Budgeting
This popular framework splits your income 50% needs, 30% wants and 20% savings.
What is the 50/30/20 rule?
Writing, design or video work done for clients on your own schedule.
What is freelancing?
Paying bills on time falls under this credit factor, usually the one that weighs the most.
What is payment history?
The long-term emergency fund goal is this many months of expenses.
What is 3 to 6 months?
Rent, groceries, transit and your phone bill all belong in this 50% bucket.
What are needs?
This job type offers flexible hours around your classes and is run by your school.
What is a campus job?
Websites that ets you do this for free without hurting your score.
What is checking your credit report?
Before building a full emergency fund, start with a cushion in this dollar range.
What is $500 to $1,000?
This budgeting step means setting your savings amount before you set spending limits.
What is paying yourself first?
Because side income is usually this, you should set some of it aside for the IRS.
What is taxable?
Keeping balances under about 30% of your limit manages this credit factor.
What is credit utilization?
Take this employer benefit first, because it is free money added to your retirement savings.
What is a 401(k) match?
Logging every purchase for 30 days in an app or spreadsheet is the habit of doing this.
What is tracking your spending?
Researching typical pay for a role and then asking for more is this skill.
What is negotiating?
When borrowing for school, use this type of loan before private ones.
What are federal loans?
These low-cost funds spread your risk across many companies at once.
What are index funds?
On a $1,500 monthly income, the 50/30/20 rule sets aside this many dollars for savings.
What is $300?
This free campus office offers resume reviews and salary guidance.
What is the career center?
A card with $900 owed on a $1,000 limit has this utilization percentage.
What is 90%?
In the deck's example, $100 a month at an assumed 7% yearly return grows to about this much in 40 years.
What is about $262,000?