Brian Brandow

Brian is a Dad, husband, and an IT professional by trade. A Personal Finance Blogger since 2013. Who, with his family, has successfully paid off over $100K worth of consumer debt. Now that Brian is debt-free, his mission is to help his three children prepare for their financial lives and educate others to achieved financial success. Brian is involved in his local community. As a Financial Committee Chair with the Board of Education of his local school district, he has helped successfully launch a K-12 financial literacy program in a six thousand student district.

College ROI: How To Calculate If It Is Worth It

January 9, 2023March 9, 2015 by Brian Brandow

Last month in a post titled “Education Cost” I ask the questions should a metric like ROI be used when picking a career path, well the folks over at PayScale have helped answer that question with their recently released College ROI report. In order to …

Debt is Not Forever

June 25, 2023January 28, 2015 by Brian Brandow

Jackie over at The Debt Myth has a month-long campaign going on call Debt is Not Forever. If you haven’t heard about it you should check it out, it’s truly inspiring. Many other bloggers have joined the #DebtIsNotForever movement and have posted some great material …

My Parent’s Financial Story

June 25, 2023January 15, 2014 by Brian Brandow

I don’t ever recall my parent’s specifically sitting down with me to talk about the topic of personal finance. I do remember asking questions along the way when I was old enough and aware of money and the cost of things. Even though we did …