Educator FI
Financial Independence For Educators
Building a path to financial independence is all about creating space between your income and expenses. There is only so much spending you can cut. Building your income will give you a huge lift! Start with the first post in our series: Educator Career Ladder.
Those early falls as a teacher were tough. We barely hung on waiting for the first paycheck of each year. We cleaned out our pantry of anything edible and lived on credit cards. July and August flew …
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Did you know you don’t have to side hustle to earn more as a teacher? So many of the stories about teachers building wealth focus on ways to earn extra money. Many turn out to be something like, “I …
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"Do teachers get paid in the summer?" This is one of the most frequent questions I’m asked about working in education. While simple to answer, it encapsulates some of the intricacy of personal …
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I’m a big believer that educators can build wealth while doing the work we love. I constantly push back on the myth that educators are doomed to poverty. That said, location matters: salary, cost of …
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A pension is perhaps the biggest advantage teachers (and many other public employees) have in saving for retirement. Unfortunately, it’s a complex topic, pension rules and benefits vary, and …
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The is the third part in a series examining educator wealth building scenarios. In the first two installments, I looked at how fairly standard career /life paths can lead to significant wealth by …
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