by Joseph Francis | Mar 8, 2021 | Budget Boss, Budgeting, Budgets, Cash Flow, Covid-19, Debt, Diversify, Diversify Investments, Emergency Funds, Emergency Savings, Fiduciary, Finances, Financial Advisor, Financial Education, Financial Empowerment, Financial Goals, Financial Health, Financial Independence, Financial Plan, Financial Planner, Goal Setting, Insurance, Investing, Investment Strategy, Investments, Joseph James Francis, Money, Money Coach, Money Mentor, Money Momma, Retirement, Retirement Planning, Saving, Saving for a Down Payment, Saving Money, Wasteful Spending, Wealth, Wealth Building, Wealth Mindset, Wealth Planning
Monday, March 8, 2021 Four Years of Budget Boss. What’s Changed? What Hasn’t? On this date, four years ago, my website launched. With the help of an amazing team, I put out my vision and thoughts on personal finance. I remember it like it was yesterday. At the time I... 
by Joseph Francis | Feb 3, 2021 | Budgeting, Budgets, Dave Ramsey, Finances, Financial Advisor, Financial Education, Financial Empowerment, Financial Goals, Financial Health, Financial Independence, Financial Plan, Financial Planner, Goal Setting, Insurance, Investing, Investment Strategy, Joseph James Francis, Money, Money Coach, Money Mentor, Retirement, Retirement Planning, Saving Money, Wealth, Wealth Building, Wealth Mindset, Wealth Planning
Wednesday, February 3, 2021 Finding the Right Financial Advisor It should come as no surprise that I believe everyone should have a dedicated Financial Advisor. I will accept that I am biased, being in the industry for close to 5 years now. It is a FACT that people... 
by Joseph Francis | Jan 25, 2021 | Budget Boss, Budgeting, Budgets, Dave Ramsey, Debt, Declined For Life Insurance, Fiduciary, Finances, Financial Advisor, Financial Education, Financial Empowerment, Financial Goals, Financial Health, Financial Independence, Financial Plan, Financial Planner, Insurance, Investing, Investment Strategy, Investments, Joseph James Francis, Life Insurance, Money, Money Coach, Money Mentor, Mortgage Insurance, Mortgage Loan Insurance, Mortgage Planning, Permanent Life Insurance, Saving, Saving Money, Term Life Insurance, Wealth, Wealth Building
Monday, January 25, 2021 Why you don’t have Life Insurance… and why you should Life insurance used to be called death insurance. The name didn’t stick, for obvious reasons. Back in the day people thought it bad luck to put a number on top of their heads. Despite this,... 
by Joseph Francis | Jan 4, 2021 | Budgeting, Budgets, Critical Illness Insurance, Dave Ramsey, Debt, Disability Insurance, Emergency Funds, Employment, Fiduciary, Finances, Financial Advisor, Financial Education, Financial Empowerment, Financial Goals, Financial Health, Financial Independence, Financial Plan, Financial Planner, Goal Setting, Goal-Oriented Planning, Insurance, Investing, Investment Strategy, Jobs, Joseph James Francis, Money, Money Coach, Money Mentor, Mortgage Insurance, Mortgages, Saving, Wealth, Wealth Building, Wealth Mindset, Wealth Planning
Monday, January 4, 2021 The Top 10 Money Goals for 2021 Welcome to 2021. I would like to say that last year was the weirdest, wildest, most dumpster fire-ish year ever but I somehow think that would be jinxing us all for this year. Instead, I will say that 2020 has... 
by Joseph Francis | Sep 25, 2019 | Budget Boss, Budgeting, Budgets, Cash Flow, Dave Ramsey, Declined For Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, Fiduciary, Finances, Financial Advisor, Financial Education, Financial Empowerment, Financial Goals, Financial Health, Financial Independence, Financial Plan, Financial Planner, Goal Setting, Goal-Oriented Planning, Group Health Insurance, Group Insurance, Health Insurance, Insurability, Insurance, Joseph James Francis, Life Insurance, Money, Money Coach, Money Mentor, Mortgage Insurance, Mortgage Loan Insurance, Permanent Life Insurance, Relevant Retirement System, Retirement, Retirement Planning, Saving, Saving Money, Tax Effieciency, Term Life Insurance, Wasteful Spending, Wealth, Wealth Building, Wealth Mindset, Wealth Planning, Whole Life Insurance
Wednesday, September 25, 2019 How to Retire Relevant Step 4: Insurance I will fully admit that insurance is not the most interesting part of financial planning. Most people cringe when they see the premium come out of their account every month. Despite this, it may be... 
by Joseph Francis | Aug 6, 2019 | Budget Boss, Budgeting, Budgets, Cash Flow, Dave Ramsey, Debt, Emergency Funds, Emergency Savings, Fiduciary, Finances, Financial Advisor, Financial Education, Financial Empowerment, Financial Goals, Financial Health, Financial Independence, Financial Plan, Financial Planner, Goal Setting, Goal-Oriented Planning, Insurance, Investing, Investment Strategy, Investments, Joseph James Francis, Long Term Investing, Money, Money Coach, Money Mentor, Mutual Funds, Registered Retirement Savings Plan, Retirement, Retirement Planning, RRSP, RRSP versus TFSA, Saving, Saving Money, Tax Effieciency, Tax-Free Savings Account, TFSA, Wealth, Wealth Building, Wealth Mindset, Whole Life Insurance
Tuesday, August 6, 2019 My 7 Steps to a Relevant Retirement I recently completed the audiobook, “Retire Inspired,” by one of my favorite financial gurus, Chris Hogan of the Dave Ramsey team. Within his book, Chris touched on many subjects related to retirement, or... 