Best Money Tools & Recommendations
Whether you are looking to save money, pay off debt or make money they all have one thing in common…. the word money. After that, the road can lead you in many directions.
Here are the money tools I have personally used, still use or come highly recommended. If you click on the links below some may or may not compensate me, however, I know they can help you with your specific needs either way.
Questions? Contact me here.
Student Loan Refinancing
LendKey
Looking to refinance your student loans without jumping through a bunch of hoops? If you want to go directly to the source, aka the lender, then LendKey is going to be your best bet (for most). LendKey is typically a preferred student loan refinance provider that offers some of the best rates out there!
Best Investing Tools
Acorns
Let your spare change go to work for you. Since most of us hardly use cash, we don’t have spare change in a glass jar anymore. Well, luckily Acorns will invest your “Spare Change” for you! we use Acorns. Every time you buy something your spare change is rounded up to the nearest dollar and invested for you.
M1 Investing
Investing made simple. If you happen to be new to investing (Like me) and you don't want to pay any fees, then M1 is a safe bet. M1 is one of the fastest-growing “Robo-Advisors” with over 13,000 reviews and counting! The coolest thing – you don't have to be an experienced investor, they will help you with that!
Robinhood
Robinhood is currently what I use. Why? Well, I got one free stock just for signing up. The best feature, in my opinion, is the watch list. If you use this link you will get a free stock and 1 in 200 gets an awesome stock such as Facebook or Apple!
Qoins
Round up every purchase and let the extra help pay off your debt! Qoins is a financial tool that allows you to pay down your debt, automatically. A similar concept to Acorns, Qoins rounds up everyday purchases to the nearest dollar and then applies the difference to a designated debt you want to pay off!
Financial Apps
Trim
Is it time to trim out some of the unnecessary spending? Trim will analyze your accounts to find recurring subscriptions and determine where you can save more money. Trim cancels subscriptions, negotiates your Comcast bill, finds you better car insurance, and more… all in the name of saving you money!
True Bill
Users who take advantage of TrueBill typically see their bills decrease by $60 a month, or $720 per year.
Survey Junkie
Want to make $50 or more a week… by simply completing some surveys!
ShopKick
Want free gift cards? Not kidding. Have fun earning rewards points (kicks) when you WALK into partner store, scan select products, or make purchases.
Blogging Courses
Stupid Simple SEO
Do you want to learn how to get evergreen organic blog & website growth? You have to know how Google’s algorithm works and how to create content that actually ranks. In December of 2018, I took Stupid Simple SEO and went from 40 Google page views a day to over 500 per day less than one year later!
Bloggers' Secrets
Want to take a course to take your blog from zero to hero? Than Blogger Secrets is your course. This is a step by step Blogging 101 type course to take your amatuer blog to the next level. Everything from monetizing your blog, ad placement, e-mail strategies and so on can be found here!
Blogging Tools
The best blogging tools that I use to blog & make money blogging include themes, design tools, hosting and email software. For ads, I recommend Monumetric, never use Google Adsense (hurt's user intent).
Elementor
Is designing your blog eating up most of your precious time?
I remember when I first started the WordPress blog I spent most of my time choosing fonts and formatting how my blog looked…
Instead of creating content and marketing it! Use Elementor to drag and drop themes, save time too!
Bluehost
You can start a blog or website, get a domain name, the SSL certificate and hosting for all under $150. Have you ever thought about creating a blog or website in general?
For less than $4 a month you have everything you need. Bluehost comes with the WordPress blogging platform. Use this simple new blogger “Build a Blog” guide here.
ConvertKit
Looking to grow your blog's email list?
ConvertKit is the answer. you can create custom landing pages and forms that allow you to collect reader email's the right way!
Their platform is super easy to use, and the automation is friendly & simple. I was so happy to convert to ConverKit, no put in intended.
Other Financial Tools
Truth in Equity
Personally, this is one of my favorite resources on this page because of the impact TIE has had on my wife and I's finances. It is unique. It is different. But I love it. Truth in Equity is a program that allows people to accelerate their mortgage payoff date or pay off student loans faster. In our particular case, we use this concept to pay off student loans. I would first learn more by reading my in-depth review here and how we use Truth in Equity. Or you can fill out a free profile to see if you qualify!
Best Survey Sites
Survey Junkie:
- Avg: $1-$3
- Payout: PayPal
- Cashout: $10
Swagbucks:
- Avg: $.40-2
- Payout: PayPal
- Cashout: $25
Inbox Dollars
- Avg: $1-$5
- Payout: Prepaid VISA
- Cashout: $30