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Kids and Credit Cards

Our twins started middle school this year, which ushers us into a new chapter for our family. There’s more freedom, more responsibilities, more opportunities, more friends...they’re handling it like champs,…

Happy First Birthday!

Today, Avant Financial Advisors turns one year old! Happy Birthday to us! It’s been said that a person’s brain grows more in his first year of life than it does…

Coming Of Age

It all starts with the idea of retirement. In one of the first meetings I have with each new client we discuss this idea. What does retirement look like to…

Freeze Your Credit Files, Lock Your Doors

Last week on the blog we talked about the recent data hacks and how to best protect yourself. This week I want to talk about the best strategy for protecting…

Data Hack Protection

I received an email last week titled “Equifax Data Breach Settlement - You may be eligible for cash, free credit monitoring, and more.” Sounds like classic spam, right? Actually in…

XYPN Live Conference

The problem with a lot of financial advisors is that they only work with wealthy people. This usually means someone in their late 50s or early 60s and thinking about…

Just Keep Running

This year I decided to start training and competing in some triathlon races. You can read about my first one here. I did two races in the spring and just…

The Power of Not Knowing

When Hudson was about four years old we stumbled onto a National Geographic's TV show on lions in Africa. After watching for several minutes, we learned a lioness in the…

Planning for Uncertainty

Have you ever received an unexpected phone call from a family member and heard them say, “Don’t worry, everything is okay, but I need to talk to you?” What’s the…

College Considerations

Some of our friends are leaving this week to drop their kids off at college for the first time. I can’t imagine! Such excitement, anxiousness, pride, and sadness all wrapped…

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