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Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself: Understanding Your Credit Score by Paco de Leon

Knowing your credit score is straight forward. You can sign up for an app like Credit Karma and they'll give you credit score. If you apply for a mortgage, the broker will run your credit and they'll tell you your credit score.

Getting your score isn't the problem, the allusiveness lies in understanding how your credit score is actually calculated. The exact formula used to calculate your credit score is like Coca Cola's secret recipe; it's not public information. We do know that calculation consists of five different elements and the weight or level of impact each elements has.

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What Business Expenses Are Tax Deductible? by Paco de Leon

Disclaimer: I'm not an accountant and this isn't tax advice. 

Alright, alright, alright. Nothing signals the start of tax season like a bunch of creative freelancers emailing me questions about what they can write off on their taxes. But first, maybe you're wondering, "What is a tax write off? And what's the difference between a tax write off and a tax deduction? Is there a difference?"

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Let's Talk About Your Credit Card Debt by Paco de Leon

Before I dive into credit card debt, let's talk about luck, personal responsibility and the role they both play in having your finances in order. I only bring this us up so we can go into this conversation with proper perspective. 

It's important to understand that having your finances in order is first a matter of luck and then a matter of personal responsibility. 

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