Personal Finance in Your 20s & 30s for Dummies - 3rd Edition by Eric Tyson (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

The money lessons you wish you'd learned in school

Personal Finance in Your 20s & 30s For Dummies helps Millennials and Zoomers like you make smart financial moves. It's not as tough as it looks to reduce and file your taxes, pay off your student debt, buy a home, keep a budget to save and invest wisely, or start that side hustle, just to name a few. With a little bit of focus, you can start a clear path to financial freedom and avoid mistakes today. Your future self will thank you.

This edition is full of updates for the 2020s; wrap your mind around your investment opportunities, the realities of making a second income, higher ed options for career advancement, and lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. If you're in need of financial guidance--and who isn't?--this is the book you need.

• Pay off loans, manage your credit, begin the home-buying journey, and more
• Set realistic money goals so you can create a solid path for financial success
• Make smart decisions to beef up your bank account and investment portfolio
• Protect the money you have today and learn how to put your money to work for the future

Get ready to turn up the volume on your financial know-how and stop worrying about money!

From the Back Cover

Up your money game with this simple guide

Money: the one absolute necessity that we literally can't afford to ignore. Turns out, it's easy to master all that financial stuff, from budgeting and reducing taxes to investing and buying a house. This book will walk you through it--no worries. Whatever your current situation, you've come to the right place for painless, get-going knowledge that will turbo-charge your net worth. With this guide, you can make sense of tax laws, start that side-hustle, repay student loans, or plan for the future. Trust us, you've got this.

Inside. . .

• Boost your credit score
• Create a budget you can live on
• Wrap your mind around insurance
• Choose the right type of bank account
• Improve your investment returns and minimize losses
• How to buy a car or house
• Do you need a second income?

About the Author

Eric Tyson, MBA, is a bestselling personal finance author, counselor, and writer. He is the author of the national bestselling financial books Investing For Dummies, Personal Finance For Dummies, and Home Buying Kit For Dummies.