Road Trips, Parks and Places to See, Making a Living Remotely, Van/RV Life, and How Wealth is Built – and Lost
By Rachel Puryear Do you happen to like beaches and tacos? Can you imagine enjoying Taco Bell food, while looking at a stunning State Beach in Pacifica, California? Well, you can. Pacifica’s State Beach is gorgeous and amazing, and also has a paved walkway above it if you prefer that. It also has a Taco…
By Rachel Puryear The thought of having a medical emergency is always scary. The thought of having one – or a loved one having one – when you’re a ways from a hospital and civilization, is even scarier. Nature lovers enjoy escaping civilization and crowds by heading for the wilderness. That’s part of the whole…
By Rachel Puryear Recently, we discussed the dropshipping phenomenon, and why it’s probably not all it’s cracked up to be. And in this post, as promised, we’ll go over a much better way to get paid for promoting products online – and that better way is affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing involves linking to goods and…
Read more Affiliate Marketing: A Great Way to Make a Blog or Website Profitable
By Rachel Puryear Deep in the Mojave Desert, in the rustic southeastern part of California/southwestern Nevada; is a place famous for its parched, sun-scorched landscape. It’s in one of the hottest, and driest, regions of the world. It’s also incredibly, awesomely, humblingly beautiful and amazing. I’m talking about Death Valley. Now a National Park; its…
Read more Mojave Desert Beauties, Part 1: Death Valley National Park
By Rachel Puryear While you’ve surfed the web over the years, you’ve certainly seen plentiful ads for a diverse array of online courses. One can learn about almost anything on the web nowadays, with lots of offerings to choose from. Maybe you’ve taken some online courses. Maybe you’ve even considered creating your own online course…
Read more Creating Successful Online Courses in a Saturated Market
By Rachel Puryear If you’ve browsed ways to make money online lately, you’ve probably heard of dropshipping – and seen ads for online dropshipping courses promising to teach you an easy, lucrative online hustle that doesn’t require much up-front investment of capital. The sales pitches for these courses are pretty tempting, and they’ve persuaded many…
Read more Dropshipping: Hot Online Hustle, or the Latest Scam?
By Rachel Puryear One great thing about the San Mateo, California area – located about 15-20 miles south of San Francisco – is its abundance of parks and green spaces. Though it is part of a large metro area, there are still plenty of places to get away from it all, and just enjoy the…
By Rachel Puryear Last month brought much-needed good news for student loan debtors across the nation. Though there’s still a long way to go, especially for those struggling to pay large loan balances; this relief will still help a lot of borrowers who are struggling with debt. Any amount of relief can also open the…
Read more The Scoop on Recent Student Loan Relief – Plus, a Critical Task for PSLF Borrowers
By Rachel Puryear Undeniably, renting an apartment or house these days can be incredibly challenging and frustrating. Many renters go through lots of time and effort before securing a rental unit. Rental applications, at times, seem to go into a black hole. Speaking from a background in property management and real estate, I can tell…
Read more Searching for a Rental Unit? How to Stand Out From the Pack
By Rachel Puryear If you’re not familiar with the San Francisco Bay Area, it basically refers to nine counties (including the City and County of San Francisco) that make up the metro area. There are a few main regions of the metro area: There’s “the City” (San Francisco), the “South Bay” (south of San Francisco,…
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