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A review by jocedun
Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping by and Get Your Financial Life Together by Erin Lowry
2.0
This is great if you’re 21 or 22 and have lived a sheltered financial life. I picked it up because it was recommended by Chelsea on The Financial Diet at some point. It contains basic advice on budgeting, interest rates, debt payoff, and starting a 401k at your first job. I’m beyond that point and wanted more nuts & bolts on practical investing or buying a first house, finding a mortgage lender, marriage and taxes, etc. I think that would be more relevant to older millennials.
Side note - At one point she says that she didn’t find out her partner’s amount of student debt until 3 years into their relationship. What?! That is like a 2nd or 3rd date topic for me! I’m up to my eyeballs in student loan debt and it affects every financial decision I make, why would I hide that from someone for 3 years??? Out of touch.
Side note - At one point she says that she didn’t find out her partner’s amount of student debt until 3 years into their relationship. What?! That is like a 2nd or 3rd date topic for me! I’m up to my eyeballs in student loan debt and it affects every financial decision I make, why would I hide that from someone for 3 years??? Out of touch.