great airports. On previous…
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Is Delta’s New SkyMiles Select Worth It?
After years of hopping on any airline that would have me, the last few years have found my travels mostly consolidating to one carrier: Delta. Aside from the few times I’ve taken advantage of Allegiant’s convenient direct routes, my wife and I have happily turned to Delta for our increasingly numerous flights domestically and abroad.…
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Emergency Funds: Why You Need One and How You Can Build One
When we think about money milestones, they’re often exciting events such as buying a car or a home. However, one of the biggest money milestones that everyone should strive for might not be very exciting but it could be vital: having an emergency fund. In fact, one could argue that you aren’t really ready to…
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The Latest Brokerage Price War is Good News for Newbie Investors
How quickly things can change. In just the past two weeks or so, there’s been a sea change in the brokerage business. It started when Charles Schwab announced that it would be dropping its trade commission fee to $0. Almost immediately, TD Ameritrade and E*Trade followed suit, with Fidelity also coming around to this new-normal…
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Apparently Not All “IRS” Mail is a Scam
As much I love USPS’s Informed Delivery service, it can sometimes cause me anguish. Specifically, there have now been two times when seeing what was headed to my mailbox led to several stressful hours. I should probably explain… A few weeks ago, I saw that I had some piece of mail coming from the Internal…
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Bonus Star Bingo is Back at Starbucks
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Okay, that’s a bit of a stretch — but it is at least a moderately exciting time. That’s because Starbucks just rolled out its latest Bonus Star Bingo game, enabling the chain’s loyalists to earn free beverages and more. As I’ve previously written about, I’ve found Bonus…
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Book Review: “Ideas, Influence, and Income” by Tanya Hall
There are few titles that still hold as much cachet in our society as that of “author.” While the label may have lost some of its luster due a flood of subpar self-publications in recent years, there’s no question that having a published book can be a big benefit to those who want to grow…
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SoFi Invest Takes on “The Latte Factor” With Limited-Time Offer
We’ve all heard of the so-called “Latte Factor” that seeks the quantify how much you could be saving sans Starbucks trips and, in turn, how much you could earn by reinvesting said funds. It’s a theory that makes a lot of sense to some but has also been criticized for not taking into account what…
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Why I Just Paid $550 for a Credit Card
Since starting this blog, I’ve made plenty of proclamations. For one, I’ve stated that I didn’t need any more credit cards on several occasions, only to eventually open an Uber Visa and, more recently, an Apple Card. Similarly, I’ve also stated that I wasn’t sold on the idea of having a credit card with an…
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Covering Your Cash Back Bases
Over the past three years, I’ve learned a lot about money and how to manage my finances. Although I’ve found myself to be a “money nerd” who takes interest in even the most mundane of topics, one of my favorite aspects of personal finance has been figuring out ways to maximize savings on items I…
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FinCon 2019 Recap: 7 Things I Did Right and Wrong This Year
First the bad news: FinCon 2019 has come to a close (*le sigh*). But, looking on the bright side, this year’s event was a complete success in my book. In addition to seeing friends from last year and meeting new people, I left Washington D.C. with some great ideas as well as inspiration to try…
