{"id":1182,"date":"2017-03-09T14:45:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T14:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/money\/?p=1182"},"modified":"2017-03-09T14:45:20","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T14:45:20","slug":"our-favs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/money\/smmo-blog\/our-favs\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Favs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1183 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/money\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2017\/03\/Current-Event-Cat-Rival-Budgets-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/money\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2017\/03\/Current-Event-Cat-Rival-Budgets-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/money\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2017\/03\/Current-Event-Cat-Rival-Budgets-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/money\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2017\/03\/Current-Event-Cat-Rival-Budgets-768x513.png 768w, https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/money\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2017\/03\/Current-Event-Cat-Rival-Budgets-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/money\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2017\/03\/Current-Event-Cat-Rival-Budgets.png 1344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re happy to share our list of go-to resources from budgeting apps to educational websites to help get you learn more and take control of managing your money.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Our Favorite Budgeting Apps<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You&#8217;ve heard us say it before, and we&#8217;ll say it again. <em><strong>A budget in your head doesn\u2019t count.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Use one of these handy apps to get your budget out of your head.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mint.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mint.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0(free) <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mvelopes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mvelopes<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(free version available, pay to upgrade) <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.everydollar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">EveryDollar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (free version available, pay to upgrade)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Favorite Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/the-dave-ramsey-show\/id77001367?snid=show.podcast-a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Dave Ramsey Show\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One reason we love Dave so much is because we feel the exact same way as he does about budgeting (you gotta have one!). We also love Dave\u2019s easy-to-understand seven baby steps for achieving financial freedom. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Favorite YouTube Channel:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCSPYNpQ2fHv9HJ-q6MIMaPw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Financial Diet<\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These videos provide basic financial tips and lessons from a couple of 20-year-olds who are figuring it out along the way&#8230;and sharing it with us as they go. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Favorite Credit-Checking Site: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creditkarma.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Credit Karma<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Credit Karma provides you free scores from two of the three credit reporting agencies (TransUnion and Equifax). They also have great educational resources to help you learn about credit. Curious about what would happen to your credit score if you closed your oldest credit card? Check out their\u00a0&#8220;Credit Card Simulator&#8221; to see! \u00a0Our note of caution: Credit Karma is free to you because they make their money by matching you to\u00a0various financial products. Just ignore, and be a freeloader.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Favorite Educational Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/bettermoneyhabits.bankofamerica.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Better Money Habits<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>A collection of videos, infographics, and reading material, Better Money Habits modules give you easy-to-understand content on topics like budgeting and savings, buying a car, buying a house, and even saving for retirement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re happy to share our list of go-to resources from budgeting apps to educational websites to help get you learn more and take control of managing your money. 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